SA Calls Zuma Family Power-Hungry After Zuma’s Daughter’s First Trip With Husband King Mswati III

• Former president Jacob Zuma's 21-year-old daughter appeared for the first time in public as Swati monarch King Mswati's wife
• Nomcebo Zuma became Mswati's 16th wife in July 2024 and attended her first international trip with her husband
• South Africans labelled Zuma and his family as power-hungry, and many called them out

Tebogo Mokwena, a Briefly News current affairs journalist in Johannesburg, South Africa, has covered policy changes, the State of the Nation Address, politician-related news and elections at Daily Sun and Vutivi Business News for over seven years.

JOHANNESBURG — Former president Jacob Zuma's daughter, Nomcebo Zuma, made her first public appearance as the 16th wife of King Mswati III, the monarch of Eswatini.

Zuma's daughter makes first public appearance

@IntlCablesNet posted a picture of Nomcebo, who, with her husband, will be attending the World Food Forum in Italy and also the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Samoa.

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Mswati married Zuma's daughter and reportedly paid 100 cattle and R2 million in lobola for Nomcebo's hand in marriage. This makes Nomcebo Mswati's 16th wife with a 35-year age difference.

Netizens not impressed

South Africans on Facebook, though, had many unpleasant things to say about the Zuma family.

Jack Mthethwa said:

"For the love of power and fame."

Charmaine Gouws said:

"Like father, like daughter."

Maggie-Ruth Puseletso Ramakatsa said:

"Anything for power and affiliations."

Participatory economist said:

"Born of sin, come on in."

PG Paige said:

"Zuma doesn't like this one bit."

Elonka Erasmus said:

"Anything for fame. Where are they taking a trip to? Nkandla?"

Danielle said:

"Wasting her youth on an old geyser. 10 to 15 years from now on, she will look back at her life in regret."

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Boniswa Ndyamboti said:

"His father married a 22-year-old girl."

Zuma allegedly receives money from Mswati

In a related article, Briefly News reported that Zuma reportedly received bags of undisclosed money from Mswati.

Zuma attended an event in Eswatini, and a local publication reported that one of Mswati's bodyguards allegedly handed Msholozi bags containing money. South Africans speculated on what the money was for.

Source: Briefly News