NATIONAL NEWS - We take a look at the relationship between ANC presidential candidate Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma and President Jacob Zuma throughout the leadership race.
Jacob Zuma
Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma met Jacob Zuma in the 1970s, a time when both were living in exile. She became his second wife when they married in 1972 and had four children together. The couple divorced in 1998, but have had a cordial relationship since, working as part of the same administration in government under Thabo Mbeki.
The ANC presidential hopeful chose to retain her surname after the divorce, perhaps because she is aware of the authority the Zuma name holds.
Speaking at an ANC Women’s League rally in KwaMhlanga, Dlamini-Zuma said: “When I got divorced it was important to keep my children’s identity. They stayed with the Zuma surname. They wanted to abandon it, but I wouldn’t allow it. I have kept that surname for the past 20 years, and I won’t change it.”
