Zuma 24-year-old seventh wife-to-be gave birth on Thursday
The mother is identified as Nonkanyiso Conco and is set to become Zuma’s seventh wife. Zuma is 76 years old. “Yes‚ we are getting married‚ but that is all I can say. I need to consult before I give any interviews‚” she said.
Conco is a director of the Pietermaritzburg-based Nomkhubulwane Culture and Youth Development Organisation‚ aimed at protecting the cultural practices of young Zulu women.
Conco
reportedly resides in the plush Ballito Estate Hilltop‚ home to some of the
city’s most well-heeled residents.
According to
News24, the woman delivered the child at the Busamed Hillcrest Private Hospital
last Thursday – Zuma’s birthday.
Zuma is a
polygamist who has fathered 22 known children from at least 11 women.
Zuma
reportedly visited his baby under strict security on Thursday night.
“They had to
clear the maternity ward for other patients. Hospital staff made it clear that
this was strictly confidential,” a source with direct knowledge of the birth
told News24.
Ray Zuma,
who is related to the former president, said Zuma was going to wed a woman
named Nonkanyiso Chonco.
When asked
if Conco was the same woman who had given birth to a baby earlier this month,
Ray Zuma responded by saying: “So?”
“I can’t see
why you are interested. When he was still the president, you [the media] were
terrorising him, and now you are all of a sudden interested in him.”
When asked
about the details of the wedding, he said he was not privy to the details.
“No date has
been set yet. Both families must come together to decide on the date. We are
still in the pre-nuptial phases of the process.”
Zuma’s son
Edward told News24, when asked about the baby: “We are not going to respond, or
entertain any of that nonsense”.
When News24
visited the hospital earlier in the week, an employee confirmed that Zuma had
visited the facility.
“Yes he was
here last week. I saw him with his security. I do not know why he came
through.”
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