";s:4:"text";s:5825:" But now, the public has been given some insight into the innermost happenings of the family of South Africa's third democratically elected president.A new YouTube channel launched in May posted a 45-minute long video of a conversation between Duduzane Zuma and his father on a range of topics including something very personal to both of them - the death of Duduzane's mother, Kate Zuma, who committed suicide in 2000. "As he continues to relate the story, he hints at who may have leaked the note to media. Asked by Duduzane if his interpretation of the Nasrec outcomes were not sour grapes on his part because his preferred successor, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, was defeated, Zuma said this was not the case. I know we’re all getting desperate for new content, scraping the Netflix barrel and rewatching old classics, but this isn’t my idea of a good time.The almost four-minute video was classic Zuma family – victimhood, conspiracies, and repeated claims of innocence ahead of Jacob’s impending legal battle.Yes, ahead of his court case on charges of corruption, the Zumas have gone into overdrive, pushing falsehoods and muddying the water with claims of bribery and corruption that don’t contain their grubby fingerprints.We get to hear from Duduzane, who is dialling in from his R18 million Burj Khalifa apartment in Dubai, and Jacob, who appears to be at Nkandla, which us taxpayers footed the bill for.I wonder if Jacob is only allowed to use the fire pool between 6AM and 9AM?In part one, we hear all about how Jacob was supposedly poisoned by one of his wives (despite the fact that all investigations have found no evidence to support these claims), and how the father-son relationship is now “cool”, after a rocky period following the suicide of Duduzane’s mother, Kate, back in 2000.They also had some stern words for current deputy president David Mabuza, and thinly-veiled threats that if JZ is going down, so too are those who aided and abetted his corrupt dealings.Part two dropped yesterday and contained just as much hot air as everybody expected.Never one to take a defeat on the chin, Jacob now alleges that money changing hands influenced the outcome of the ANC’s national elective conference in December 2017.He could be correct, but he lost the ability to be trusted many moons ago.
JOHANNESBURG - The personal lives of former President Jacob Zuma and his family have been an enigma of sorts for South Africans for a good two decades - at least until now.While there is an abundance of information on Zuma's political career and controversies linked to it, most of what has been written about his spouses, children, relationships with various friends, foes and business people has been hearsay, media reports or information from second and third parties. Some of it did make some newspapers. Duduzane Zuma opens up about mom's suicide & her leaked note to mediaFILE: Duduzane Zuma and his father, former President Jacob Zuma. They bring me to the room and they say 'look brace yourself, there is something going on here.
I knew that this was in you... A home without a mother, the men can't live there. For more news, visit: sabcnews.com.
The last time I saw that note was when he took it from my hands. I walk into the room, I've still got the note in my hand, and all of this happened maybe within a period of seven to 10 minutes. For more reaction on Premier Sihle Zikalala's address, our senior political reporter Ziyanda Ngcobo chats to Duduzane Zuma. I was minding my own business... one of the staff members came running in frantically to get my attention. I don't know, but that's what happened. 109-Year-Old … He's facing charges of culpable homicide and reckless driving. This is something that, 'til today, feels like yesterday. Here’sAccording to Zuma, going into Nasrec the ANC had two options: to choose upping the tempo on its mission of transforming the country, or going off the rails — and the latter was what happened.In his version, Zuma said “comrades” auctioned their independence in Nasrec where they were bought with money and were thereby beholden to their sponsors beyond the 2017 conference.But what “took the cup” for him was when he was asked to step down just two months before the Nasrec conference, without been told why he had to go.Zuma said he was recalled as head of state “because there was a mood” allowed to gain traction. "Reverend Frank Chikane walked in, I'm not sure if you remember.