Several Talk Radio 702 callers on Friday said President Jacob Zuma’s second wife Nompumelelo Ntuli’s reported infidelity was a victory for women. One SMS said: “Viva MaNtuli Viva. If Zuma can get some on the side, why can’t you?”
Meanwhile, the Mail & Guardian reported that MaNtuli, was fined a goat in April as punishment for bad behaviour. The weekly newspaper said the goat was allegedly presented to Zuma as an apology for offending him, following reports that she was unhappy with the president taking another wife.
In a ceremony at Zuma’s Nkandla homestead, MaNtuli, accompanied by her family, presented Zuma with a white goat, which was slaughtered later in the day. A source close to the family told the newspaper that MaNtuli “went beserk” in December last year when Zuma invited her to Mahlamba-Ndlopfu, the presidential guesthouse in Pretoria, to announce that he was tying the knot again.
MaNtuli allegedly “broke the security gates and demanded a taxi. When the security guards came after her, she allegedly went to another gate, gate four. The house manager had given instructions to the gatekeeper not to open [it], but she fought him,” the source told the M&G.
“After hitting the police [who guard Zuma], MaNtuli’s personal bodyguard was called. He later managed to get her into the car and drove her to the airport to catch a plane to Durban and her Morningside home.”
In her rage MaNtuli allegedly swore to Zuma’s third wife, Thobeka Madiba, that she would not attend the wedding. But she apparently changed her mind and arrived at Zuma’s Nkandla homestead in good spirits a day before the event. But later that day Zuma allegedly asked her to leave.
Several readers commented on the M&G online’s report. One reader said: Shame Zuma, it has to be tough. I mean 3 wives & several girlfriends plus he’s on official business more than half the time. S*** is bound to go down… I hear she was also sleeping with another man. Zuma must face it – he’s 68 yrs old, I think it’s a bit too much for him.
Another reader said: “Do me a favour, take a look at your fingers, are they equal in length? Same applies with the issue of many partners, our ancestors can turn in their graves with disgust if the “ganders” would be allowed to have many “geese”. – IOL reporter
