The sixty-eight year old public official, wearing a traditional Zulu dress married 37-year old Thobeka Stacey Mabhija during a colorful and lavish ceremony that was attended by more than three thousand guests at his hometown of eNkandla, located at a remote village in KwaZulu-Natal province. The bride also wore a traditional wedding dress.
Zuma’s brother Mike said that the affair was a traditional one filled with celebrating and dancing. He added that it was a happy day for the newlyweds and for the Zuma family.
The couple already has three children together and were married in accordance to the country’s laws.
Mabhija accepted Zuma as her husband during the ceremony by performing a solo dance which included brandishing a spear and a shield in the middle of the field.
