The South African president, Jacob Zuma, sings and dances with his wife, Thobeka Madiba, at their wedding ceremony on Monday. She is his third current wife. Rajesh Jantilal / AFP
The South African president, Jacob Zuma, sings and dances with his wife, Thobeka Madiba, at their wedding ceremony on Monday. She is his third current wife. Rajesh Jantilal / AFP
The South African president, Jacob Zuma, sings and dances with his wife, Thobeka Madiba, at their wedding ceremony on Monday. She is his third current wife. Rajesh Jantilal / AFP
The South African president, Jacob Zuma, sings and dances with his wife, Thobeka Madiba, at their wedding ceremony on Monday. She is his third current wife. Rajesh Jantilal / AFP

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President Zuma finds support for his third first lady

Some believe polygamous marriage is outdated and that the president is setting a bad example but reaction in South Africa has been largely positive

Sebastian Berger

January 07, 2010

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JOHANNESBURG // With thousands of well-wishers looking on, the South African President Jacob Zuma's latest bride was asked whether she loved him, in a traditional ceremony this week on a hillside in Nxamalala, his home village deep in rural KwaZulu-Natal.

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