Africa-Press – Eswatini. Former South African President Jacob Zuma has finally accepted that, King Mswati is now the lawful husband of his twenty-two(22) year-old daughter Nomcebo Zuma.
The eSwatini King and his new wife Nomcebo Zuma stood by each other even when Jacob Zuma was against the relationship.
But the relationship between the two(2) was exclusively reported last year and indeed, Nomcebo Zuma eventually married King Mswati.
It has been reported that, Jacob Zuma was actually against the marriage, however, King Mswati as an experienced polygamist, followed all the traditional and cultural procedures to soften the hearts of his in-laws and eventually won Nomcebo Zuma as his wife.
As a result, King Mswati, Nomcebo Zuma and the former South African President were recently seen in eSwatini and, in a happy mood after King Mswati officially introduced Nomcebo to the Nation as his wife.
It was not the first time Mswati faced resistance from the parents of his girlfriend as on or around 2002, he was challenged in court by Lindiwe Dlamini, the mother of his wife Inkhosikati Zena LaMahlangu.
But the King spoke in a polite manner amid controversy saying; “vele nawungu-mtali akubi lula kubona umntfwanakho sekahamba ayokwendza ikakhulu nangabe bosabuke kutsi kusekuncane ngisakhulisa kani emajaha asabona intfombi. Kodvwa-ke noma kunjalo akayi ndzawo”.
The King was responding to journalists after being asked when he will release Zena Mahlangu as her parents were against the marriage, he stated that a “daughter will always be a child” in the eyes of her parents hence the resistance “must be understood in that context”.
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