Article 6QECY Daughter of South Africa’s ex-president Zuma to be Eswatini king’s 16th wife

Daughter of South Africa’s ex-president Zuma to be Eswatini king’s 16th wife

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Rachel Savage and agencies
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Engagement of 21-year-old Nomcebo Zuma to King Mswati III confirmed at the annual Umhlanga reed dance

A daughter of the former South African president Jacob Zuma is engaged to the king of Eswatini, formerly Swaziland, with the 21-year-old confirmed as the monarch's fiancee during a traditional ceremony in which she was among hundreds of women and girls dancing for him.

Nomcebo Zuma appeared on Monday night at the annual reed dance as the liphovela - the royal fiancee or concubine - and will become King Mswati III's 16th wife.

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