The woman pictured kissing and being kissed by President Jacob Zuma in a series of selfies that set tongues wagging is not his “blessee”‚ but his daughter.
That’s according to an “exclusive report” by News24 which quoted Zuma’s son Edward saying the woman in the photos is his “sister”‚ and that the Facebook page they were posted on was fake.
The website did not‚ however‚ name the daughter‚ but some online commentators had said there appeared to be a family resemblance between the pair in the pictures.
>http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/exclusive-young-woman-kissing-zuma-is-his-daughter-family-confirms-20160714?isapp=trueThe Presidency‚ after indicating on Wednesday that it would investigate the claims‚ has still yet to comment on the pictures that circulated on social media over the last two days‚ posted by a 19-year-old “Lindokuhle Dlamini”.
They were accompanied with a caption saying that Zuma “is not just a blesser‚ we are inlove”. The Facebook account was later deleted.
Some media outlets‚ like the Citizen‚ said on Wednesday that they had been contacted by readers to say the woman is actually Zuma’s daughter.
That did not sit well with Economic Freedom Fighters deputy president Floyd Shivambu who tweeted: “Okay cool? What kind of Grand Fathers and Fathers kiss their Grand Daughters & Daughters like this? Perverts??”
Shivambu also seemed to suggest that more revelations about presidential impropriety were to follow.
He referenced the sexual harassment case against African National Congress leader in the Western Cape Marius Fransman‚ when he quoted @AndiMakinana’s tweet: “WC ANCYL to Fransman: Being between the sheets with a 20 year old lady while married is not ... ideal values ANC would like to project.”
Shivambu replied to it thus: “Well‚ they do it all the time and one‚ whom they all learn from‚ will be exposed very soon. Watch the space!”
>https://twitter.com/FloydShivambu/status/753332206861426688