In 2005 he was charged with
rape
but he was found not guilty.
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One of their traditions he follows is
polygamy
(having more than one wife). He has had six wives (one of them killed herself in 2000) and has fathered more than twenty children.
Zuma was the person to tell the public on December 5, 2013 that
Nelson Mandela
had died.
Life after the presidency
change
On the eve of the
African National Congress
having a vote of no confidence against him, Zuma resigned.
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[11]
A few weeks after he resigned, it was reported that he fathered a child with a 24 year old woman in a
Durban
hospital.
[12]
[13]
On 29 June 2021, Zuma was sentenced to fifteen months in prison for not showing up to court over his corruption trial.
[14]
In August 2021, Jacob Zuma received an insufficient pension to cover his legal costs. In any case, this is what his relatives suggest, who are calling on their fellow citizens to contribute to their former
head of state
.
In September 2021, the South African Constitutional Court scathingly dismissed former President Zuma's petition to reverse his ruling sentencing him to 15 months in prison for contempt of justice.
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