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A two-part video conversation between former President Jacob Zuma and his son Duduzane has created controversy, culminating in two of his sons calling former ANC NEC member Frank Chikane a liar.
During the first part of the conversation called “Zooming with the Zuma’s”, Duduzane goes into detail about the events surrounding his mother Kate Mantsho Zuma’s suicide.
He detailed how, after witnessing his mother’s non-sensitive body, he found a suicide note that the then-CEO of the Presidency, Chikane, took from him shortly after.
“The last time I saw that note was when he took it from my hands,” Duduzane tells his father.
In reaction to the broadcast, Chikane warned the former president and accused the young Zuma of creating “falsehoods.”
“As a matter of respect for Mama Kate Mantsho Zuma, I have decided not to answer falsehoods about the suicide note. Jacob Zuma should take responsibility for correcting his son because he knows the truth. I hope he has, or will follow doing. do it, “he tweeted.
Speaking to News24 on Friday morning, Edward Zuma, one of the former presidents with more vocal children, said Chikane was lying.
“I was there. I saw what happened. I don’t know why the reverend is lying, but I saw it with the note. He took it,” Edward said.
Duduzane’s twin, Duduzile Zuma, turned to social media to broadcast her own memory of the day her mother died.
In reaction to Chikane’s tweets, Duduzile said he remembered how his pesky Edward, Duduzane and Mxolisi had brought his mother’s body to the ambulance, with Chikane’s help.
“I hear your distinctive voice. Moments later, I hear a commotion in the passage, I look. I see the fight to get my mother to the waiting ambulance. I see my brave brothers, Edward, Saady, and Duduzani taking my mother. we see too, “she said.
Zuma’s wife, 44, died after taking an overdose of sleeping pills and antimalarial drugs in December 2000, the Sunday Times reported.
In her suicide note, which was attached to the file, Kate Zuma described her marriage to Zuma as “24 years of hell”. The couple had four children.
They gave him a state funeral to which then-President Thabo Mbeki and Nelson Mandela went.
When asked for comment, Chikane said the facts surrounding that period had been presented in an investigation and, out of respect for his relationship with the late Kate Zuma, he declined to comment further.
“I don’t want to get involved in the matter. What happened during that period was archived. What I said, even in the investigation, should be readily available and the facts should speak for themselves.”
However, one of Zuma’s ardent supporters, Ekurhuleni Mayor Mzwandile Masina, spoke out against the Zuma family and said the videos were in bad taste. Masina was referring to Duduzane’s reference to events related to the alleged poisoning of Vice President David Mabuza.
In the first part of the video, Duduzane tells his father how he arranged to transport Mabuza to Russia for treatment.
Calling Duduzane’s story numb, Masina said the focus must be on the coronavirus pandemic.
– Additional reports from Tshidi Madia
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