Nkosazana Zuma

• ex-wife - Name: Nkosazana Dlamini ; Age: 60 ; Children: Four ; Married: 1972, divorced 1998

Zuma's most famous wife, Nkosazana Dlamini, aged 60, has been a respected Cabinet minister since 1999 and was unique in her popularity with both ANC factions of former president Thabo Mbeki and Zuma. She married Zuma in 1972 and divorced in June 1998 due to "irreconcilable differences".

The couple had four children: Msholozi (26) Gugu (24) Thuli (23) and Thuthi (21). Their daughter, Gugu Zuma, is an actress in the popular soapie Isindingo and made headlines when she married the son of Welshman Ncube, secretary general for Zimbabwe's opposition party, the Movement for Democratic Change.

Dlamini-Zuma was health minister from 1994 to 1999, under president Nelson Mandela, then foreign affairs minister from June 17 1999 to May 10 2009, under presidents Thabo Mbeki and Kgalema Molanthe. She was moved to the position of Minister of Home Affairs in the Cabinet of her ex-husband Zuma on May 10 2009.

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Nompumelelo Ntuli-Zuma, was banished from Nkandla after she allegedly tried to kill him. The Sunday Times said that Russian intelligence agents had discovered that MaNtuli had been involved in a plot to poison Zuma. She has rejected the allegations against her and has never been charged with any wrongdoing. J Pauw:The President's Keepers: Those keeping Zuma in power and out of prison