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African First Lady praised for cheating on Husband

Posted by Claire | Friday June 11, 20103 comments
Photo via Guardian.co.uk

Would you ever condone cheating on your spouse? South Africa's First Lady Nompumelelo Ntuli is being praised in the local blogosphere for doing just that.

It's a story even a soap opera wouldn't touch: South Africa's president Jacob Zuma is a polygamist, currently married to 3 women with more on the 'to-do' list. He proudly defends his situation as an important element of Zulu culture.

The alleged affair of wife #2 with a bodyguard has earned props, as Zuma's other reported escapades shed an extremely unflattering light leading some to call the lady's dalliance "goose for the gander".

Western sensitivities aside (yes, that's hard we know), what do you think of this controversy?
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on November 19, 2010  Hiena said:

I'm completely on her side. I thought about this a lot over the past few years when I was with someone who comes from a background of men in his family having plural wives. I know I would pretend to be good, but I would have boyfriends if I were in a plural marriage. It's not equal treatment to sit aside and be loyal. If I could leave the house and find a boyfriend, in that type of situation, I would definitely (so long as I wouldn't be executed for it).

on November 09, 2010  Becky  13,128 said:

I can't believe this is real life!! My God ... this sort of craziness should be reserved only for daytime TV!

Let's first look at the big picture, this guys wives is costing the South African tax payers about $2 million a year.

Now the nitty gritty ... He currently has 3 wives. He used to have 2 more wives, out of them 1 committed suicide and another was divorced, so now he has 3 wives. He is going to marry 2 more, one who is already pregnant with his child, and another who is in the works. It is estimated that he has at least 20 more children with 8 different women (who are not yet his wives). He was tried for rape. At the trial he admitted to having unprotected sex with an HIV positive woman saying he took a shower right after to ward off the virus. That's a total of "at least" 15 women and 20 children who may be carrying the HIV virus because this guy can't slap on a condom. I'm saying "at least" italics, underlined, bold!! He's a horny 67 yr old 'leader' who was trialed for rape and acquitted. I have no doubt there are tons more, probably more than this guy can remember or count up to.

Now the Second First Lady. She was the "second first lady", she knew that at least 3 wives came before her, and she was OK being the second first lady (two being out of the picture as I previously mentioned), but she can't handle anyone coming after her? What? Now she decides she doesn't believe in polygamy? She's ok being the latest, but can't tolerate another "latest" than her?

She cheats on her husband with the security guard, and the guard mysteriously kills himself (I doubt this alleged suicide will be investigated). Hmm....

Seems like a messed up situation, and really, I can't really say "more power" to the woman, cheating is never OK, and I don't see her cheating on her husband as a good thing (remember she is probably carrying the HIV virus, which she is spreading to anyone else she sleeps with). Now if she were to give up the "first lady" status and divorce him, that's another story entirely!! Instead she is putting up with (and probably putting out to) a cheating polygamist (huh?) all for what... for the "Second First Lady" title (I don't buy the "love" thing.... if you can't love yourself enough to leave this situation, then how can you love someone else?).

In that case I have to say they deserve each other.

I just feel really bad for the South African citizens who have these morons representing them, and they have to give their hard earned money to these people.

And this man is holding the same post once held by Nelson Mandela...

I personally don't like the idea of polygamy, however I guess if it is consensual then it's OK. But this man is taking the excuse of culture to whole new levels.

on October 13, 2010  Chris said:

At first I was like WTF?

Then I was like, meh...

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