SAfrica wonders who is Zuma's first lady

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JOHANNESBURG (AFP) — South Africans have long known that Jacob Zuma would be their next president. But now they have a new question for a man married four times and with two current wives: Who's the first lady?

Polygamy is legally recognised in South Africa, and the constitution makes no provisions for a first lady, according to Jessie Duarte, spokeswoman for the ruling African National Congress which swept last month's general elections.

"Mr Zuma can invite any of his two wives or his daughters to official functions, depending on the occasion," she said.

His first wife is Sizakele Khumalo, whom he has known for 50 years and married in 1973. They have no children together, and she still lives in his village of Nkandla, deep in countryside of...