However, Shivambu did not seem keen to back down from his view that Zuma’s act of kissing the girl on the cheek makes him a pervert, regardless of the fact she’s his daughter.
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The Facebook account belonging to 19-year-old Lindokuhle Dlamini claimed that she and the president were in a relationship; he being her “blesser” – a colloquial term for a man who is in a relationship with a woman who he blesses with material things and she attends to his needs in return. However, News 24 says Edward, the president’s eldest son, confirmed that the girl in the picture was his sister and that there was nothing untoward happening. She captioned it: “He is not just a blesser, we are in love and I am grateful for all that he has done for me, much love”. He added that the Facebook page where the pictures were posted was fake, as was the name of the young woman and her age.
The pics are real – but the young woman in the intimate snaps is Jacob Zuma’s daughter, according to News24. The Facebook page where the selfies purporting to show the pair kissing was posted has been deleted.
The president on Youth Day spoke out against the phenomena of “blessers” sweeping across parts of the country.
“The long-term impact on their lives, and also on our successful fight against HIV and Aids is too ghastly to contemplate”, he said.
Economic Freedom Fighters deputy president Floyd Shivambu tweeted the picture on Wednesday asking: “Okay cool? He has a personal vendetta against the president”.
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President Zuma is a polygamist but the South African Presidential spokesperson said they would look into how the pictures leaked.
