May 8, 2013

Jacob Zuma's Wife Loses £36,000 Worth Of Jewellery On A Flight


The fifth wife of South African president Jacob Zuma is said to be considering legal acton against one of the country's airlines after allegedly losing jewellery worth half a million rand (£36,000) onboard one of its flights.

Thobeka Madiba-Zuma, a former bank clerk who became polygamous Mr Zuma's third current wife when she married him in 2010, claims that 36 pieces of "exclusive" jewellery in a Clarins cosmetic case were stolen from her bag while in transit in December last year.

Among the items she listed as lost, according to a claim form obtained by Beeld newspaper, were £32,000-worth of diamonds including a diamond arm band, two diamond sets of earrings, bracelets, chains and pendants, two diamond rings and a diamond and gold ring in the shape of a snake.

[The Telegraph]

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