Jacob Zuma’s brother to be laid to rest next Thursday, says family elder

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Jacob Zuma’s brother to be laid to rest next Thursday, says family elder
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“We were going to have the funeral this Saturday and then decided to have it next week Thursday because we discovered that his wife MaXulu had Covid-19 and has been hospitalised.'

Former president Jacob Zuma with his younger brother Michael in Nkandla in December 2007. Michael died after a long illness.Former president Jacob Zuma’s brother Michael will be buried next Thursday, a family elder has confirmed.

“We were going to have the funeral this Saturday and then decided to have it next week Thursday because we discovered that his wife MaXulu had Covid-19 and has been hospitalised. She has to be in hospital for 14 days and she will be discharged next Tuesday. The 77-year-old said health officials were at the Nkandla homestead where all the family members were tested for Covid-19. Most family members tested negative.

The JG Zuma Foundation tweeted on Wednesday evening that Zuma’s legal team, led by advocate Dali Mpofu, visited him at the Estcourt Correctional Centre in KwaZulu-Natal to discuss various legal matters. The foundations’ Mzwanele Manyi and Mpofu were not immediately available to comment.

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