Sibonelo Madiba with his mother, Thobeka Madiba-Zuma. Picture: Facebook.
Sibonelo Madiba, a stepson of former President Jacob Zuma and son of his fifth wife, Thobeka Madiba-Zuma, has been accused of assaulting a man named Vuka Hlangu on New Year’s Eve, Sunday World reports.
The is alleged to have hit Hlangu in the head with a bottle, knocking out one of his teeth.
A Durban police spokesperson confirmed that an assault case had been opened.
The full story is available in today’s edition of The Sunday World.
This is not the first time Madiba has made headlines.
In 2014, he was accused of swearing at patrons in a Durban nightclub, reportedly telling them that he is the “president’s son” and that they must “voetsek”, according to the Daily Sun.
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Madiba’s legal problems are not as severe as his stepbrother Duduzane’s.
Later this month, the culpable homicide case of Duduzane will resume.
The younger Zuma was charged with the deaths of two minibus taxi passengers following an accident in February 2014.
Duduzane appeared in the Randburg Magistrate’s Court in October, on two counts of culpable homicide. The case was postponed to January 24.
Zuma is also facing charges of corruption arising from the role he played in a failed attempt to bribe then deputy finance minister Mcebisi Jonas at the Gupta family’s Saxonwold home in October 2015.
It is alleged that, at the meeting, Duduzane, businessperson Fana Hlongwane and Ajay Gupta offered Jonas the job of finance minister and a bribe of R600 million.
The corruption case will also be heard in January.
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