ANC eThekwini Municipality councillors are expected to visit former president of South Africa, Jacob Zumba.
On Thursday afternoon the councilors were headed to former president Jacob Zuma’s KwaDakwudunuse homestead in the village of KwaNxamalala, in Nkandla, bearing a gift in the form of a bull which is a customary gesture of respect.
On the significance of the gift that they are set to hand over to Zuma upon their arrival in Nkandla, ANC eThekwini councillor Ntandoyenkosi Khuzwayo said:
“It’s customary for us as Africans that when you visit a person in their own home you bring a gift. Particularly when you are visiting the male head of a household you bring a gift in the form of a cow or cattle.”
Ntando Khuzwayo, eThekwini Ward 28 councillor, said the visit was just to check up on the wellbeing of Zuma.
“We just want to see him and show him our love and appreciation. When he got out of prison, we were not able to see him because we were still busy with election campaigns,” he said.
Khuzwayo said about 40 councillors from eThekwini and Umvoti contributed to Zuma’s gift.
