Zuma's Son Probed Over Fatal Crash
Police are investigating a son of South Africa's President
Jacob Zuma for manslaughter after a woman died in an accident involving his
sports car, media reports said Sunday.
Duduzane Zuma, a businessman, crashed his Porsche into a
minibus taxi just before midnight on February 1 in the suburb of Sandton, the
Sunday Independent, the Sunday Times and Eyewitness News radio reported. Police confirmed an investigation of manslaughter against
the Porsche driver, but declined to name the person until charges are laid and
he appears in court.
"There was an incident where a Porsche collided in the
rear of a taxi in the dark during heavy rain," said Johannesburg Metro
Police spokesman Wayne Minnaarb,"The taxi overturned and one person died; two were
injured," he told AFP. The fatality was 30-year-old Zimbabwean national Phumzile
Dube, who was buried in her home country Saturday, the Sunday Times reported. Her husband told the newspaper that no one had contacted the
family.
"Zuma killed my wife and I want justice," said Themba
Dube. "It doesn't matter whether he is the president's son -- justice
doesn't have eyes."Taxi driver Vusi Dlamini was hospitalised after he collapsed
at the scene. "I don't like what happened. He bumped me out of the
blue and my taxi overturned. One passenger died instantly," he told the
Sunday Times. The officer on the scene did not take blood alcohol tests,
Minnaar said.
Presidential spokesman Mac Maharaj told AFP he did not
comment on Zuma family matters.
Duduzane, who turns 30 this year, is one of four children
that Zuma had with his second wife Kate, who committed suicide in 2000. Zuma currently has four wives and at least 21 children, some
out of wedlock. Duduzane Zuma has business relations with close family
associates the Gupta brothers, and reportedly owns interests in their
pro-government newspaper The New Age and ANN7 television news network.
The Gupta brothers, originally from India, made headlines
last year when they landed a plane filled with wedding guests at a military
airbase without proper authorisation.
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