Beyoncé and the bubbly woman: Duduzile Zuma's lavish lifestyle, showcased on her TikTok account, has caught the attention of many.
Duduzile Zuma Sambudla was previously dubbed the “Ivanka Trump of Nkandla” because of her billionaire lifestyle and fervent support for her father, Jacob Zuma.
The 42-year-old twin sister of President Duduzane Zuma, who has played an integral role in the election slogans of Zuma's Umkhonto weSizwe (MK) party, is no longer just the leader of her father's social media activities.
The six-month-old party won a landslide victory in elections last week, securing her a seat in the National Assembly for the seventh parliament. And after her TikTok account drew attention this week, Duduzir has already been labelled a “Parly Baddie”…
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Inside Duduzile Zuma's billionaire lifestyle
Her love of the “soft life” and her promotion of it on TikTok has angered South Africans.
On Thursday, X-user @Sipho_Says caused an uproar online with a post captioned, “Something I would never have expected from Dudu Zuma's TikTok account.”
Doudou, who participates in a variety of TikTok challenges and narrated videos, seems unashamed about showing off her luxurious life, which includes private jets, swanky hotels and exorbitantly priced champagne.
Just the best: Beyoncé and bubbles
In the video, captioned “Room service please,” she can be seen lip-syncing to Beyonce's hit song in her hotel room, clad only in a white towel. Alien Superstar With a bottle of GH Mumm champagne in hand.
If you want to sip on some bubbly in the bath like Dudu, a bottle of GH Mumm Olympe Demi Sec retails for around R1,000…
Follow Room service please… 🍾✌🏾
♬ Original Sound – Liesl Laurie-Mthombeni
Duduzile doesn't do “domestic”
Another video shows Duduzile boarding a private jet, with a voiceover saying he won't be flying “those” kinds of planes where you have to climb over people to get to the bathroom.
In a post ahead of the general election on May 29, Duduzail lip-syncs to a Cardi B song. like what She is wearing an MK Party printed wrap around her body.
She captioned the post, “Vote MK 2024.”
“First that bitch hates me, then this bitch hates me,” Duduzile sings as he “sings” the lyrics, displaying the ANC and DA logos on one side and the South African Electoral Commission (IEC) logo on the other.
In the lyric “And somehow they connect, and they become friends,” she displays the Judiciary logo in the center.
Mzansi reacts: “She's now a Parlee villain.”
Her flamboyant lifestyle stands in stark contrast to that experienced by many South Africans, whose livelihoods are struggling due to a worsening economic situation.
Internet users were quick to point out this fact and accused her of being out of touch.
Gajigo C: “She's out there stomping on our necks!”
thank you “The 2024 congressional class is a wild bunch.”
@almostzenith: “So this is what she's up to when she's not inciting civil unrest.”
@BlazingLEGOs: “Well, this is embarrassing…
thank you “She's now the villain of Paris.”
@Kat: “This is the person people compare Mama Winnie to. Wild.”
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Diamonds dripping
Duduzile is not used to luxury, but…
Zuma's daughter first attracted high-society attention in 2009 when she hosted a R400,000 birthday party for 600 of her closest friends.
In 2011, she married her now-estranged husband, Lonwabo Sambudla, in a Paris-themed wedding at Inkwenkwezi Private Game Reserve outside East London, which was described as South Africa's wedding of the year.
The couple met when Duduzir was serving as a director of Gupta-owned Sahara Computers, and the 600-plus guests at their wedding included many bidders, suspected state hijackers, cabinet ministers and prominent dignitaries.
Around Duduzile's neck was a diamond necklace worth R1.5 million at the time, her wedding dress was studded with Swarovski crystals and her silver shoes were by Christian Louboutin, a French luxury shoe designer.
She and her bridesmaids were decked out in more than 1000 diamonds worth a total of R4.5 million.
It is no wonder that members of the South African Police Service (SAPS) were stationed at the venue to guard the jewels that the then president had borrowed from a luxury jewellery store.
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Is Doudou's estranged husband having financial problems?
Duduzile is reportedly still receiving a large monthly allowance from his former chief executive officer of the now-defunct ANC Youth League's Lembede Investment Holdings.
However, the businessman appears to have run into financial difficulties earlier this year.
be Intraocular lenses According to reports, Sambudra's company is accused of trying to secretly sell three luxury cars – a Rolls-Royce, a Bentley and a Ferrari – owned by a Sharia-compliant financial services company.
Millions in the bank?
Duduzile has previously been linked to Gold Fields shares and Attractive Move Invest, which secured a lucrative SABC deal.
according to Daily MaverickShe also has interests in Duzi Investment Holdings, which invests in Zambia's financial sector, housing projects in Angola and infrastructure development in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
She also founded African Star Communications, a PR and events company.
Is Duduzile dating MK's Nhlamulo Ndulela?
Earlier this week, MK party spokesperson Nhlamehlo Ndlela denied rumours that he was dating Duduzile.
“I am not dating Duduzile Zuma, I am just close and my relationship with her dates back to my time in Mozambique.” Tushisa LIVE I quoted his words.
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The twins' Mozambican roots
Zuma, a father of 23 children, first met Duduzile and Duduzane's mother, Kate Mantso, when he was in exile in Mozambique running intelligence operations.
Kate was Zuma's second wife, who Duduzile and his twin brother are said to have taken their own lives when they were 18 years old.
of Mail & Guardian A letter purportedly left by Kate was somehow leaked to some newspapers, in which she reportedly described her marriage to President Zuma as “24 years of hell”.
