Jacob Zuma

==Early life==
Zuma was born in [[Nkandla, KwaZulu-Natal|Nkandla]], [[Natal Province]] (now part of the province of [[KwaZulu-Natal]]),<ref name=Gordin/>{{rp|1}} and often moved around Natal and the suburbs of [[Durban]] as a child.<ref>{{cite web|title=Biography of Jacob ZUMA|url=http://www.africansuccess.org/visuFiche.php?id=420&lang=en|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120710211106/http://www.africansuccess.org/visuFiche.php?id=420&lang=en|archive-date=10 July 2012|access-date=18 October 2012|publisher=African Success}}</ref> His father, Nobhekisisa, was a [[policeman]] who died when Zuma was five,<ref>{{cite news|date=15 December 2017|title=The Trials of Jacob Zuma|work=BBC|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-sh/Trials_of_Jacob_Zuma|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171216000456/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-sh/Trials_of_Jacob_Zuma|archive-date=16 December 2017}}</ref> and his mother, Geinamazwi, was a domestic worker.<ref name="Gordin">{{cite book |last=Gordin |first=Jeremy |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wdMwAQAAIAAJ|title=Zuma, A Biography |publisher=Jonathan Ball |year=2008 |isbn=978-1-86842-263-0 }}</ref>{{rp|4}}<ref name="Tromp-2018">{{Cite news |last=Tromp |first=Beauregard |date=2018-02-16 |title=A comrade rises – before the fall|url=https://mg.co.za/article/2018-02-16-00-a-comrade-rises-before-the-fall/ |url-status=live |access-date=2021-12-24 |website=[[Mail & Guardian]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180321035850/https://mg.co.za/article/2018-02-16-00-a-comrade-rises-before-the-fall/ |archive-date=2018-03-21 |language=en-ZA}}</ref> His middle name, Gedleyihlekisa, means "one who smiles while causing you harm" in [[Zulu language|Zulu]].<ref name="veconomist">{{cite news|title=The disastrous legacy of South Africa's President Jacob Zuma |url=https://www.economist.com/news/middle-east-and-africa/21737023-south-africas-lost-decade |newspaper=[[The Economist]] |date=14 February 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180215012515/https://www.economist.com/news/middle-east-and-africa/21737023-south-africas-lost-decade|archive-date=15 February 2018}}</ref> He did not receive formal schooling.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.anc.org.za/list_by.php?by=Jacob%20Zuma |title=The Jacob Zuma Page|access-date=13 August 2011|publisher=ANC|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130504133022/http://www.anc.org.za/list_by.php?by=Jacob%20Zuma|archive-date=4 May 2013}}</ref>

He has at least three brothers—Michael,<ref>{{cite news|last=Smith|first=David|date=20 April 2009|title=Jacob Zuma the chameleon brings South Africans joy and fear|work=[[The Guardian]] |location=London, UK|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/apr/20/zuma-south-africa-politics|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170112190552/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/apr/20/zuma-south-africa-politics|archive-date=12 January 2017}}</ref> Joseph,<ref>{{Cite web|last=Mavuso|first=Sihle|date=2021-08-12|title=Jacob Zuma's brother describes last moments before former president surrendered to authorities, blames Zondo|url=https://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/jacob-zumas-brother-describes-last-moments-before-former-president-surrendered-to-authorities-blames-zondo-c7de5504-b1a0-48d5-97b4-a2eb8fa96867 |url-status=live|access-date=2021-12-23|website=[[Independent Online (South Africa)|IOL]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210812154812/https://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/jacob-zumas-brother-describes-last-moments-before-former-president-surrendered-to-authorities-blames-zondo-c7de5504-b1a0-48d5-97b4-a2eb8fa96867 |archive-date=2021-08-12 |language=en}}</ref> and Khanya<ref>{{Cite web|last=Khoza|first=Amanda|date=2021-07-15|title=Jacob Zuma's brother to be laid to rest next Thursday, says family elder|url=https://www.sowetanlive.co.za/news/south-africa/2021-07-15-jacob-zumas-brother-to-be-laid-to-rest-next-thursday-says-family-elder/|access-date=2021-12-23|website=Sowetan|language=en-ZA}}</ref>—and at least one sister—Velephi.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Cilliers|first=Charles|date=2019-05-29|title=Jacob Zuma's sister Velephi passes away|url=https://www.citizen.co.za/news/2136696/jacob-zumas-sister-velephi-passes-away/|access-date=2021-12-23|website=The Citizen|language=en}}</ref> Michael Zuma was employed by Khumbula Property Services, a construction company, and in 2011 admitted to using his elder brother Jacob's political status to secure a government contract for the company in exchange for a homestead in Nkandla.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Khoza|first=Amanda|date=2013-11-17|title='I sold my Zuma name for R10m house'|url=https://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/i-sold-my-zuma-name-for-r10m-house-1608210|access-date=2021-12-23|website=[[Independent Online (South Africa)|IOL]]|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2013-11-11|title=Michael Zuma adds finger to corruption pie|url=https://www.enca.com/south-africa/zuma-magashule-implicated-tender-fraud|access-date=2021-12-23|website=eNCA|language=en}}</ref>  <!-- Any more known about siblings ? -->