Gugulethu Zuma-Ncube


Gugulethu Zuma-Ncube is a South African actress, producer and daughter of former President Jacob Zuma and African National Congress politician Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, and daughter-in-law to Zimbabwean United Movement for Democratic Change politician Welshman Ncube.

Early life

Zuma-Ncube was born in 1985. In 2007, she graduated from AFDA with a Live Performance degree. Sindiswa, a graduation film in which she played a role, was nominated for the Student Academy Awards in Hollywood. She met her future husband, Wesley Ncube, while she was studying in Cape Town, and married him at the end of 2008.

Career

Gugulethu has appeared in several television shows, including Interrogation Room, SABC3's Isidingo, and e.tv's Rhythm City.

''It's for Life''

Through Nyenyedzi Productions, which she co-owns with her sisters Nokuthula Nomaqhawe and Thuthukile Zuma, she co-produced and acted in Mzansi Magic's It’s for Life, a 2011 sitcom about four 20-somethings who find a squatter in their house. Their father promoted the series through his official presidential Twitter account, for which he received criticism.

''Uzalo''

Zuma-Ncube also co-owns Stained Glass Productions with Kobedi "Pepsi" Pokane, through which they co-produced Uzalo for the SABC1 channel. It aired five days per week, Monday to Friday, and was the second-most popular television show in South Africa, behind Mzansi Magic's Isibaya telenovella, with which it was intended to compete.

Politics

In 2011, she volunteered at Luthuli House, the ANC's headquarters, with her sister Thuthukile.

Controversy

In 2015 and 2016, various national newspapers alleged that Zuma-Ncube benefitted unduly from nepotism through contracts of R167 million from the SABC and R8 million from the eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality for Uzalo.