Zuma’s wife-to-be was a ‘bubbly’ intern at KZN newspaper
Source: Sowetanlive, by Amos Mananyetso
Former president Jacob Zuma’s seventh wife-to-be Nonkanyiso Conco was a journalism intern at the Zulu-language newspaper Isolezwe ngoMgqibelo between 2012 and 2013.
According to three journalists who worked with her at the paper, she was a proud virginity testing advocate and always boasted about how she attended all the Reed Dance events since she was a toddler.
Two of the journalists are still employed by the paper while the third is no longer in journalism. The three reporters, who asked not to be named, all said that Conco was a humble intern who was eager to learn.
“She wrote a few stories but I am not sure if any were ever published,” said one reporter. “All I know is that she was more interested in photography.