{"id":1766,"date":"2016-10-22T07:58:10","date_gmt":"2016-10-22T04:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mzansimirror.com\/?p=1766"},"modified":"2022-04-01T20:36:11","modified_gmt":"2022-04-01T18:36:11","slug":"julius-malema-wife-mantwa-welcome-first-child","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mzansimirror.com\/julius-malema-wife-mantwa-welcome-first-child\/","title":{"rendered":"Julius Malema And Wife Mantwa Welcome Their First Child"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1767\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1767\" class=\"wp-image-1767 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mzansimirror.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Julius-Malema-wife-Mantwa.jpg\" alt=\"Julius Malema and wife Mantwa Matlala\" width=\"480\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mzansimirror.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Julius-Malema-wife-Mantwa.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.mzansimirror.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Julius-Malema-wife-Mantwa-300x175.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1767\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Julius Malema and his wife Mantwa Matlala.<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em><strong>Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mzansimirror.com\/tag\/julius-malema\/\">Julius Malema<\/a> and wife Mantwa have welcomed their first child together.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Malema let the cat out of the bag when he posted a picture of him and Mantwa on Friday morning with a caption that read: \u201cMma Munzhedzi re a leboga\u201a Modimo le Badimo ba leboloke\u201c\u201a which\u201a loosely translated\u201a is \u201cMunzhedzi\u2019s mother we thank you\u201a May god and the gods protect you\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mzansi Mirror understands that Munzhedzi \u2014 a Venda name which means a self-starter or leader \u2014 is the name given to the child.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>READ: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mzansimirror.com\/somizi-mhlongos-mom-blesses-new-r1-7-million-car\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Somizi Mhlongo&#8217;s Mom Blesses His New R1.7 Million Car<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Three senior EFF officials declined to comment\u201a saying the matter is private.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cI have been struggling to say that name\u201a but I don\u2019t want to say anything. You should call him yourself\u201a\u201d EFF commissar Godrich Gardee told TMG Digital.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Gardee had earlier commented on Malema\u2019s Instagram picture by saying: \u201cCongratulations President and to Mrs Malema\u2026. Ftr Munzhedzi.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A giggly EFF national chairperson Dali Mpofu said: \u201cYou want to get me into trouble here. I don\u2019t know anything\u201a it\u2019s best if you call him.\u201d<\/p><div class=\"a17b8461aa8852e9804489a09abe77ee\" data-index=\"2\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6320557125022566\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Responsive Ad -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6320557125022566\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1510235538\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Acting EFF spokesperson Fana Mokoena said: \u201cIt\u2019s a bit of an uncomfortable space because they are a very private family so we would not like to say too much. He will have to speak about this himself.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-version=\"7\">\n<div style=\"padding: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background: #F8F8F8; line-height: 0; margin-top: 40px; padding: 62.4537037037% 0; text-align: center; width: 100%;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;\"><a style=\"color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BL0TU_5BZdl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mma Munzhedzi re a leboga, Modimo le Badimo ba leboloke. ????<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\">A photo posted by Juliusmalemasello (@julius.malema.sello) on <time style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;\" datetime=\"2016-10-21T07:50:59+00:00\">Oct 21, 2016 at 12:50am PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" defer=\"\" src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Malema\u2019s cellphone rang unanswered on Friday morning.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The first couple of the EFF tied the knot in Decemeber 2014 at a luxurious private ceremony in Malema\u2019s home town of Seshego.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mzansimirror.com\/tag\/julius-malema\/\">Julius Malema<\/a> has a son\u201a Ratanang\u201a born from a relationship with Maropeng Ramohlale.<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema and wife Mantwa have welcomed their first child together. 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