Zuma signs over rights to mother of love child

Former President Jacob Zuma has signed over a host of rights to Sonono Khoza, the mother of their love child, according to a Sunday World report. He has given her the right to travel with the child out of the country whenever she chooses, and the right to apply for a passport and international visa or permit for their child without his consent. He has also given Khoza, who is the daughter of Orlando Pirates boss Irvin Khoza, absolute powers to make decisions regarding the ‘religious and spiritual advancement of the child’. In addition, Zuma has also agreed that if he or the child want to have contact with each other, his visitation right will be facilitated by a ‘qualified person’. Zuma, who has multiple wives, fathered the child out of wedlock with Khoza when he was still President in 2009. The details were contained in a Gauteng High Court (Johannesburg) application for a settlement agreement signed by Zuma and Khoza to be made an order of court. A date to hear the matter has still to be decided. According to the papers, Khoza publicly confirmed for the first time that the former President was indeed the father of their nine-year-old child. ‘Zuma acknowledges his responsibility to maintain the minor child and should the minor child in future need financial support from Zuma, the parties record that they are aware of their respective rights in terms of the Maintenance Act,’ read the papers.