Bongi Ngema-Zuma (born 1 January 1965) is a South African businesswoman and the fourth wife of former South African President, Jacob Zuma.
Bongi Ngema-Zuma Age
She was born on the 1st of January 1965 in Umlazi, South Africa. As of 2024, she is 59 years old and celebrates her birthday on January 1st every year.
Bongi is the middle child of six siblings, four sisters and two brothers.
Bongi Ngema-Zuma Education
She had her primary education in Umlazi and then moved to Inanda – Ohlange for high school. Bongi eventually came back to Umlazi to study at Mangosuthu Technikon.
She holds a Diploma in Marketing and a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration.
Bongi Ngema-Zuma Husband
She is married to former President Jacob Zuma. They got married in 2012 making her his fourth wife.
Bongi Ngema-Zuma Career
The majority part of Bongi’s work experience has been in accounts, finance and investment in companies which include Investment Bank, Standard Chartered and Merchant Bank, Deloitte & Touche, IBM and JIC Mining Services. She then decided to move to Johannesburg in 1989.
She established the Bongi Ngema-Zuma Foundation in 2010; a registered Non-Profit Organisation with a vision of seeing a South Africa where diabetes ceases to be a killer due to lack of awareness, by supporting and helping people take control of diabetes.
The foundation is the living embodiment of her passion to create awareness about diabetes – a fulfillment of her vision that no person should die because of lack of awareness about diabetes.
Bongi Ngema-Zuma Net Worth
She has an estimated net worth of $300 000 which she has earned from her career.
