[Fwd: Zuma's wife left in the dark (summarised)]

By Wendy Jasson da Costa

Just months after she was nearly evicted from her plush Durban home,
South Africa's first lady Nompumelelo Ntuli-Zuma is in the dark, with no
lights or water.

That's because neither she, nor the president or their benefactors, have
paid the utilities bills. Nor is it the first time that they have
defaulted.

According to the latest information available to The Mercury
[newspaper], the eThekwini municipality is owed a total of R9 564.87.

It will have to be paid in full before the municipality will again
restore services to the exclusive Innes Road mansion in Morningside.

The Mercury understands that the house - which has eight bedrooms - has
been without lights and water since last week.

This article was originally published on page 1 of The Mercury on May
19, 2010