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HAPPY VOWS: Zwelinzima Vavi and his bride Noluthando Mathebe on their wedding day at Oakfield farm in Johannesburg. Pic: Tshepo Kekana 17/08/2007 © Sowetan.

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COSATU general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi and his wife Noluthando are expecting twins.

A source close to the Vavis confirmed to Sowetan that Noluthando is expecting a girl and a boy.

"The couple is excited about the pregnancy and their other children from previous relationships are getting impatient about the twins' arrival," the source said.

Vavi and Noluthando already have five children between them and the twins are their first as a couple.

Noluthando declined to comment on her pregnancy and to reveal how far she was into the pregnancy.

She said: "This is a private matter between my husband and family."

Vavi, sounding annoyed, demanded to know where Sowetan got wind of the twins story.

"Who told you that?" Vavi asked.

"Go back to your source," he barked.

The heavily pregnant Noluthando said yesterday that this year had been a good one for the family.

"God has blessed our family in more ways than one and all we can do is to be grateful," she said.

The couple got hitched in 2007 after Vavi had divorced his first wife, Nikiwe, while Noluthando was rumoured to have divorced her former husband, Bheki Ngema, to be with Vavi.

Both their lives have been marred with misfortunes when Vavi was wrongfully accused of corruption and Noluthando was implicated in a conflict of interest squabble with SA Quantum. Vavi stood by her.

Noluthando is the managing director of diversified company Zwelothando Minerals & Resources.

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Nov 13, 2012

Dubul'Amanzi

Congrats to the couple but Vavi must not sell us on e-tolls.
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Nov 13, 2012

MommaC

Good luck.
7 kids! That is a lot.
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Nov 13, 2012

Pointman

Union membership has been dropping so Vavi has found a new way to increase membership. Breeding is easier than recruiting eh.
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Nov 13, 2012

Zulumacansi

Congrats to the Vavis. We wish them all the best. At least Zweli can take time off to attend antenatal classes or go to the gynae for 3D or ultrasonic scans. Maybe that is why Zweli has been so quiet on the issues surrounding the allerged expendite amounting to R250m for the Presidents home in KwaNxamalala eNkandla. Both him and the so called vanguard of the poor, cde Blade, have been so silent. I remember how vocal Zweli was when the spending spree allegations of Sicelo Shiceka surfaced.
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Nov 13, 2012

candilious

@MommaC-Morning Lucky for them their can afford it
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Nov 13, 2012

MommaC

candilious

Morning doll,
Ja,nee. Being a parasite is a lucrative career choice
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Nov 13, 2012

Vhamsanda

Well done to cde. Vavi and his wife. COSATU membership is growing .
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Nov 13, 2012

MGEEZ

I hope Vavi is not trying to outwit the President with the number of kids the individual has! Lol
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Nov 13, 2012

antie

Tjo, 7 children. Even with money 7 is a lot of work. Congrats anyways.
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Nov 13, 2012

SOLUTIONS

One can see he has enough money to send them to private schools, no one in his right mind will still support the anc when he must send his children to these jokes that we call public schools.
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