Has anyone brought him his machine gun yet?

11:11 pm, 2/1/10

Two years ago, I posted a story about Jacob Zuma, the ultra-corrupt "proud Zulu warrior" who, incredibly, seemed on course to take the reins as President of South Africa.

Supporters, able to put aside that his personal theme song was entitled "Bring Me My Machine Gun", that he could not stop singing it everywhere he went (including during his own trials and in the middle of sessions of parliament), and that he apparently liked to rape family friends as a hobby, sealed the deal last year. Zuma is now in charge, celebrating the birth of his 20th child.

His latest offspring, a girl, was reported on Sunday to have been born in October to Sonono Khoza, 39, the divorced daughter of Irvin Khoza, according to the country's Sunday Times newspaper. Mr Khoza is the chairman of the organising committee for the football World Cup finals to be held in South Africa later this year.

Mr Zuma, 67, is a proud Zulu traditionalist, and as well as his polygamy - he married his third current wife and fifth overall, Thobeka Madiba, earlier this month - he has had a number of children out of wedlock.

Mr. Khoza was reportedly not altogether thrilled with the news, but the family is now supposedly "excited" at the prospect of their daughter becoming Zuma's sixth wife.

Or seventh, depending on whether or not he marries his other fiancee first.