(AP) KWANXAMALALA, South Africa -- South Africa's president formalized his marriage

to his third wife during a traditional ceremony Monday amid media reports he plans to take a
fourth bride later this year.

Some 2,000 guests thronged a homestead in rural KwaZulu-Natal province to watch the
ceremony in which 67-year-old President Jacob Zuma and 38-year-old Tobeka Madiba took
part.

The couple are already married under South African law and have three children. Madiba
attended Zuma's inauguration ceremony in May. He paid a dowry to her family in 2007 as is
tradition.

Meanwhile, a family member told The Associated Press on Monday that Zuma is also
planning to marry again later this year. Other relatives have told South African media that the
president plans to wed Durban native Gloria Bongi Ngema. The president's office has not
commented on the reports.

Monday's ceremony included an hourlong traditional Zulu wedding dance. During the
ceremony, Madiba performed a solo dance while holding a spear and a shield to symbolize
her acceptance of her new husband.

Zuma, wearing a skirt made of animal fur pelts and sporting bright white tennis shoes, then
joined the dance. The bride wore matching sneakers.

•••••
South African President Jacob Zuma dances with his newly wedded wife,
 Thobeka Madiba, during a traditional Zulu wedding ceremony in Nkandla,
South Africa Monday Jan 4, 2010.

Guests dined on traditional Zulu foods, and attendees were told that more than a dozen sheep,
goats and cows had been slaughtered for the feast.

Wedding guest Sipho Msomi, a cattle herder, said the wedding made him proud to be Zulu,
the nation's largest ethnic group.

Story continues below