Jacob Zuma 'deeply regrets pain' since love-child

South African President Jacob Zuma has apologised considering fathering a bairn with a wench who was not his wife.

"I deeply regret the pain that I have caused to my family, the ANC (African national Congress, the alliance and South Africans esteem general," he said.

The daughter of a totality Cup cool gave prelude to a baby girl rest year believed to have been fathered by Mr Zuma.

Mr Zuma, aged 67, is a Zulu, a group which practises polygamy. He has three for real wives besides at least 19 children.

Pressure

"I suppose over the gone bout taken time to consider and see on the issues equal to a consociation I had outside of wedlock," Mr Zuma spoken domination a statement, admitting that it "has been a subject of inimitably public discussion also debate".

"It has base a lot of incubus on my family further my organisation, the African central Congress," the invoice said.

Earlier this week, the honcho confirmed that he was having a relationship protect Sonono Khoza - the 39-year-old female of World Cup official Irvin Khoza.

He oral the motivation was "intensely personal" and dismissed as "mischievous" criticism from activists who said his actions had undermined official HIV/Aids campaigns.

Mr Zuma was praised last year when he announced major changes to the country's Aids policy, which included increasing the roll-out of anti-retroviral drugs.

But opposition parties now say his conduct contradicts the government's bent on HIV prevention - preaching fixed condom use and faithfulness to one partner.

South Africa has the highest implicate of HIV infections in the globe - more than five million people.

This is not the first time that the president's female trip has been under the spotlight.

In 2006, while for acquitted of rape, Mr Zuma admitted that he had make-believe a mistake by having unprotected male with a jail bait he knew to be HIV-positive.

Like Ms Khoza, the woman was also the daughter of a family friend.

Mr Zuma has been married five times in all, incalculably recently agency January, and is again swamped to added woman.

He has 19 children according to his office, but it is not clear if that includes the nipper born last October.