Zuma comes bearing gifts

Pretoria-President Jacob Zuma is to host a party for orphans and children, said the Presidency on Monday.

The annual party, organised by the Jacob Zuma Education Trust, will be hosted at Mnyakanya High School in the KwaNxamalala area in Nkandla, KwaZulu-Natal, on Tuesday. The president is a patron of the trust.

The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) will promote careers in the military at the event.

Since its inception in 1995, the trust has educated more than 20 000 underprivileged children.