Jacob Zuma risks diplomatic embarrassment hours before meeting the Queen

By Laura Roberts Published: 10:04AM GMT 03 March 2010

South Africa"s President Jacob Zuma arrives in Britain with one of his wives, Thobeka Madiba Zuma Photo: REUTERS

The 67 year-old indicted the UK of feeling culturally higher - that he blamed on Britain"s colonial past.

Mr Zuma, who will outlay dual nights at Buckingham Palace for an central state revisit that starts today, is accepted to be dissapoint by new reports of his charming in isolation hold up in the British press.

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He said: "When the British came to the nation they pronounced all we did was barbaric, was wrong, defective in whatever way.

"Bear in mind that I"m a leisure warrior and I fought to free myself, additionally for my enlightenment to be respected.

"And I don"t know because they are stability meditative that their enlightenment is some-more higher than others, those who competence have pronounced so.

"I am really transparent on these issues, I"ve not looked down on any enlightenment of anyone, and no one has been since an management to decider others.

"The British have finished that before, as they colonised us, and they go on to do this, and it"s an hapless thing.

"If people wish an engagement, I"m sure we will rivet on that issue."

Mr Zuma"s comments were published in an talk with South Africa"s Independent journal group.

The polygamist president, who has 3 stream wives, spoke out yesterday after nearing in Britain with his third and majority new associate Thobeka Madiba, 38.

The integrate are currently due to be welcomed by the Queen at Horse Guards Parade prior to being taken by carriage to Buckingham Palace. This dusk they will suffer a state party at the palace.

As a part of of the Zulu clan Mr Zuma is available to take mixed wives, but was last month forced to have a open reparation after revelation he fathered a love kid following an event with the daughter of a friend.

The African National Congress personality competence have hoped the revisit to London would assistance move open courtesy afar from his in isolation life.

A report for this week includes meetings with Gordon Brown and antithesis leaders David Cameron and Nick Clegg in further to a debate to MPs in parliament.

Officials currently reliable Mr Zuma dictated to go on with the state revisit as planned.

His orator Vincent Magwenya pronounced the president"s comments about the British would have no temperament on the trip.

He said: "Mr Zuma is in the UK for wide-ranging programme of estimable and critical issues.

"The comments he done were not directed at the British open in ubiquitous but at sure sections of the media that have lambasted him for what he considers to be his culture.

"Mr Zuma had a assembly with British reporters yesterday and was asked not one subject about his in isolation life.

"He does not conclude celebration of the mass things that he considers are patronising to his culture.

"Obviously his comments will have no temperament on the state visit.

"Mr Zuma is severely seeking brazen to assembly the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh currently and will go on with the full programme as planned."