Zuma trial continues
2006-04-05 08:33
Johannesburg - Jacob Zuma's rape trial continues in the Johannesburg High Court on Wednesday with the former deputy president returning to the witness box for further cross examination.
He has told Judge Willem van der Merwe, whom he addresses by the Zulu honorific Nkosi Yenkantolo (your honour), that he had received a number of sexual signals from the woman he allegedly raped.
This included talk about her need for sex even though she is HIV-positive, her arrival at his house in a short skirt, and her not objecting to him taking his clothes off in front of her while she lay under his duvet in his bedroom.
He told the court he is HIV-negative and believed there was only a minimal risk of his contracting the virus that causes Aids from her, based on knowledge gained while chairperson of the National Aids Council.
In the woman's version, Zuma raped her in the guest room of his Johannesburg home on November 2. She said she did not scream or resist because she froze, an explanation backed by a trauma specialist.
- SAPA