Zuma innocent of rape
08/05/2006 15:08  - (SA)  

Men anti-rape activists hailed Irrelevant 'where rape occurred' 800 gather in support of Zuma Zuma upbeat during break Judge turns to State witnesses Focus on Zuma accuser Zuma accuser 'was free to go' Zuma's date - with destiny Sasco wants Zuma to apologise How the Zuma saga ran... The main characters... Police gear up for Zuma verdict Thousands rally for Zuma SA braces for Zuma verdict 'My conscience is clear' Zuma trial in pictures Crowds gather as judgment nears

Johannesburg - Former deputy president Jacob Zuma has been acquitted of rape in the Johannesburg High Court.

The nearly two-month trial of the populist politician was marked by rowdy rival protests by his supporters and gender activists, and thousands of Zuma supporters turned out on Sunday for a fund-raising rally to benefit his legal fund.

Zuma, 64, is facing a separate trial on graft charges starting in July.

Zuma was accused of raping a 31-year-old family friend at his Johannesburg home last November. He has conceded he had sex with his accuser, an HIV-positive Aids activist, but said it was consensual.

President Thabo Mbeki fired Zuma as deputy president last year after he was implicated in the Shaik corruption scandal, and he was later formally charged with graft.

Zuma's dismissal raised tensions within the ANC, fanned by Zuma's own charge that the corruption case was part of a political smear campaign designed to prevent him from succeeding Mbeki as president in 2009. - Reuters

 

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