Zuma 'must compensate' - MEC
2006-03-08 16:17
Johannesburg - An offer of compensation made to a woman allegedly raped by former deputy president Jacob Zuma may have included the payment of her tuition fees, the Johannesburg High Court heard on Wednesday.
Her mom told her this after a discussion with KwaZulu-Natal Finance MEC Zweli Mkhize who attempted to mediate between the two parties, she testified.
Mkhize had told her mother he thought "umalume (uncle)" Zuma must compensate for what he has done.
Her mother told her she did not know if there was a way to compensate for rape in Zulu culture.
Earlier this week, Zuma's rape accuser told the court he had offered to help find funding for her homeopathy studies in London.
However, Zuma could not get the money before the course began.
The woman is being cross-examined by Zuma's lawyer Kemp J Kemp.
Zuma has admitted to consensual sex with her, but denies raping her.
'Shit scared'
She has testified that she told Zuma "stop" more than once while he massaged her before the alleged rape at his Johannesburg home.
She also did not resist when he held down her hands and forced her legs open.
"I was shit scared," she told the court.
She did not know why Zuma had asked her during the alleged rape if he should ejaculate inside her or not, she replied under cross-questioning.
Kemp said a man would generally ask this of a woman to establish whether she was safe from falling pregnant.
"Such a question indicates a measure of trust in your partner.
"The question can only be of use if the person asking it expects a truthful answer," Kemp told her.
Another reason for the question was to establish whether the woman was sexually satisfied.
However, the woman disagreed, saying Zuma had not asked her when he could ejaculate, but if he could ejaculate inside her.
Had she said no to Zuma during the intercourse, Kemp told the woman he would have asked her why she did not say "no" louder, or even shout.
Asked whether she was aware there were uniformed policemen on the property the night of the incident, she said she was.
Pyjamas
Zuma had come to her room later wearing long pyjamas. After asking whether she was sleeping, he told her to see him before she left.
He also asked whether she had transport money.
Kemp asked: "Why didn't you say to him: 'Why did you do this? Why did you rape me, you dog?' Or whatever you wanted to say?"
She replied: "At that time I was still in a daze."
Later in the proceedings, after she had said several times she was shocked and dazed after the alleged rape, Kemp asked: "Do you know whether in your daze you co-operated with sexual intercourse or wasn't it such a bad daze?"
She repeated: "I was shocked and stiff."
'Froze'
Kemp questioned whether it had not crossed her mind that by not reacting, or not screaming for the nearby policemen, Zuma would think she didn't mind.
The woman replied that her body's response was to freeze.
However, she agreed that Zuma could have thought she was not objecting.
Zuma contended that he whispered terms of endearment to her. He also said: "You are delicious."
She did not recall that. All she remembered him saying was that she was a real lady.
When she woke up at 05:00, she took a shower, collected her things, packed a cooler bag in the kitchen and phoned Swaziland from the landline in Zuma's house.
- SAPA