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Rape Trial

Jacob Zuma, Former South African Deputy President, Gets Off on Rape…

Tuesday, May 9, 2006 at 10:13 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Just over a month ago, I posted this article detailing some graphic and damningly probative testimony by the HIV-positive woman who claimed that Jacob Zuma (her dead father’s best friend and the man she regarded as her adopted father) had raped her. In his defense, however, Zuma took the stand and testified that although he… Read more.

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Filed Under: International Affairs Tagged With: ANC, corruption, Courts, Jacob Zuma, politics, Rape Trial, South Africa, Thabo Mbeki

How Sex Makes Smart Men Do Stupid Things…

Thursday, April 6, 2006 at 9:54 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Smart men routinely do stupid things for a little poontang – despite potentially grave consequences. And, of course, no man manifests this oxymoronic predilection more than the impeached former president of the United States, William Jefferson Clinton. Nonetheless, I suspect few of these men would do something that is clearly illegal just to “get off.” And… Read more.

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Filed Under: International Affairs Tagged With: Brian J. Doyle, Jacob Zuma, Rape Trial, South Africa politics

Sensational Rape Trial Opens for Former Deputy President of South Africa

Tuesday, March 7, 2006 at 11:07 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

“I thought: ‘Oh, no! It can’t be, he is on top of me, he is naked, I’m in his house.’ I was just confused. I actually thought it can’t be happening. At that point I faced reality. He was just about to rape me.” I said: “Eh eh (no) umalume [uncle]”. This was some of… Read more.

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Filed Under: International Affairs Tagged With: ANC, HIV/AIDS, Jacob Zuma, Rape Trial, Sexual Violence, South Africa, South African politics

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