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...absolutely wonderful. The teaching of respect was deep - how to live in a community, how to do the things a man ought to do, like propose love to girls. But critically, I was taught bravery. A man must be brave. Nothing must defeat you." - Recalling his upbringing. (The Times [South Africa], April...
...Many party elders are horrified that such a man should step into shoes once occupied by Nelson Mandela, but they can't deny that he has achieved an African rarity: the peaceful overthrow of a powerful incumbent." - Rian Malan, an award-winning South African author, on Zuma's accomplishments. (TIME...
...were politically motivated. A judge dismissed the case in 2008 due to a legal technicality, but the National Prosecuting Agency (NPA) appealed the ruling. Mbeki would eventually resign as president following allegations that he interfered with the case. The corruption charges were dropped April 9, 2009, just weeks before South Africa's April 22 national elections...
...maintains the sex was consensual. His testimony that he took a shower after having unprotected sex with the accuser, who he knew was HIV positive, in order to protect himself from infection prompted outrage in the scientific community, not the least because Zuma once served as head of South Africa's National AIDS Council...
...Same-sex marriage is a disgrace to the nation and to God. When I was growing up, [a homosexual] would not have stood in front of me. I would knock him out." (The Times [South Africa], April...