Jacob Zuma HIV status

[craigsa]

Taken from MWEB's homepage voting :

Should Jacob Zuma's HIV status and sexual history be questioned at his rape trial?

I say if they con interogate the accuser then they should do the same to the accuse.:(

[lucifir]

since he has decided to testify, they should be able to question him just like they did the accuser

[craigsa]

Exactly.

[BTTB]

I would certainly want to know his HIV status if he was running for President of South Africa?

[craigsa]

Well i would bet you he is HIV + and he was before this rape happened. (yes i have judged him - i think he is guilty)

[feo]

Wouldn't be surprised if he was +...i too think he is guilty

[craigsa]

Breaking news: Zuma says in court .......


Zuma says he is HIV -
Yeah right - sure i belive you !!

[feo]

How can he just SAY that...they should test him to be sure.

[craigsa]

Agreed. Just like he denied having sex with this woman in the first place.

[feo]

This trial is gonna go round in circles just watch...he has lots of supporters and the courts are going to delay giving a verdict coz they don't wanna cause a riot.

[BTTB]

I hope it ends soon.
With all due respect to the lady who was allegedly raped, I am tired of reading about Zuma's Sex Life.
I am really not interested anymore.

The Media sure know how to harp on something.

[jano]

What astounds me is that our former deputy president can say that he didn't think one could HIV just by having sexual intercourse with a woman. (He was also appointed as chairman of the AIDS council or something...)

But then again, our president did say that HIV does not cause AIDS, so I suppose anything is possible.

[charl.voster]

He has not yet been convicted - so his HIV status should be private and has nothing to do with anybody.

Victims should have the right to know the status of their rapists only IF they have been convicted.

[craigsa]

Then why should her status and sexual history be in the public domain? He says he was only tested in 1998 - a lot can happen in that time. I bet you he is +

[lucifir]

yo definitely have a point charl .... just because someone is accused does not mean they are guilty and as such should not be forced into anything .... but he has chosen to testify and as such ... he is fair game for the lawyers :)

[DigitalSoldier]

@ charl.voster the victim is hiv+ and ALL her sexual history were being opened up in court by zuma lawyers so the same should be done with zuma

[craigsa]

Whats good for the goose..........

[kilo39]

What's with this - if I didn't have sex with her it would be I raped her - so I was a gentlemen to have sex with her - how f#cked up is this?

"And I said to myself, I know as we grew up in the Zulu culture you don't leave a woman in that situation because if you do then she will even have you arrested and say that you are a rapist."

iol (http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=13&art_id=qw1144064884856B263)

[charl.voster]

Whats good for the goose..........

crap! It is easy to accuse somebody of doing something. You people are assuming he is guilty until he proves innocent - that is wrong and unjust!


How would you feel if I said you were a racist at your office in front of your black colleagues??

[Goobie]

How would you feel if I said you were a racist at your office in front of your black colleagues??

sorry buddy, but I don't see the analogy here.

[charl.voster]

it's to easy to pint the finger

[kilo39]

How would you feel if I said you were a racist at your office in front of your black colleagues?? ??? If they were my black colleagues they would laugh at you along with me (otherwise they wouldn't be my colleagues - ?!)

:rolleyes:

[DigitalSoldier]

LOL kilo

charl.voster it is clear he raped her but he will be found innocent because he got his zulu background to fall back on the whole time

[feo]

What astounds me is that our former deputy president can say that he didn't think one could HIV just by having sexual intercourse with a woman. (He was also appointed as chairman of the AIDS council or something...)

But then again, our president did say that HIV does not cause AIDS, so I suppose anything is possible.

Thats midway between funny and sad...

[Highflyer_GP]

if top ranking politicians dont even about how HIV is contracted, how the hell do they expect to bring the AIDS rate down? no point trying to educate the man on the street, start at the top first and set an example. yea not sure whether its funny or sad

[DigitalSoldier]

Highflyer on tv they had a show on how most school teachers in the township schools dont even know what aids is or how do u get it

[love56k]

He has not yet been convicted - so his HIV status should be private and has nothing to do with anybody.

Victims should have the right to know the status of their rapists only IF they have been convicted.

do you know how many rapists are never convicted, never reported, cases thrown out of court because some idiot messed up the investigation, etc.

wake up, please!

[nocilah]

crap! It is easy to accuse somebody of doing something. You people are assuming he is guilty until he proves innocent - that is wrong and unjust!

yawn... zuma is hiv + ignorant corrupt podgy incompetant rapist.

the funniest is how he uses his very own culture to try and protect his ass... sick fatso is what he is.

[DigitalSoldier]

from the look of it if zuma ever gets into power we will have another mugabe over a few years

[nGAGEd55]

from the look of it if zuma ever gets into power we will have another mugabe over a few years
well the fact that he probably has aids is quite a good thing then, hopefully he doesnt last long :cool:

[telkomsuig]

Chances are the woman was on anti retro virals... which i believe reduces the chances of infection... wonder why they haven't used this excuse in the trial yet.

[R_KZN]

In what other country will you find people going so crazy to support a man firstly charged with fraud and goodness knows what ese, and now rape???

[Highflyer_GP]

In what other country will you find people going so crazy to support a man firstly charged with fraud and goodness knows what ese, and now rape???
zimbabwe ;)

[R_KZN]

lol, true. hadn't thought of that!!

[ant1b0dy]

I heard on the radio that Zuma believes that you can reduce your chances of HIV infection by having a shower after unprotected sex. Maybe some garlic and lemon would also help...

[sakura]

Or perhaps some mageu #1

[craigsa]

zimbabwe ;)
R O F L M A O

[DigitalSoldier]

In what other country will you find people going so crazy to support a man firstly charged with fraud and goodness knows what ese, and now rape???

If u think about it like that then well what can i say africa probably means circus in some age old language :p

[JBFRobisher]

South African ex-Deputy President Jacob Zuma said he showered after sex with an HIV-positive woman, thinking this would reduce his risk of being infected.
....
Before being sacked as deputy president last year, Mr Zuma headed the government's National Aids Council and the Moral Regeneration Campaign.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4879822.stm

Putting someone who thinks a shower will protect you from HIV in charge of the National Aids Council is like:

- putting Manto Tshabalala-Msimang in charge of Health
- putting Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri in charge of Communications
:eek:

[telkomsuig]

God help us if he becomes our next president... think i'll need to get out those ausie visa forms again :-)

[DigitalSoldier]

LOL and yet again we are the laughing stock of the world for something like that to apear on bbc. Did zuma really become deputy president cos he was the best suited for the job or was he some1's cousins

[telkomsuig]

:-) he slept his way to the top

[DigitalSoldier]

hahaha

And took a shower everytime to wash away the aids ? :D

[feo]

he also said if you arouse a woman and just leave her she'll get angry and might lay a false charge of rape against you....is this guy high on something? and the shower thing is just something else..

[ajak]

With a brain like he has,how the hell does he stay alive?

[kilo39]

Before being sacked as deputy president last year, Mr Zuma headed the government's National Aids Council and the Moral Regeneration Campaign. Abuses of power don't come any bigger. And as always - if there is one - it is usually the tip of an iceberg.

[Telkomisaloser]

Abuses of power don't come any bigger. And as always - if there is one - it is usually the tip of an iceberg.
and lets hope they get to the bottom of this one :D

[Telkomisaloser]

hmm you work for telkom or the goverment?

[IanC]

I don't work! ha!
That figures

[DigitalSoldier]

I wonder if zuma is really the dumbest person on earth or is he just playing a mind game so the court will let him go on a case of no brain found.