Tuesday - May 09, 2006

Most Ridiculous Item Of The Day (so far)

Mr. Zuma was acquitted last week of the rape charges, based mostly on his contention that his victim has a history of making false accusations of rape. Yeah, right. He still faces charges of corruption. The weird part of this is that his political career is probably ruined. Why? Because he admitted during testimony not using a condom.

Welcome to Africa, folks - the continent that has been sliding rapidly into the toilet ever since they ran the Europeans out and started “governing” themselves. I predict that within fifty years, they’ll be back to wearing loincloths and carrying spears. That is not intended as a racist statement - it’s just telling it like it is.

The continent is overflowing with natural resources from diamonds to oil to uranium and it’s all being wasted by a few dozen dictators, despots and warring tribes - not to mention an absolutely horrid AIDS epidemic. When will it end - and how many millions will die before then?

Zuma Sorry For Not Using Condom
_{Tuesday, 9 May 2006, 11:32 GMT 12:32 UK}

SOUTH AFRICA (BBC)—Former Deputy President Jacob Zuma has apologised to South Africans for not using a condom during sex. This detail emerged during his trial on a rape charge, of which he was cleared on Monday. It caused shock in a country where 5m people are infected with HIV.

Mr Zuma also said media coverage of his trial was unfair, and hinted at a political conspiracy against him. He said he was “ready to lead” if his party wished. Mr Zuma was once seen as a future president and remains popular.

In a statement delivered to a news conference in Johannesburg, Mr Zuma said he had erred in having unprotected sex with a woman he knew to be HIV-positive. “I should have known better and acted with more caution. For this I apologise to all the people of this country.”

He also said the woman who accused him “should in no way be vilified or condemned”, and offered a hand of friendship “to the women and organisations who demonstrated against me, because we are partners in a common struggle”.

Mr Zuma criticised the media coverage of his trial: “It is unfortunate that freedom of expression has been used as an instrument to assassinate character and prejudice the judicial process.”

- More third world insanity at the BBC ...

Posted by The Skipper     on 05/09/2006 at 09:08 AM   
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