Jacob Zuma

=== Rape trial ===
{{Main|Jacob Zuma rape trial}}In December 2005, Zuma was charged with raping a 31-year-old woman, known to the public by the pseudonym Khwezi.<ref name="Pather-2016">{{Cite web|last=Pather|first=Raeesa|date=2016-08-10|title=The kanga, womanhood and how Zuma's 2006 rape trial changed the meaning of the fabric|url=https://mg.co.za/article/2016-08-10-the-khanga-womanhood-and-how-zumas-2006-rape-trial-changed-its-meaning/|access-date=2022-01-11|website=[[Mail & Guardian]] |language=en-ZA}}</ref> The incident allegedly occurred on 2 November 2005 at Zuma's home in [[Forest Town, Gauteng|Forest Town, Johannesburg]].<ref name="Mail & Guardian-2006">{{Cite web|date=2006-03-21|title=Timeline of the Jacob Zuma rape trial|url=https://mg.co.za/article/2006-03-21-timeline-of-the-jacob-zuma-rape-trial/|access-date=2022-01-11|website=[[Mail & Guardian]] |language=en-ZA}}</ref> When the trial began on 6 March 2006, Zuma pleaded not guilty, claiming that he and Khwezi had [[Consensual sex|consensual]] sex.<ref name="Mail & Guardian-2006"/> He was acquitted on 8 May 2006 following a highly publicised trial.<ref name="Humphreys-2006">{{Cite news |last=Humphreys |first=Joe |date=2006-05-09 |title=Dramatic scenes as Zuma is cleared of rape |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/dramatic-scenes-as-zuma-is-cleared-of-rape-1.1000443 |access-date=2022-01-11 |newspaper=The Irish Times |language=en}}</ref> Zuma's admission was controversial, as he stated that he had not used a condom while having sex with Khwezi, despite knowing she was [[HIV-positive]] and having been, as deputy president, the head of the National AIDS Council and Moral Regeneration Campaign. He told the court that he had taken a shower after the act, claiming that doing so reduced the risk of [[HIV transmission]].<ref name="SA's Zuma showered to avoid HIV">{{cite news|date=5 April 2006|title=SA's Zuma showered to avoid HIV|work=BBC News|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/4879822.stm|url-status=live|access-date=20 December 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071225220255/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/4879822.stm|archive-date=25 December 2007}}</ref> The South African comic strip ''[[Madam & Eve]],'' and political cartoonist [[Zapiro]], repeatedly lampooned Zuma for his testimony, and Zuma now always appears under a showerhead in Zapiro cartoons.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Grootes|first=Stephen|date=2011-07-22|title=SA's most famous showerhead sparks more debate|url=https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2011-07-22-the-sas-most-famous-showerhead-sparks-more-debate/|access-date=2022-01-11|website=Daily Maverick|language=en}}</ref>
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