Zuma’s daughter was ‘uneasy’ about accuser

JOHANNESBURG – Jacob Zuma’s daughter did not want the woman he allegedly raped to spend the night at Zuma’s Johannesburg house last year as she had an “uneasy feeling” about the woman.

Dudzile Zuma, 23, told the Johannesburg High Court yesterday “I got an uneasy feeling about her… something about her just wasn’t sitting right with me.”Ms Zuma said she arrived at her father’s house on the evening of last November 2, the night of the alleged rape.She said she was irritated when she saw the accuser in the house because “I knew she was probably there to sponge money off my dad…everyone does that.”She said that evening Zuma, his daughter, the accuser and a friend all had supper together.Once they’d finished eating, Ms Zuma and the complainant washed the dishes and the woman started telling her about a show she had watched at the Civic Theatre which was close to her house.Ms Zuma testified she then offered the complainant a lift home and the woman accepted.Shortly afterwards, Zuma asked his daughter if she could give his friend who was visiting a lift home.A woman who was supposed to have picked the woman friend up wasn’t able to do so anymore.Ms Zuma said while they watched the popular soapie Generations, she started feeling tired and said to the two women she would take them home.She left the TV room to collect her car keys and handbag and, when she reached the top of the stairs, she heard the accuser tell her father “I always carry a toothbrush and panty in my bag”.Ms Zuma told defence counsel Jerome Vaughn she wasn’t sure of the context of the remark but said she wasn’t happy “because by that time I definitely knew she was up to something”.Vaughn asked her what she thought the accuser was up to, and Ms Zuma replied she thought the woman was “trying to spend the night”.When Ms Zuma returned downstairs and said she was ready to take the two home, the complainant told her “I am going to spend the night”.Ms Zuma told the court she was protective over her father and that there was “something about her” (the complainant) that made her uneasy.Zuma denies the rape charge but says he and the complainant had sex by consent.- Nampa-Sapasomething about her just wasn’t sitting right with me.”Ms Zuma said she arrived at her father’s house on the evening of last November 2, the night of the alleged rape.She said she was irritated when she saw the accuser in the house because “I knew she was probably there to sponge money off my dad…everyone does that.”She said that evening Zuma, his daughter, the accuser and a friend all had supper together.Once they’d finished eating, Ms Zuma and the complainant washed the dishes and the woman started telling her about a show she had watched at the Civic Theatre which was close to her house.Ms Zuma testified she then offered the complainant a lift home and the woman accepted.Shortly afterwards, Zuma asked his daughter if she could give his friend who was visiting a lift home.A woman who was supposed to have picked the woman friend up wasn’t able to do so anymore.Ms Zuma said while they watched the popular soapie Generations, she started feeling tired and said to the two women she would take them home.She left the TV room to collect her car keys and handbag and, when she reached the top of the stairs, she heard the accuser tell her father “I always carry a toothbrush and panty in my bag”.Ms Zuma told defence counsel Jerome Vaughn she wasn’t sure of the context of the remark but said she wasn’t happy “because by that time I definitely knew she was up to something”.Vaughn asked her what she thought the accuser was up to, and Ms Zuma replied she thought the woman was “trying to spend the night”.When Ms Zuma returned downstairs and said she was ready to take the two home, the complainant told her “I am going to spend the night”.Ms Zuma told the court she was protective over her father and that there was “something about her” (the complainant) that made her uneasy.Zuma denies the rape charge but says he and the complainant had sex by consent.- Nampa-Sapa