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News24, Johannesburg, 11/05/2006 15:49 - (SA)
=ANCYL wants Zuma for president=

Johannesburg - The African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) has repeated that it wants Jacob Zuma to be South Africa's next president.

ANCYL president Fikile Mbalula said: "We... reiterate our unwavering support for the ANC deputy president, comrade Jacob Zuma, as the next president of the ANC, and ultimately that of the country."

The league was briefing reporters after Zuma was acquitted on a rape charge.

His 31-year-old, HIV-positive accuser was often referred to as "Lucifer" by ANCYL leaders during the briefing.

Mbalula said the league believed the complainant was bribed to lay the charge against Zuma. However, he didn't know who had paid this bribe or how much it was.

He said: "The ANCYL will probe and satisfy itself further about rumours that she was paid and/or bribed.

"In this context, we must probe whether there was no evil hand led by people such as Malume (Uncle) Ronnie and Malume Ngcuka."

The woman contacted Intelligence Minister Ronnie Kasrils after she and Zuma had sex last November. Kasrils was listed as a State witness in Zuma's rape trial.

However, in the end, he supplied only a statement to the court and was not called to testify.

"Malume Ngcuka" was apparently a reference to the former head of the national prosecuting authority.


 * From: http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/Politics/0,,2-7-12_1931263,00.html**

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