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Los Angeles Times - September 21, 2008
Mr. Zuma, expected to take over after parliamentary elections next year, has come back from near political oblivion. He recently had fraud and racketeering charges thrown out on a technicality. And in 2006, he beat rape charges after testifying that his accuser, an HIV-positive family friend, had shown she wanted sex by wearing a knee-length skirt.
He admitted to having sex with her without a condom and testified that he had a shower to reduce the risk of AIDS.
The executive committee of the ruling African National Congress decided to depose Mr. Mbeki, and a presidential spokesman said Saturday that he agreed to resign. Mr. Zuma heads the ANC.
South Africa has one of the world's highest rates of HIV infection. The issue has also troubled Mr. Mbeki, whose health minister advocated beetroot, garlic and lemon juice for HIV patients.
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