South Africa: Rape trial dashes hope for change

The rape case against South Africa's former vice president Jacob Zuma is moving into its final days. Before the judge speaks, however, advocates of rape survivors say they are already discouraged by what they describe as the ordeal of the 31-year-old HIV-positive woman who is the complainant. "If I was raped, particularly by an acquaintance, I would not report it after this trial," said Liesl Gerntholtz, a lawyer specializing in rape and HIV/AIDS issues and executive director of the Johannesburg-based Tshwaranang Legal Advocacy Centre.
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