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<a href="http://www.mg.co.za/specialreport.aspx?area=zuma_report"><img src="http://www.mg.co.za/ContentImages/243078/zuma.jpg" align=left border=0></a>Jacob Zuma confessed to senior trade union and communist leaders this week that he had sex with the woman he is alleged to have raped, but that it was consensual. Impeccable sources also say the alliance leaders, who visited Zuma at his Nkandla homestead last Sunday, also persuaded him not to resign from his post as African National Congress deputy president.

The legal noose being used to lasso Jacob Zuma appears to be tightening as the Scorpions’ investigation widens to include Zuma benefactors other than Schabir Shaik — centrally influential businessman Jürgen Kögl, Durban tycoon Vivian Reddy and prominent Mpumulanga businesswoman Nora Fakude-Nkuna.

Deputy President Jacob Zuma is ”fine” amid a chorus of calls for his resignation since the outcome of the Schabir Shaik fraud and corruption trial, his office said on Monday. ”Life goes on,” said spokesperson Lakela Kaunda in Pretoria. ”The deputy president is fine. We are going to have a normal working day today [Monday].”

The devastating judgement in the Schabir Shaik corruption case has forced the spotlight directly on to Deputy President Jacob Zuma, who has effectively been found guilty of corruption, though he was not an accused.

"This is what the French money has paid for!" jokes Deputy President Jacob Zuma, waving his hand over Oliver Tambo House, his official residence. In a rare interview Zuma spoke to <i>Mail & Guardian</i> reporter Vicki Robinson about a range of issues — but refused to be drawn on the Schabir Shaik trial.