JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's former deputy president Jacob Zuma was charged in court with rape on Tuesday in a case that analysts say has practically dashed any hope of his becoming the country's next president.
The trial looks certain to further test South Africa's young democracy, coming on top of corruption charges against Zuma that his teeming grass-roots supporters insist are trumped up.
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