Earlier in the trial, the accuser testified under cross-examination that she was raped by other people three times as a child and had an abortion after being raped by someone else at the age of 19. Zuma's attorney Kemp Kemp argued she had a history of making false rape accusations.
Women's groups fear the trial, and the aggressive probe into the woman's sexual history, will deter rape victims from reporting the crime in future. South Africa has the highest rape rate in the world.
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