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 JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) - A day after he was acquitted of rape, former Deputy President Jacob Zuma apologized Tuesday for having unprotected sex with an HIV-positive woman but denied he had harmed South Africa's AIDS prevention efforts.
Zuma's testimony that he thought he faced little risk from unprotected consensual sex with his accuser brought a scolding from the judge and angered activists who said he set a terrible example and demonstrated a shocking ignorance about the HIV virus that causes AIDS.
"I wish to state categorically and place on record that I erred in having unprotected sex. I should have known better," Zuma said Tuesday during a news conference broadcast live on radio and television. "And I should have acted with greater caution and responsibility. For this I unconditionally apologize to all the people of this country."
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