Human Settlements Minister Lindiwe Sisulu has disclosed her thoughts on the woman who accused President Jacob Zuma of rape. "Yes‚ I believe Khwezi. I understood the outcome of this particular unfortunate debacle to have been one where perhaps there was a misunderstanding of intent‚" Sisulu said in a radio interview on Thursday. "I believe Khwezi. She was brought up with my children. She was like a daughter to me‚" she told host Eusebius McKaiser. Asked to elaborate‚ she said: "I believe she believes she was raped. I don’t know if I have evidence to say she was raped."

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