read this in the city press & started thinking- what the f*ck is going on in this country?
18/02/2006 19:49 - (SA)
Rifle found near JZ court
S'THEMBISO MSOMI and JIMMY SEEPE
A FULLY loaded a**ault rifle was found in an abandoned vehicle with false number plates a few blocks away from the Johannesburg High Court on the first day of former deputy president Jacob Zuma's rape trial on Monday.
Police found an abandoned white VW Polo at about 6.30am as they combed the city streets as part of their security preparations for the high-profile case due to start about three hours later.
Inside the vehicle, police discovered a loaded, army-issue R - 4 a**ault rifle.
The discovery led to fears of an a**a**ination attempt with some saying Zuma or his 31-year-old accuser could have been targeted.
But Gauteng police spokesperson, Superintendent Mary Martins-Engelbrecht, said yesterday there was no evidence to suggest a link between the abandoned vehicle and the trial.
The discovery of the R-4 has added to the heightened security fears around the trial.
Last week, City Press reported that the security around the alleged rape victim had been tightened with more security personnel being a**igned to her and members of her family.
It has since emerged that her security has been a major headache for officials with a few members of the highly trained Presidential Protection Unit (PPU) allegedly refusing to guard her.
Their reasons apparently ranged from "not wanting to take sides" in what they believe is an ANC power struggle to a "fear" of being suspected if anything should happen to her.
how can zuma, a man we all know fought so gallantly for liberation, be inciting people by singing inflammatory songs & pissing on the freedom he sacrificed so much & others lost their lives for? :cry:
