The Netherlands has given a five-year residency permit to the woman who last year accused former South African vice president Jacob Zuma of rape. The woman, Fezeka Kuzwayo, and her mother came to the Netherlands last year, after high level political talks, sources told the Volkskrant.

Kuzwayo lost her lawsuit against Zumo. The paper says she was no longer safe in South Africa after being threatened by his supporters.
Sources told the paper that former foreign minister Ben Bot was fully aware of the case but former hard-line immigration minister Rita Verdonk had not been informed. Bot told the paper: ‘I cannot imagine that that was the case’. Verdonk was unavailable for comment, the paper said.