Vytjie Mentor has written a book about Zuma ‘sexually harassing her’
She claims Zuma stuck his hand between her legs and she smacked him across his 'ugly face' with her handbag.
Jacob Zuma and Vytjie Mentor. Pictures: Jacques Nel and Gallo Images
An article on BizNews reveals that former ANC MP Vytjie Mentor has self-published a book called No Holy Cows, and in it she alleges that Jacob Zuma sexually harassed her when he was still deputy president of South Africa.
She reportedly claims the incident occurred when she was still the chairperson of the ANC parliamentary caucus in the early 2000s.
In an extract from the book quoted on the website, she claims that during an encounter in Zuma’s office he sat uncomfortably close to her and then “shoved his hand in between my thighs,” BizNews quotes her as alleging.
She claimed her “big inner thighs” were all that stood between her and his hand reaching her pubic area.
Mentor apparently then “slapped him across his ugly face with my handbag” and stormed out.
She also details her alleged knowledge and experience of further alleged sexual misconduct on Zuma’s part, which she claims went as far back as 1990.
As a result of this, she claims that when Khwezi’s rape claims emerged against Zuma, “I knew that Khwezi could not have lied … and I automatically supported her and believed her even though I had never met her.”
Mentor discussed her book at the Cape Town Press Club on Thursday.
#VytieMentor "says Zuma tried to put his hand between her thighs… she hit him with her bag." pic.twitter.com/ZmrP0pkQEt
— Athi Mtongana (@AthiMtongana) July 13, 2017
The Citizen has sent an enquiry to the presidency for Zuma’s response on these allegations.
Mentor shot to fame last year after writing a post on Facebook that the Gupta family had offered her a Cabinet post as minister of public enterprises after Barbara Hogan was fired from the role.
Mentor claimed Zuma was in an adjoining room at the Guptas’ Saxonwold home at the time and he made an appearance after she rejected the offer.
She was the first ANC member to come forward about alleged state capture by the Gupta family and Zuma. Former minister Hogan also stepped forward to say she believed Mentor, because she had also been approached by the Guptas to have government drop SAA’s route to India, she said.
Mentor has subsequently made a string of further revelations and allegations that have proven to not be credible or entirely accurate.
