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She did the interview to talk about the incident. But when the presenter found out that she was a gospel artist, they played her song during the interview,&#8221; Mahanjana said.<\/p>\n<p>Woman hides under her bed as gunshots ring in Cape Town suburb<\/p>\n<p>The woman also denied that a fellow church member had influenced her to give evidence at the CRL commission.<\/p>\n<p>The woman told the court that she heard about the commission from an online radio station in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>The woman further testified that she would have gone to police, even if she had been given R75 000.<\/p>\n<p>She previously told the court that she did not receive any money from Zondo.<\/p>\n<p><b>Indictment<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The controversial Rivers of Living Waters Ministries bishop faces a string of rape charges, indecent assault and defeating the ends of justice.<\/p>\n<p>It is alleged that the incidents he is accused of started in the 1980s and continued until 2018.<\/p>\n<p>According to the indictment, the first count of rape dated back to 1980, when Zondo allegedly raped a minor girl in Sebokeng. It is also alleged he forced the minor to play with his penis on numerous occasions the same year.<\/p>\n<p>In 2008, he allegedly raped a woman in a hotel in Johannesburg.<\/p>\n<p>In 2013 and 2015, he allegedly raped two more women in Evaton. It is alleged one of the women was raped on two different occasions.<\/p>\n<p>In December 2015, he allegedly raped another woman in or near his church in Evaton.<\/p>\n<p>He is accused of a sixth rape in 2016 and of committing a seventh two years later.<\/p>\n<p>Zondo has pleaded not guilty to all the charges.<\/p>\n<p>While he did not offer a plea explanation to the court, his lawyer said that would become clear during the course of the trial.<\/p>\n<p>Cross-examination is expected to continue on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\">South-Africa<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. The defence team of Bishop Stephen Zondo claimed he was not at the Formula 1 Hotel, near Southgate Mall, when one of his victims was allegedly raped. 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