JOHANNESBURG, July 15 (Reuters) - Former South African
president Jacob Zuma told a corruption inquiry on Monday that
there was a conspiracy against him and that his enemies had
subjected him to a "character assassination" because they wanted
him out of power.
"This commission, from my understanding, was really created
to have me coming here, and perhaps to find things on me," Zuma
said in his opening remarks at the inquiry, looking relaxed and
wearing a dark suit. "There has been a drive to remove me from
the scene, a wish that I should disappear."