The man likely to be South Africa's next president emerged victorious from a corruption case that dogged him eight years, getting a hero's welcome from supporters hungry for a charismatic leader who understands the pain of poverty.
Jacob Zuma, a 66-year-old former guerrilla chief who already survived a rape scandal to rise to the leadership of the governing African National Congress, cleared a legal hurdle to his presidential ambitions when a judge dismissed fraud, money laundering and corruption charges.
"It is a victory for democracy," a beaming Zuma declared Friday to thousands of supporters singing and dancing in a display of his intense …
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