Zuma arrives for start of corruption trial

Would-be South African president Jacob Zuma, riding high on a wave of support, arrived at the Pietermaritzburg High Court today for the start of a corruption trial that could spell the end of his ambitions for the top job.

The ex-deputy president, who was acquitted of rape in May, is charged with the local subsidiary of a French weapons company accused of bribing him to deflect investigations into a 1999 arms deal with the South African government.