The first week of Jacob Zuma's trial ended dramatically yesterday with the court hearing the former deputy president had unprotected sex with his HIV-positive rape accuser and that she was treated in a mental institution.

After Zuma pleaded not guilty to raping her, a hushed gallery of family members and journalists listened to the woman being grilled on what happened on November 2 and on her past sexual relations.

Yesterday Zuma's lawyer, Kemp J Kemp, told the Johannesburg High Court his client's version of events. Kemp said Zuma would testify he had consensual sex with her in his bedroom at his Johannesburg home.

After they had a conversation in his study, she told Zuma when he was finished working, he should go to her in the guest bedroom as she wanted to speak to him.

Zuma says he found her asleep. He woke her up and they went to his bedroom where she got under a duvet.

She suggested a massage, which he did, and she loosened her kanga. He got into bed with her and it transpired that neither had a condom, Kemp said.

They lay in the bed kissing and touching, and had intercourse.

Kemp said Zuma did ask the woman if he should ejaculate inside of her but she did not answer.

The woman remained standing in the witness box while this version was put to her. She disagreed with most of what Kemp said.

"The events happened the way I said they happened," she said.

On Monday the woman testified she had said no to Zuma three times before the alleged rape occurred. She said the incident happened in the guest bedroom - not Zuma's bedroom.

Kemp said: "He says there was no point where you said no, and he said there was no suggestion of him restricting or holding your hands in any way."

The woman replied: "Again I will say that it happened the way I said."

Kemp said Zuma asked her during the intercourse whether she was "fine" and she indicated that she was.

"That's not true," she said.

Kemp also said when Zuma received the news of the rape charge he was "quite astounded by it and he immediately suspected that there was some political intrigue".

She denied that anyone had put her up to it.

Later her mother gave evidence and in response to a question from Jerome Brauns, another of Zuma's lawyers, related how her daughter had been treated in a mental institution in Zimbabwe.

She said after her father's death, her daughter had hallucinations and nightmares.

"She became better after seeing the psychologist."

Her mother then said: "According to me she had experienced many difficulties. Raped at the age of five, (and) at the age of 13, having your father die in a tragic accident. Seeing your comrades die, your uncles die..."

When she found out she was HIV-positive, her mother said the medication made her "a zombie" and she had to leave university.

The mother described a meeting she had with Zuma on November 13, the day the story broke. The meeting was organised by KwaZulu-Natal finance MEC Zweli Mkhize.

She asked Zuma why he had raped her daughter and she said his answer was not clear.

"Primarily he said he was sorry and he apologised."

The two discussed her schooling and a fence to be built around the mother's property.

"In township lingo ... a person would say 'I will hit you and pay the fine afterwards'. And to me this fence money was not equal to the abuse on me or my child."

During cross-examination, Kemp told the complainant that charging Zuma with rape would be "sweet music" to the ears of the anti-Zuma camp.

He also said this would make people want to read her planned autobiography.

She denied this.

With acknowledgement to Sapa and the Saturday Argus.