Pretoria, 15 May-(ANA)-South African opposition leader Helen Zille has been labelled a racist by the governing ANC's Youth League for a lacerating attack on the president.
The Western Cape premier was quoted by the Sowetan newspaper as saying President Jacob Zuma had put his three wives at risk of contracting HIV.
She reportedly lashed out after union chiefs criticised her for appointing an all-male cabinet.
The ANC said it was "astounded" by the Democratic Alliance leader's remarks.
The war of words has erupted days after Mr Zuma reached out to opposition parties in a conciliatory speech at his inauguration.
The Sowetan on Tuesday quoted Ms Zille as saying: "Zuma is a self-confessed womaniser with deeply sexist views, who put all his wives at risk by having unprotected sex with an HIV-positive woman." (ANA)
