The Western Cape High Court has dismissed an appeal by Zathulele Cola, who claimed consensual sex with an intoxicated 17-year-old. Image: AI / RON

A rapist’s attempt to have his conviction overturned has failed in the Western Cape High Court after he maintained his argument that he had consensual sex with an inebriated 17-year-old girl. Zathulele Cola, who was 58 years old at the time of the incident and a friend of his victim’s father, admitted that he had sexual intercourse with the complainant but alleged that this wa

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