So Friday afternoon I tuned in to CapeTalk, only to hear about Zapiro’s latest cartoon. Apparently there is controversy surrounding it, as John Maythem told us. He went in great detail to explain what the cartoon looked like – Jacob Zuma depicted as a penis, with a shower on his head. And lots of writing. The…
I absolutely believe in freedom of speech and will defend anyone’s right to do so…however… When the photo of a painting of President Jacob Zuma’s exposed private parts hit the media, I wondered about one man’s right to whatever dignity he has left versus another man’s right to put out such a painting for the…
Social media in South Africa have found a common cause and that cause is a against a racial slur made on her Twitter account by some FHM model of the year called Jessica Leandra. Every where you look there is this righteous indignation – from both the mainstream and online media, especially Twitter. To be…
Like nearly 140000 other Twitter users, I have been following Julius Malema, soon to be former ANCYL leader on Twitter, @Julius_S_Malema. I follow him mainly to see what he’s up to and maybe get some insight into who he is in his own words. Mostly he makes sexist jokes and says silly things like: “Monogamy…
The million Rand question today is of course where Julius Malema gets his money from to fund his lavish lifestyle. Malema tried to get a court interdict to stop City Press from publishing the results of their findings, but lost the battle. He has to pay the court costs. Another expense to be deducted from…
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