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So there we have it. “The Spear” has been painted and displayed, and what has it achieved? Well, for one thing, it’s gone and whipped up a complete frenzy of allegations and counter allegations! Brett Murray has offended blacks and … read more »
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Cape Town – A painting of President Jacob Zuma in traditional attire with his genitals exposed went on display at the AVA Gallery in Cape Town on Monday night. City artist Ayanda Mabulu’s painting Umshini Wam (Weapon of Mass Destruction) … read more »
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Johannesburg – The government called for the urgent removal of the latest Zapiro cartoon on President Jacob Zuma in the Mail & Guardian on Friday. “Government calls on Jonathan Shapiro [Zapiro] to withdraw his cartoon, and urges the Mail & … read more »
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South Africa’s governing ANC has expressed its “disgust” at a cartoon of President Jacob Zuma as a penis. The cartoon, by prominent artist Jonathan Shapiro, known as Zapiro, also features a poem, which refers to Mr Zuma as a “dick”. … read more »
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A South African newspaper cartoon depicting President Jacob Zuma as a penis drew condemnation Friday from the ruling ANC just weeks after furore over a painting which exposed his genitals. Top cartoonist Zapiro’s latest drawing in the independent Mail & … read more »
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I am a white, and I am South African, so it would be easy to make a sweeping generalisation that because of the colour of my skin and my nationality, I am probably a racist. And because I am a … read more »
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A South African newspaper has removed from its website an image of a controversial painting of President Jacob Zuma with his genitals exposed. The Spear has been taken down “in the spirit of peacemaking… and from fear too,” editor Ferial … read more »
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By Desné Masie The recent uproar over Brett Murray’s painting of South African President Jacob Zuma The Spear in his latest exhibition Hail to the Thief II at Johannesburg’s posh Goodman Gallery is simultaneously uplifting and depressing. The painting, which … read more »
Johannesburg – ANC and Goodman Gallery officials had “consultations” on the eve of a march to protest against a painting depicting President Jacob Zuma with his genitals exposed, a spokesperson said on Tuesday. “We are not in a position to … read more »
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Over the past eighteen months there have been enough “Kaffir” slips of the tongue, from different echelons of White society to prove that racism is alive and well and living on the tips of the tongues of most White South … read more »
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A South African artist called Brett Murray has been causing a huge stir since his painting of South Africa’s president titled The Spear was put up in a local gallery. The ANC have worked themselves up into a total frothy … read more »
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Tagged Affirmative action, African National Congress, ANC, Brett Murray, Jacob Zuma, Oliver Tambo, South Africa, Zuma
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South Africa’s ruling party is going to court to have a controversial painting of the president with his genitals exposed removed from public view. The actual painting that was on show at the Goodman Gallery in Johannesburg was vandalised by … read more »
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Concerns are growing in South Africa that new laws on intelligence, security and graft-busting may end up protecting the political elite more than the nation. President Jacob Zuma’s ANC government has proposed three measures – two revisions to apartheid-era intelligence … read more »
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Johannesburg – The daughter of the late ANC veteran Oliver Tambo showed little sympathy for President Jacob Zuma’s complaint about a portrait of himself exposing his genitals, The Star reported on Monday. Tselane Tambo posted the following message on a … read more »
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Johannesburg – The daughters and brother of President Jacob Zuma criticised the artist of a painting of Zuma with his genitals exposed, the Sunday Times reported. Zuma’s brother, Michael, said the painting was disgusting and had brought nothing but disgrace … read more »
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JOHANNESBURG: A portrait of President Jacob Zuma posing as Lenin with his genitals hanging out has sparked outrage in South Africa, but the gallery on Friday refused demands from the ruling ANC to take it down. Zuma’s African National Congress … read more »
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