Nelson Mandela hosted South African President Jacob Zuma at his Johannesburg home on Monday. Mandela looks understandably fragile just three weeks after his release from hospital, despite Zuma’s remark that the 94-year-old was “in good shape.”
ANC To Withdraw Jacob Zuma Penis Painting Case
May 30, 2012 | Posted by
IT WOULD not make sense to continue with a court case against Bretty Murray’s painting of President Jacob Zuma , the African National Congress said on Wednesday. “Indeed, we are no longer taking the Goodman Gallery to court. We are no longer taking City Press to court,” said ANC spokesman Jackson Mthembu. He was speaking [...]
Fallout Over Jacob Zuma Penis Painting Exposes Racial Rifts
May 24, 2012 | Posted by
South Africa’s ruling ANC went to court on Thursday seeking to remove from public display a painting of President Jacob Zuma with his genitals exposed, saying the work is symbolic of the lingering racial oppression of apartheid. Proceedings were halted after a bizarre scene where Gcina Malindi, lawyer for the ANC, broke down in tears [...]
Debate Over Painting Of President Zuma With Exposed Genitals Tests South African Democracy
May 22, 2012 | Posted by
Johannesburg — For a week, South Africans have been huffing and puffing about the president’s depiction in Brett Murray’s artwork, The Spear. Tomorrow, the matter comes before a judge and one of the houses – freedom of expression or the right to dignity – has to crumble. Alex Eliseev explores a case which has divided [...]
Outrage: White Artist Paints South African President Zuma With Exposed Genitals
May 21, 2012 | Posted by
“This arrogance is ideological and an attack to the very value and moral systems of the majority African people and many other religious persuasions,” president Ngoako Selamolela said in a statement. The picture subjected Zuma, as an adult and as the country’s president, to “public ridicule”. The 1.85m-high painting titled “The Spear” is part of [...]
