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26 May 2012
                       
 
 
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25 May 2012
 
 
News this week
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Political analyst Moeletsi Mbeki says South Africa is being de-industrialised and turned into a welfare state because of an alliance between the black political elite and the poor. "There is an...
 
 
24 May 2012
 
Zuma painting debate exposes racial rifts
RIFTS
South Africa's ruling African National Congress (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...
 
 
23 May 2012
 
AfriForum: Statement by Kallie Kriel: AfriForum Chief Executive Officer, on the controversial painting of President Jacob Zuma
STATEMENT
AfriForum said in response to the fiasco surrounding the controversial painting of President Jacob Zuma that South Africans must now allow the courts to help find a healthy balance between...
 
 
22 May 2012
 
Protesters deface Zuma portrait
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Two men vandalised a portrait of South African President Jacob Zuma with his genitals exposed on Tuesday, intensifying a heated debate about the picture that has enraged the ruling African National...
 
 
DA: Statement by Dene Smuts, Democratic Alliance Shadow Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development, on censorship (22/05/2012)
STATEMENT
The iconic status achieved overnight by Brett Murray’s painting The Spear is a measure of the quality of the work, now deplorably destroyed by iconoclasts.
 
 
SA: Statement by FXI, on its decision to support the Goodman Gallery’s refusal to remove Zuma picture (22/05/2012)
STATEMENT
During the apartheid era, Michaelangelo's Statue of David caused a controversy when displayed in a shop window and there were calls for David's nakedness to be covered by a figleaf. It is worth...
 
 
18 May 2012
 
Presidency reacts to portrait
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The Presidency says it is “shocked and disgusted” at the painting by Brett Murray depicting President Jacob Zuma in an offensive manner.
 
 
Zuma portrait riles ANC
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South Africa's ruling ANC threatened to take legal action against a Johannesburg gallery for displaying art which lampoons President Jacob Zuma and accuses the party of corruption. The African...
 
 
 
                       
 
 
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