Source: zapiro.com21-12-12 is a Mayan prophecy indicating the ned of the world. However most people view this prophecy as absolute rubbish. Zapiro’s cartoon sees Jacob Zuma as the The INEXPLICABLE Survivor in “The 21-12-12 End of the World Prediction” of the Mayan prophecy.
Source: mg.co.zaWith Mangaung around the corner, President Zuma’s legal team seem to be doing all they can to avoid a damaging legal showdown with cartoonist Jonathan Shapiro over his Lady Justice rape cartoon.
Zuma has entirely dropped his R1-million claim that the cartoon harmed his dignity, and reduced the claim of defamation from R4-million to R100 000, with an unconditional apology, media lawyer Dario Milo told the Mail & Guardian on Wednesday.
The case will now go ahead on Monday.
The dramatic changes to the claim come two years after various delays on the part of Zuma’s lawyers.
“It was due to start on Thursday and that date has been in place since February. But they’ve used the same tactic that they’ve used in other cases, where they sue and then they make all kinds of adjustments and changes – it was clear that they didn’t want to go to court ahead of Mangaung,” Shapiro told the M&G. “But we dug our heels in and said we had to get into court and we’re confident of our case.”
Cartoonist Jonathan Zapiro speaks about satire and freedom at the Mail & Guardian Festival in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Check out my interview with Zapiro on PEN website here for more background.
Source: mg.co.za![Zapiro’s latest cartoon
20 alleged Boeremag ( meaning Boer Force, is a South African right-wing activism group with white separatist aims and is accused of planning to overthrow the ruling African National Congress government[1] and to reinstate a new Boer administered republic reminiscent of the era when Boers administered independent republics during the 19th century following the Great Trek. ) members are facing 43 charges including treason, terrorism, sabotage and murder. In 2002, there was a series of explosions rocking Soweto, Bronkhorspruit and KwaZulu-Natal, ostensibly to sow chaos and mayhem and overthrow the government. After swift action, the far rightwing plans were halted. The first trial of Boeremag suspects began under tight security in Pretoria during May 2003. Twenty-two men were charged with forty-two counts of treason, murder, and illegal weapons possession. Six pleaded not guilty, two have not entered pleas, one refuses to plead, and thirteen are challenging the court’s jurisdiction, alleging that the post-apartheid constitution and government of South Africa are illegitimate.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m86pt0xGd41rna2rmo1_500.jpg)
Zapiro’s latest cartoon
Source: zapiro.com20 alleged Boeremag ( meaning Boer Force, is a South African right-wing activism group with white separatist aims and is accused of planning to overthrow the ruling African National Congress government[1] and to reinstate a new Boer administered republic reminiscent of the era when Boers administered independent republics during the 19th century following the Great Trek. ) members are facing 43 charges including treason, terrorism, sabotage and murder. In 2002, there was a series of explosions rocking Soweto, Bronkhorspruit and KwaZulu-Natal, ostensibly to sow chaos and mayhem and overthrow the government. After swift action, the far rightwing plans were halted. The first trial of Boeremag suspects began under tight security in Pretoria during May 2003. Twenty-two men were charged with forty-two counts of treason, murder, and illegal weapons possession. Six pleaded not guilty, two have not entered pleas, one refuses to plead, and thirteen are challenging the court’s jurisdiction, alleging that the post-apartheid constitution and government of South Africa are illegitimate.
Source: penamericanSouth African cartoonist Zapiro’s tribute to Nelson Mandela, who turns 94 today. See more of Zapiro’s cartoons about Mandela here. Zapiro is a member of South African PEN.
Source: zapiro.comZapiro’s latest cartoon on the political challengers in South Africa to president Jacob Zuma. Zapiro is a member of South African PEN. For our interview with him (and why Zuma has a shower on his head), click here.
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Source: mg.co.zaToday is Freedom Day in South Africa! Here is a typically insightful (and scathing) Zapiro cartoon.
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