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Thought leader blogger Christi van der Westhuizen slams Zapiro for using rape as a metaphor and thinks that Zapiro and the Sunday Times owe South Africans an apology. BizLinks wonders what all the furore is about and provides some good links for more information about Zapiro, cartoons and the current issues around the Jacob Zuma [...]

Zapiro seems to be viewed as championing the cause of freewill but what are the implications. The majority of those who viewed the cartoon seem to be in agreement with those sentiments, Zuma’s blatant rape of the justice system. However if there is a cartoon about it and people are outraged, why the lack of [...]

Last week Friday Cosatu’s KwaZulu-Natal secretary general Zet Luzipho was quoted as saying “If the Scorpions bite the wrong people we will kill them. Like a dog when it starts biting relatives at your home. You get rid of it. We will do the same to the Scorpions”, this after several protest marches in the [...]

Correspondence between Blade Nzimande, Solly Mapaila and Philip Dexter received by History Matters and published here today gives new insights into divisions in the SACP.

“Let us make it clear now: we are prepared to die for Zuma,” said Malema, claiming Zuma’s rights had been violated by delays in prosecuting him. “Not only that, we are prepared to take up arms and kill for Zuma.” We all support the right of Zuma to get a fair trial, but kill and [...]