Category Archives: politics

List of charges against Jacob Zuma

By 6000 | 6000 | April 19, 2009

In response to this search term from my wp-admin stuffs today: So good, they asked it twice. Here you go:         Hope that helps.

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Music in Politics

By 6000 | 6000 | April 18, 2009

Those of you in South Africa will be well accustomed to the use of music in politics. So much of the African culture revolves around music and dance, that no decent South African political rally is complete without the obligatory traditional songs and dancing. But music has also been used in politics in the UK too. [...]

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Zapiro – who can I annoy this time?

By 6000 | 6000 | April 9, 2009

After the whole “Zuma raping Justice” cartoon furore, things have died down a little for rogue cartoonist Jonathan “Zapiro” Shapiro. We’ve hearly heard a peep from him over the last few months. What a pleasure. So it was about time he came up with a plan to irritate some group or other and get himself [...]

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You wouldn’t let it lie…

By 6000 | 6000 | April 6, 2009

I remain bedridden on doctor’s orders. One of the things about working with TB is that you don’t play with it when you’re not feeling 100%. It tends to note your weakness and leaps into your respiratory tract, where it annoys the neighbours by holding late night parties. And killing you. Being stuck here means [...]

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“Zuma Free”

By 6000 | 6000 | April 5, 2009

… with every R100 spent. Not really, obviously. That would just be silly. But an air of despondency and self-pity has settled over many of the more dramatic South Africans on the internet this morning. That’s because of this headline in today’s Sunday Times. JZ: Free Unsurprisingly, I have a few remarks to make on [...]

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