Being a politician means being held publicly accountable.

Sometimes, that even extends to what you throw in the trash, too.

By now you’re surely aware of Marianne Thamm’s Daily Maverick article about where EFF leaders stayed whilst in town for SONA, and what they threw out.

Champagne, whiskey (and other booze, as can be seen in the image above), slips showing purchases from H&M and Zara, and even condoms (used and unused) – all part and parcel of their stay in a luxury Camps Bay villa.

Let’s just give Malema a shred of credit for this response when speaking outside the high court in Pretoria last week:

“You know, a used condom, wrapped in a packet, can you imagine opening that?

“After they’ve gone through used condoms, they’re going to start peeping through windows to see how many rounds you last in bed.”

A tiny chuckle, but then enter Zapiro, who was never going to let this one slide by unnoticed. This cartoon also appeared on the Daily Maverick, and it’s pretty revealing:

Julius and the EFF top brass will shout about this white woman digging in the garbage and so on and so forth, but much of their worst behaviour goes on in broad daylight.

That’s the thing – the EFF’s trash just revealed all the things we already knew about them.

By the way, if you want to hear Thamm’s justification for the trash-combing, here she is talking with 702’s Eusebius McKaiser.

[source:dailymaverick]