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WATCH: Controversial Video Compares Jacob Zuma To Jesus Christ
11 Dec 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
With the world ending on December 21, and Christmas/Mangaung just around the corner, this video couldn’t be more pertinent. But there’s MORE:
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South Africa More Corrupt Than Cuba and Kuwait – Corruption Perceptions Index 2012 #congratulationszuma
06 Dec 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
The annual Corruption Perceptions Index for 2012 has been released, and there is little surprise that South Africa hasn’t done very well.
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Wednesday Morning Spice
05 Dec 2012 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Outrage over pre-death train photo. John McAfee seeking asylum. ANCWL wants Shrien Dewani bad. Rhinos to get specialised surveillance aircraft. Eminem’s daughter attacks Taylor Swift on Twitter. Who is the world’s most overpaid actor?
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Monday Morning Spice
03 Dec 2012 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Cops and teargas for Kardashian in Bahrain. Taxpayers’ pays for Zuma’s brother’s electricity. American Psycho writer tweets for cocaine. Has Apple fixed wireless-charging? When was the first SMS sent? News International CEO resigns.
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Monday Morning Spice
26 Nov 2012 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Vettel makes F1 history. ANC branches revolt. SA’s booming film industry. Gangnam Style takes YouTube’s top spot. Rolling Stones fans left fuming over unsold tickets. JR Ewing deis. Sheen gave Lohan $100k. Saudi women now wear electronic tags.
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Friday Morning Spice
23 Nov 2012 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Lost Beatles rejection tape discovered. DA taking no-confidence to Concourt. ANC ’embarrassed’ after Potch mayor replaced by DA. Facebook testing auto photo sync. Is child sleep training a hoax? Kate’s private photos revealed. Chris Brown cancels tour.
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Tuesday Morning Spice
20 Nov 2012 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Cellphone radiation harmful to babies. ANC backtracks on no confidence vote, John McAfee has a new disguise. Metallica coming to SA. Oprah uses iPad for Microsoft tweet. Guess who’s invited to Jen Aniston’s wedding? Another Madoff staff-related suicide.
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Wednesday Morning Spice
14 Nov 2012 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
McAfee buried himself to hide from police. SA platinum in big trouble. Stolen art found. Police foil Prince Charles horse manure attack. Frankie Dettori fails drug test. ANC approves radical secrecy bill changes. France’s champagne harvest worst in years.
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New Pro-Motlanthe Political Party Is Being Registered – ‘South African National Congress’ (SANC)
06 Nov 2012 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
A new politial party which wants Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe to be the next ANC president, has been registered. They are calling themselves the South African National Congress. No-one knows who the founders are and the ANC are NOT digging the name..
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De Klerk Comes Out Firing Against ANC – Clearly Just Being Racist?
01 Nov 2012 by Seth Rotherham / 23 Comments
Former president FW de Klerk is clearly being racist in his latest attack against the ANC, as he came out firing during a business-related speech – punishing the ANC for everything from wealth distribution to not being able to attract international investment. Check it out: This from News24: South Africa’s last apartheid president F W de Klerk […]
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Online Movement Shows Support For Zuma vs. Zille Public Debate
17 Oct 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 7 Comments
A tweet showing support for a Zuma vs. Zille public debate is currently trending on Twitter. If YOU, like us, feel that a public debate on economic policy between Jacob Zuma and Helen Zille (or Jacob and anyone really) is in the national interest, then read this.
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The Government Blew R4,6 Billion On Catering, Entertainment And Travelling
16 Oct 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 4 Comments
Over the past few weeks the government departments financial results have been doing the rounds in Parliament and, amongst other findings, it was revealed that local goverment has spent R4,67 billion on food, entertainment and travel and accommodation.
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Zuma’s Nkandla Homestead Upgrade: Someone Is Fibbing
03 Oct 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
The Public Works Minister Thulas Nxesi, has come out in defence of the department’s plans to spend R203 million upgrading President Jacob Zuma’s private homestead in Nkandla.
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ANC Accuses DA Of Underspending In Cape Town
20 Jul 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The provincial council of the ANC in the Western Cape are again pointing fingers at the DA, this time for not making use of its full capital budget. This is the same issue raised last year by the ANC, when the Western Cape only spent 75% of its budget.
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The ANC – Celebrating 100 Years Of Selfless Struggle
17 Jul 2012 by Seth Rotherham / 3 Comments
Spotted by a 2oceansviber in Johannesburg, parked in a no-parking zone. The Mercedes-Benz E500 convertible is available for purchase at around R1 million. [thanks berminator]
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ANC In “Terminal Decline”, Rule Over By 2024
06 Jul 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
According to a policy brief published by the SA Institute of Race Relations, the ANC’s power is in decline and the demise of the party is now “inevitable”. The observations are based on evidence that “points overwhelmingly in [that] direction.” Click through for the full scoop.
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ANC Members Break Out Fisticuffs At Policy Conference
02 Jul 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The ANC policy conference came to a close this weekend, and what better way to do it than with a good old-fashioned fist fight? A few members of the North West delegation of the ANC got into a bit of an altercation on the final day, and things kinda escalated from there.
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ANC: We Want Six Provinces
29 Jun 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 9 Comments
A reduction in the number of provinces is something the ANC led government has often toyed with, but it appears this policy has gained increasing support among party delegates at the ANC policy conference in Midrand this year. The biggest change would see the Northern Cape, Western Cape, and some parts of Eastern Cape merge.
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Tokyo Sexwale Rumoured To Get The Boot in Cabinet Reshuffle
11 Jun 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The Citizen reported over the weekend that Tokyo Sexwale is to be booted out of President Jacob Zuma’s Cabinet in yet another cabinet reshuffle. The rumour comes from a “highly placed source” who told The Citizen that “Sexwale has been speaking against Zuma’s government lately. Zuma wants him out.”
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BREAKING: The Spear Gets 16N Rating
01 Jun 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The Film and Publication Board has just given The Spear painting a “16N” rating. This means that children under the age of 16 should not have access to the artwork because it displays nudity.
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BREAKING: ANC Officially Withdraws Case Against Goodman Gallery
30 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Holy backpedal, Batman! After a hell bent crusade against the Goodman Gallery, the ANC has decided to withdraw its case. This comes following the march on the gallery yesterday, where the gallery and the ruling party got together and reached an agreement. The announcement was made this morning in a media briefing at the gallery.
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FPB Exec Suggests Board Has A Duty To Suppress Criticism Of Political Leaders
30 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
As the dust settles between the ANC and the Goodman Gallery, all that’s left is for the Film and Publications Board to render their decision on the classification of our dear leader’s “umthondo” after a fraught hearing yesterday, but the how do you classify as offensive something that is no longer visibly offensive? And, what is the connection to “political criticism” in South Africa?
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First Images From Anti-Spear Protest At Goodman Gallery [PICS]
29 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 5 Comments
A protest march is currently underway and heading towards the Goodman Gallery, with people having been bussed in from as far as Mpumalanga and Limpopo. Check out all the action, and protest signs, after the jump.
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City Press Ed Cites “Personal Harm” As Reason For Pulling Spear Pic
28 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Beleaguered City Press editor Ferial Hafferjee has published a cathartic editorial explaining the publication’s decision to pull the controversial pre-vandalised image of Brett Murray’s The Spear of the Nation that they have had posted on their website for a few weeks now, less than a day after she declared she would not. What happened, Miss Hafferjee?
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Goodman Gallery Guard In Court For Assault
28 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Remember Paul Molesiwa, the security guard we saw in the video of the two guys vandalising the Zuma penis painting? Louis Mabokela, one of the two vandals, laid a charge of assault against him after Molesiwa was shown on camera head-butting and flipping Mabokela to the floor. Molesiwa is expected in court today.
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ANC Doesn’t Want Anyone To Advertise With City Press
25 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
The ANC is outraged at the South African National Editor’s Forum’s reaction to its call to boycott the City Press newspaper, following its publication of Brett Murray’s painting. It has now gone a step further, issuing a statement calling advertisers to no longer advertise in the paper.
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Artist Brett Murray Explains Why He Painted “The Spear”
25 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 53 Comments
So far we’ve heard from everyone regarding the controversial Jacob Zuma painting, “The Spear”, apart from the actual artist himself. In an affidavit to the police leading to his court case, Brett Murray explains why he created this work. Read it inside.
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First Images From Zuma Penis Court Case [PICS]
24 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Today the ANC is in court over the controversial painting of President Jacob Zuma and his penis. Some of his supporters have gathered outside the South Gauteng High Court, along with six of his children. The other 12 of his confirmed 18 kids were absent. See the first pics of all the excitement inside.
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Mantashe: ANC Banking On The East To Help SA Spite The West
23 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The ANC’s Secretary General, Gwede Mantashe, has thrown down the gauntlet to South Africa’s relations with so-called developed Western countries, including the USA and the Eurozone, in favour of cash-rich developing countries like China and India. Is South Africa banking on the East in spite of the West?
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ANC Finally Plays Race Card Over Zuma Painting
21 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
I was wondering how long this was going to take. The ANC is currently in preperations for its court date at the Johannesburg High Court tomorrow, to get the painting of JZ and his junk taken down. After today’s NEC meeting, ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe had some choice words for the media.
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