President Jacob Zuma Continuing With Pair Of Defamation Suits Vs. Zapiro

Despite a public call that South African President Jacob Zuma desist pursuit of two defamation cases against the cartoonist Jonathan "Zapiro" Shapiro, including an act of good faith in his presidency move by Zapiro to alter the most damning part of his characterization of the leader, a government spokesman indicated the suits would continue to be pursue in South Africa courts. One suit stems to a cartoon from 2006 during which Zuma was undergoing a trial for rape from which he was later acquitted, and the second is a rape of the justice system cartoon that ran during the recent presidential campaign. The rise of Zuma to power in a series of stunning political advancements has made many fear that the judicial system could be perverted by his pursuing an agenda of some sort through that legal structure.
 
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