Jacob Zuma Contingent Reduces Claims Against Zapiro

There's a mini-explosion of international wire stories this morning pointing out that the Jacob Zuma side of a forthcoming legal battle featuring the Zuma-focused cartoons of Jonathan "Zapiro" Shapiro has reduced claims -- dropping one entirely, moving one from millions to a six-figure number along with an unconditional apology. Whether or not this is legal strategy or something more like public relations depends on whether you see this case as more important for its legal ramifications or as en event in the political life of that country. I would have to imagine that, as is the case with the linked-to article, the Zuma forces doing a rollback will only embolden them in terms of the solidity of their case. I'm less certain how a more reasonable claim will play politically.

In the court of "how I decide the rightness of things on the Internet," the Zuma claims are sort of ridiculous, so I'm glad to seem reduced in the hopes they'll eventually be eliminated/obliterated.
 
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