Strong Zapiro Cartoon Draws Ire

The much-lauded South African cartoonist Jonathan "Zapiro" Shapiro is back in the news for work that features the politician Jacob Zuma. This time it's a picture of the politician preparing to rape the justice system, and the controversy seems to break down along the lines of whether or not the chosen visual imagery is too strong or even racist in nature. It also seems to be driving people into comes that one might expect from a cursory knowledge of the issue: the people being depicted don't like the image much; fellow cartoonists suggest the imagery is more than justified. Zapiro defends the work here. The cartoon appeared on Sunday and is apparently the talk of Johannesburg. There may be an audio interview with Zapiro I can't get to here. In case you'd forgotten, Zuma was sued in 2006 for cartoons about Zuma's rape trial.
 
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