Zuma: Zapiro Lawsuit To Continue

Jacob Zuma, the former deputy president of South Africa and the current deputy president of the African National Congress, told the Cape Town Press Club that he plans to continue pressing his array of lawsuits against several journalists including the popular cartoonist Zapiro (Jonathan Shapiro). At issue is coverage of a rape trial concluded in May of last year in Zuma's favor, coverage that the politician believes defamed him. As much as cartoonists in African countries are under assault, this is the only case I know where it's a lawsuit rather than a restrictive law that some fear could have a chilling effect on prose and/or visual discourse.
 
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