SPEAR OUTRAGE DEEPENS
President Jacob Zuma’s advocate Gcina Malindi says his emotional breakdown in court “shouldn’t have happened”. “I’m an advocate and I work under ethical rules that we don’t comment on a case in which we are involved,” he said. “But you can say I broke down. As a former activist it brought back those issues, which was why I was overwhelmed.” Malindi was representing Zuma, the ANC and Zuma’s children in their urgent application against the Goodman Gallery, City Press, and artist Brett Murray, to have the portrait, The Spear, declared unlawful. He broke down and cried after a particularly gruelling…
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FS residents blast Zuma painting
A controversial painting of President Jacob Zuma sent ripples throughout the globe and also hit home in the Free State. Bloemfonteiners this week overwhelmingly blasted the 1.8m tall artwork created Brett Murray and displayed in Johannesburg’s Goodmann Gallery as part of the Hail to the Thief II. The Spear was inspired by an iconic image of Russian Marxist revolutionary Vladimir Lenin and shows the president with his genitals on display. “This is pure disrespect of our president in the worst possible way. This is degrading and is not African. We have a duty to respect our president and our parents. Maybe…
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MOULDING FUTURE LEADERS
Making a difference in children’s lives has proved to be an uphill battle for volunteers working at the Wisdom crèche in Grassland in Mangaung, Bloemfontein. This preschool, which is run from a ramshackled house, is situated next to a tavern that hinders the process of learning and also poses a safety threat to the children. However, two women, Moipato Mojaki and Lizzy Legoate, and one man, Nicoo Seutloali, have taken it upon themselves to ensure the wellbeing of the 101 children that are being educated in the preschool. Wisdom is a day care centre for children from impoverished families in…
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