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Who exactly, I have wondered as temperatures have risen over the past 10 days over Brett Murray's Zuma Spear painting, is the adult and who is the child in this situation? What started as a battle between the ANC, on one side, and the Goodman Gallery and City Press...
NEC expresses sentiment of deep pain and betrayal at Brett Murray portrait RE: ANCWL POST POLICY WORKSHOP MEDIA BRIEFING* NEC MEETING OUTCOMES The ANCWL has had an extremely busy weekend, starting on Friday with a very productive NEC meeting at the Airport Grand Hotel...
How far can artists go in satirising or sending up the powerful? That is the essence of the brouhaha over Brett Murray’s contentious The Spear painting depicting President Jacob Zuma with his genitals exposed in a pose reminiscent of Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin....
Brett Murray's The Spear, a picture of President Jacob Zuma with his genitals exposed, mimics the pose of the Russian revolutionary Vladimir Lenin in a Soviet-era propaganda poster. Politicians, whenever they are exposed for having said something offensive, often...
Big business sees water scarcity as a money making opportunity. Joyce Nelson uncovers the dodgy dealings of the Aqueduct Alliance. In January 2010, investment banker Goldman Sachs, along with General Electric and a high-powered Washington thinktank called the World...
Govt expresses displeasure at offensive portrait by Brett Murray (May 18) Government condemns distasteful portrait of President Zuma Government would like to express its displeasure at the offensive portrait by Brett Murray titled "The Spear" that depicts the...
Commission says Brett Murray's portrait undermines office of President Jacob Zuma CRL Rights Commission concern with the controversial potrait of President Jacob Zuma titled "The Spear" by Brett Murray displayed at Goodman gallery The Commission for the Promotion and...
Mzukisi Makatse says Brett Murray's "portrait" of Zuma deserves to be condemned Freedom of expression, dignity and hypocrites It does not need a monotonous lecture from any of the archetypes of the freedom of expression for any South African to see Brett Murray's so...
Pearl Mathibela says Brett Murray's painting was disrespectful both to Zuma and the nation Nation building is being undermined, not the Constitution As the furore over the much-publicised (and now defaced) "painting" of one Brett Murray erupted, my initial reaction...