'Who does Zapiro think he is?'

[Nothxkbi]

You raise an important issue. But quite frankly, Malema isn't fit to be at the helm of a bath toy boat. Anyway The "Struggle" Mamajyot is refering to was against apartheid, which is over.

Perhaps its not entirely over as far as the ANC view it. Perhaps that until black people have complete control over the economy and ownership of all land, the struggle will not be over and the legacy of apartheid still lingers. Mugabe's land grabs are a perfect example. He was willing to let the entire country burn to the ground in order to reclaim everything.

 

[Milano]

Perhaps its not entirely over as far as the ANC view it. Perhaps that until black people have complete control over the economy and ownership of all land, the struggle will not be over and the legacy of apartheid still lingers.

That may well be the case. The only way to give black people complete control of the economy and ownership of all land is to destroy the SA economy as we saw in Zim.

Fantastic pics in your sig by the way

Thanks for checking them out

 

[Ronjay]

Perhaps its not entirely over as far as the ANC view it. Perhaps that until black people have complete control over the economy and ownership of all land, the struggle will not be over and the legacy of apartheid still lingers.

If that's the case, and I fear that you are correct, then there is no difference between the ANC and apartheid.

 

[Kosmik]

Perhaps its not entirely over as far as the ANC view it. Perhaps that until black people have complete control over the economy and ownership of all land, the struggle will not be over and the legacy of apartheid still lingers.

Trade one extreme for the other. Just shows how much they spit on their own ideals.

 

[Alan]

Perhaps its not entirely over as far as the ANC view it. Perhaps that until black people have complete control over the economy and ownership of all land, the struggle will not be over and the legacy of apartheid still lingers. Mugabe's land grabs are a perfect example. He was willing to let the entire country burn to the ground in order to reclaim everything.

Not black people. Fellow corrupt members of the regime including white members for example. Handing it over to "black people" is merely the justification.

 

[Milano]

Well Alan if that's the ANC's attitude then it does not bode well for this country at all.

I don't think it bodes well either way, whether they are doing it for the poor masses or the rich cronies.

 

[Mamajyot]

I think we have a major problem if a minority of the people have the majority of the countries land and wealth.

 

[LazyLion]

'Who does Zapiro think he is?'

um... he is a satirical cartoonist who frequently hits the nail on the head.

The most amazing thing is that for the last year or two he did not need to rely on satire much since the ANC has pretty much made complete fools out of themselves without anyone having to make the effort to draw a connection. It must be great when you can make a living out of somebody else's clowning buffoonery!

 

[Ronjay]

I think we have a major problem if a minority of the people have the majority of the countries land and wealth.

Yip, but we also have a major problem if the majority of people believe that a minority are not allowed to have anything at all. And that that minority should be dead. Even if it is only a minority, killing them all is still genocide.

 

[Milano]

I think we have a major problem if a minority of the people have the majority of the countries land and wealth.

Is that purely a race/colour thing? Are you equally upset that a minority of black people own the majority of black-owned land and wealth?

 

[BCO]

Ask the ANC, ANCYL, PAC and PACYL

And you and Alan, among others too...

 

[Ronjay]

Is that purely a race/colour thing? Are you equally upset that a minority of black people own the majority of black-owned land and wealth?

You hit the nail on the head there, it seems people think only white people are rich. And also that all white people are rich. One would think that people would not stereotype on bases of race anymore.

 

[I am Penguin]

.......................... Mugabe's land grabs are a perfect example. He was willing to let the entire country burn to the ground in order to reclaim everything.

.............and what did the lowlife idiot ROB reclaim, poverty? NO! that he reserved for his and deserving idiotic voting public. Typical Africa and "African" ( I am excluded).

 

[Tpex]

The ANC conventily forget that Zapiro was equally critical of the apartheid Government, I bet original ANC members are turning in there graves at what the ANC has become

 

[Frankie]

Dictatorships don't take kindly to criticism / satirists.

 

[rippedoff]

"that the ANC hasn't gotten the full deal for its people"
yeah they spent it!

 

[Alan]

Evidently, a few people in this thread also don't understand how political satire works. Zapiro criticised the apartheid government, rightly so, and now he's criticising the new government, rightly so. Why do people always have to try and make the world fit into an "either, or/ us, them" mentality?

Hardly. Has he ever done a cartoon mocking Mandela for his appalling record as president with regard to corruption and crime? I saw nothing on Mandela's support for Zuma during the election. He's not an objective satirist. He just happens to have had a falling out with his party

Look at his predicament before the last election. Without the ANC to vote for he was left dumbfounded. ANC or nobody mentality so prevalent with his ilk

 

[Tpex]

Hardly. Has he ever done a cartoon mocking Mandela for his appalling record as president with regard to corruption and crime? I saw nothing on Mandela's support for Zuma during the election. He's not an objective satirist. He just happens to have had a falling out with his party

Look at his predicament before the last election. Without the ANC to vote for he was left dumbfounded. ANC or nobody mentality so prevalent with his ilk

FYI he has, just look through his books (older stuff)

 

[Fazda]

Hardly. Has he ever done a cartoon mocking Mandela for his appalling record as president with regard to corruption and crime? I saw nothing on Mandela's support for Zuma during the election. He's not an objective satirist. He just happens to have had a falling out with his party

Look at his predicament before the last election. Without the ANC to vote for he was left dumbfounded. ANC or nobody mentality so prevalent with his ilk

Alan, once again you are all hot air - here is a quote from his story :

"My family were all supportive of the anti-apartheid movement, but we only really found a political home when the United Democratic Front started in 1983. We were all inspired by the UDF. My sister Yvonne was detained in 1985, during the first state of emergency. My mother was detained in 1986 – the second state of emergency – and I was detained in 1988.
"

You would swear he was a card carrying ANC member which is bollocks!

 

[Alan]

His voting record speaks for itself.

'94 ANC
'99 ANC
'04 ANC
'09 No vote* ( going by his claim of being "undecided")

As he said himself he voted ANC "without hesitation"

But it's understandable how you're trying desperately to distance yourselves from the ANC and hence responsibility. Reminds me of The Witness columnists almost all liberal former ANC members suddenly dropping the bottom tagline. No longer is it "former ANC councilor/member so and so" just the name remains now :erm: