Zapiro defends cartoon, while ANC call for apology - Mail & Guardian Online: The government on Friday called for the urgent removal of the latest Zapiro cartoon, which features an erect penis with a showerhead and legs with an accompanying limerick about President Jacob Zuma. "Government calls on Jonathan Shapiro [Zapiro] to withdraw his cartoon, and urges the Mail & Guardian to remove it from its website," government spokesperson Jimmy Manyi said.
The cartoon was a "defamatory attack" on Zuma's character and violated his rights to dignity as enshrined in the Constitution.
"It is disappointing that the M&G published such a demeaning cartoon, especially following the recent debate about another offensive artwork." He was referring to a now-defaced painting by artist Brett Murray depicting Zuma with genitals exposed, which showed at the Goodman Gallery in Johannesburg in May.
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