Published in Mail & Guardian on 5 Jul 2012

120705mg - The 'Spear'to be raised at "Social Cohesion Summit"

Description & Background

Zuma announced the need for the social cohesion summit in May following the storm of controversy caused by Brett Murray's painting 'The Spear', which depicted Zuma with his genitals exposed. The social cohesion summit invited South Africans from across the country to discuss how “to heal divisions of our painful past and establish a society based on democratic values, social justice and fundamental human rights,” according to its final declaration. It was discussed in Kliptown, where the Freedom Charter was signed in 1955. Zapiro's cartoon shows Zuma's disrespect for Brett Murray's right to freedom of expression.

People in the cartoon

Jacob Zuma

Tags

Social cohesion summit / The Spear / Freedom of expression

Text in the cartoon

The 'Spear'to be raised at "Social Cohesion Summit"

Though sex is his publicised sport
Zuma took the dick-painting to court
Suing Brett's free expression
Confirmed the impression
He's AS big a dick as we thought

GOODMAN GALLRY

Links

• Summit to be held following The Spear saga
• Zuma to attend social cohesion summit
• SA Government News Agency : Title: Social Cohesion Summit not reaction to The Spear
• Conference to look at creating social cohesion
• Zuma attends ‘social cohesion’ summit
• More cohesion summits in pipeline despite criticism South Africa will host at least nine provincial social cohesion summits in the next 12 months, as well as a national summit in 2017
• Zuma calls for citizens to build 'the South African vision' - He told the national cohesion summit the 2010 World Cup should be an example of what a united South Africa could be like.

Related Zapiro cartoons

• 120520st - Painting of Jacob Zuma with his genitals exposed creates an uproar
• 120531mg - Defeat for Freedom of Expression? - The case of Brett Murray's Spear

Related cartoons from other cartoonists

• Dr Jack on 1 Jul 2012 in City Press via Africartoons