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December 1, 2010
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070808indep 07 08 08 08 Aug 2007 Independent Newspapers Looking for ways to get rid of her deputy Mbeki and his Minister of Health Manto Tshabalala-Msimang have been ridiculed by the world for their denial of the AIDs epidemic. Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge, deputy Minsiter of Health has been active and has been outspoken about new treatment campaigns to ensure medication was available to infected people and co-authored a five year treatment action plan. In this way she has embarrased both Mbeki and Manto Tshabalala-Msimang. For her troubles, they have found a way to get rid of her by firing her over an authorised trip to an Aids conference in Spain. Look an unauthorised trip. HIV/AIDS rd Denialism Action How to quack medical science TAC ARV now Aids denialism Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge, Manto Tshabalala-Msimang Thabo Mbeki
VIDEO South African Deputy Health Minister fired
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071120indep 07 11 20 20 Nov 2007 Independent Newspapers Aids Denialism just got even weirder AIDS denialist Anthony Brink has struck back at his one-time close friend, controversial author Ronald Suresh Roberts, accusing him of being a liar and a plagiarist and of misrepresenting President Thabo Mbeki’s view on HIV/AIDS. indep 20071120indep Nov Independent Newspapers /Cartoons/m_071120indep.jpg 071120indep.jpg Cartoons YEAR-2007 Independent Newspapers AIDS / HEALTH Brink, Anthony Suresh Roberts, Ronald 405
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The work of the legendary South African cartoonist known as Zapiro, precedes even the most high-powered politicos that he’s caricatured over his three decades in lefty journalism. His vast oeuvre is a testament to the rich, complex and often paradoxical history of the mighty South African nation – reaching a global audience with a sharp brand of satire that transcends national divisions, and international borders.
Zapiro effectively kickstarted his life as a professional troublemaker during his time as a conscripted soldier in the early 1980s. Staunchly refusing to touch weapons of any kind, he was a leading member of the End Conscription Campaign, and soon became a target for military intelligence as an activist of the fledgling anti-apartheid movement.
After honing his natural-born skills under the comics masters Art Spiegelman, Will Eisner and Harvey Kurtzman in New York, he threw himself headlong into the social and political maelstrom that was the South Africa of the late 80s and 90s, addressing the towering monstrosities of injustice, corruption and ignorance, which defined the country during those tumultuous years.
Now an intractable staple of South African heritage, Zapiro continues to court controversy – most notably with his excruciatingly brilliant depiction of President Jacob Zuma, during the rape scandal which (briefly) sullied Zuma’s public image in 2005.
Sticking steadfastly to the analog inks and pens of yesteryear, Zapiro still draws only in monochrome and steers well clear of computers and color.
Loved by the grand masses, and hated as much by the new ANC elite as by their former apartheid trailblazers, his latest controversy is around a cheeky Mohammed cartoon which was published in the Mail & Guardian newspaper in May 2010, after an eleventh-hour court bid by the Council of Muslim Theologians to bar its publication was rejected.
You want to meet this guy right? So did we! While in Cape Town, we had the distinct privilege of being invited to his studio, an extension of his lovely home in leafy Oranjezicht, to see him live in action – what a pleasure! – and find out what makes him tick.
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101130tt 10 11 30 30 Nov 2010 The Times WikiLeaks blows US diplomacy wide open
Defined as the biggest leak in history, WikiLeaks started feeding its site with 251,287 leaked United States embassy cables dating back from 1966. This will certainly have significant short and long term effects on US diplomatic relationships.
Zapiro's cartoon shows this graphically with the opening of the roof of the state department and all the documents flying away.
WikiLeaks
WikiLeaks US Diplomatic relations USA Cablegate
Secret US Embassy Cables
WikiLeaks' 'cablegate' dump: 10 biggest revelations
Red faces AT THE WHITE HOUSE
VIDEO: Hilary Clinton tries to stop the dammage
VIDEO : WikiLeaks Cablegate
Australian Federal Police to investigate WikiLeaks 'Cablegate'
Mandela not spared by US criticism, wikileaks cables to show
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Patrick Chappate on problems for US diplomacy
November 29, 2010
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101128st 10 11 28 28 Nov 2010 Sunday Times Charges dropped against Glen Agliotti
Accused of murdering Brett Kebble, drug boss, Glen Agliotti goes free from the murder charges due to both incompetence and "power plays" within the National Prosecuting Authority. Judge Frans Kgomo had several problems with the NPA's case against Agliotti ranging from insufficient and/or manipulated evidence to incomplete heads of argument. Listening to the evidence, Kgomo felt the case was coming from a film on the mafia.
Cartoon shows Agliotti as a mafia "Don" giving pardon in true Zapiro style.
Don Agliotti is grateful
a KISS!
Both cheeks
Clueless NPA
National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) Crime Incompetence Mafia Acquital verdict Glen Agliotti
Judge: State put booby traps in Agliotti trial
Compelling Questions After The Brett Kebble Murder Trial
Judge Drops Charges in Murder Trial of South African Mining Magnate
Agliotti Post Mortems Will Go On For Years
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100729mg - Alleged but now self-confessing hitmen save their butts through plea bargaining
November 28, 2010
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