Zapiro's Blog, page 54

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Jacob Zuma goes to Davos

The World Economic Forum hold an annual conference every year in Davos, where leaders and industrialist exchange thoughts on the world's economic problems. This year, South African President Jacob Zuma alongside President Goodluck Jonathan prresent the theme "De-Risking Africa". Jacob Zuma said in Switzerland on Wednesday.

"Together as business, government, labour and the community sector, we must tackle our three fierce enemies -- poverty, unemployment and inequality," he told the World Economic Forum in Davos.

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Phiyega thanked Cops after Marikana - Report

National police commissioner Riah Phiyega four days after the tragedy saluted the policemen who gunned down 34 striking Lonmin miners. Footage of police chief Riah Phiyega thanking police after the Marikana shooting in which 34 miners died was shown to the Farlam commission of inquiry

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Bafana Bafana - In Need of a Striker!

While labour unrest continues in the Western Cape and strikes continue on the farms, Bafana Bafana has not performed well on the soccer pitch and has failed to score goals. Zapiro's cartoon shows a desparate coach looking for a striker among the protesting workers in he Western Cape.

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Mali - French Military Intervention -Security co-operation or neo-colonialism?

While Mali is participating in the AFCON Soccer cup being held in South Africa, France sends her troops into Mali and bombs Northern Mali to prevent “the establishment of a terrorist state”. Mali is rich in a number of resources, including uranium. France now has 59 nuclear reactors, generating nearly 80% of its electricity, making it the world’s largest net electricity exporter. In 1999, the French parliament confirmed three objectives in relation to this newly found wealth, the first: security of supply.

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Lance Armstrong - Now on Oprah's Book Club

Lance Armstrong changes the title of his autobiography published in 2000 from Its not about the bike to its about doping and lying for his 2013 interview with Oprah Winfrey on CNN

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Oprah interviews Lance on CNN

Winfrey Oprah inteeviews Lance Armstrong on CNN, which gets aired on Thursday, 17th January 2013.  Armstrong comes clean and admits to drug taking during his years of competitive cycling.  People want to hear more – under oath – before he's allowed to compete again in elite triathlons, a sport he returned to after retiring from cycling in 2011.

 

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Jacob Zuma as Action Man

Cyril Ramaphosa, the recently elected  vice-president of the ANC speaking to ANC members said "The time for talking is over. We want action, and action man Jacob Zuma will ensure that this country moves forward,”

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1212123st - Dis-Investment Policy of a South African Gazillinaire

Cyril Ramaphosa (a business tycoon implicated in the Marikana killings) is back in politics,this after years of expressing disinterest in the political leadership sphere. Zapiro cartoon on how Cyril Ramaphosa may have arrived at the position of being voted in as ANC Vice-President.

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Father Christmas Checklist

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Its the End of the World - 21-12-12

Zapiro cartoon on the end of the ANC after the Mangaung 2012 election of Zuma - The week of the Mayan end of the world 21-12-12 prediction

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