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African National Congress

Type: Organization

Name: African National Congress (African National Congress (South Africa))

Nationality: South Africa

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3166 articles

First Reported 1 hour ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 1 Documents

Inkatha Freedom Party (ZA)

Fine art and fragile egos

The M&G rounds up other artworks in SA that have ruffled the feathers of politicians.The M&G rounds up other artworks in SA that have ruffled the feathers of politicians.There’s no denying that the latest collision between the world of art and the egos ... [ Published 1 hour ago by Mail & Guardian Online ]

Entities: Inkatha Freedom Party (ZA), Durban, M&G Investments, African National Congress

First Reported 10 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 4 Documents

African National Congress

South Africa's President Zuma sues over painting depicting him unzipped

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- Is it art? Racism? Political parody?A painting by a white Cape Town artist, Brett Murray, depicting South African President Jacob Zuma as Soviet leader Lenin -- but with his genitals exposed -- has caused a storm of controversy. ... [ Published 1 hour ago by Los Angeles Times ]

Entities: Jacob Zuma, South Africa, Gwede Mantashe, African National Congress

First Reported 22 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 4 Documents

Jacob Zuma goes to court over painting depicting his genitals

South African president says his right to privacy violated by The Spear, triggering row about freedom of speech and racismIt began with an impression of a man's penis in an art gallery where only a tiny fraction of the population would normally set foot. ... [ Published 4 hours ago by Guardian.co.uk ]

Entities: Jacob Zuma, African National Congress, South Africa, Oliver Tambo, Racism

First Reported 3 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 4 Documents

McDonald's Corporation

Art scam with fries on the side

Source: Supplied A SOUTH African politician has bought a painting with government money by masking it as a McDonald's purchase. McDonald's in a statement confirmed a report in The Star newspaper that Humphrey Mmemezi, an executive of the ruling African ... [ Published 2 hours ago by Brisbane Courier-Mail ]

Entities: McDonald's Corporation, Cyril Ramaphosa, South Africa, Anti-Apartheid

First Reported 7 hours ago - Updated 4 hours ago - 2 Documents

Jeff Radebe

Editorial: Art attack

THE rumpus over Cape Town artist Brett Murray’s painting, The Spear, depicting a Jacob Zuma lookalike in the triumphal pose of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin with a set of male genitalia attached would be laughable if it weren’t for the very serious implications ... [ Published 4 hours ago by IOL ]

Entities: Jeff Radebe, Jacob Zuma, attack, African National Congress

First Reported 8 hours ago - Updated 8 hours ago - 1 Documents

Jacob Zuma

SADTU calls for the immediate removal of Zuma painting

SADTU is joining the ANC and COSATU in the call to have the painting of President Jacob Zuma showing his private parts, removed from the Goodman Gallery and on the internet with immediate effect.We see no artistic expression in the painting but an obscene, ... [ Published 8 hours ago by Congress of South African Trade Unions ]

Entities: Jacob Zuma, African National Congress, South Africa

First Reported May 19 2012 - Updated May 20 2012 - 2 Documents

Zakes Mda

ANC takes painting battle to high court

Cape Town artist Brett Murray has chosen to remain silent as the ANC takes its battle to have the Jacob Zuma painting removed from the Goodman Gallery to the Johannesburg High Court.Yesterday hordes of people were queuing at the Joburg gallery to see ... [ Published May 20 2012 by IOL ]

Entities: African National Congress, Brett Murray, Jacob Zuma, Zakes Mda, Johannesburg

First Reported May 20 2012 - Updated May 20 2012 - 1 Documents

Alan Paton Award: All guns blazing

Andrew Feinstein is a former ANC MP and author of After the Party, a memoir of his time as an ANC MP and member of Scopa, the parliamentary organisation first tasked with investigating the arms deal. He now lives in England, where he is head of Corruption ... [ Published May 20 2012 by Times Live South Africa ]

Entities: Alan Paton, Corruption, African National Congress

First Reported May 19 2012 - Updated May 19 2012 - 1 Documents

Brett Murray painting expression of pure prejudice - ANCWL & Co.

RE: JOINT STATEMENT FROM ALLIANCE GENDER STRUCTURESThe Alliance gender structures, comprising of the ANC Women's League, Cosatu's Gender committee and SACP Women's League met to discuss a number of issues including policy papers ahead of the upcoming ... [ Published May 19 2012 by Politicsweb ]

Entities: Brett Murray, African National Congress, Helen Zille, Democratic Alliance

First Reported May 19 2012 - Updated May 19 2012 - 1 Documents

South African party plans to sue artist

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, May 19 (UPI) --Congress spokesman Jackson Mthembu told the BBC he has asked lawyers to remove the painting from the Goodman Gallery in Johannesburg.Gallery owner Liza Essers asserts the $14,000 painting, which has been sold ... [ Published May 19 2012 by UPI ]

Entities: Pretoria, Johannesburg, Jackson Mthembu, South Africa

First Reported May 19 2012 - Updated May 19 2012 - 6 Documents

Zuma painting ‘staying up’ despite threats

The owner of the Goodman Gallery has received death threats because of The Spear.But Liza Essers is adamant: Brett Murray’s explicit painting of President Jacob Zuma with his penis exposed is staying up.The painting has caused a storm of controversy here ... [ Published May 19 2012 by IOL ]

Entities: Brett Murray, Jacob Zuma, African National Congress

First Reported May 18 2012 - Updated May 18 2012 - 17 Documents

Unchain my art

The debate over a painting depicting president Jacob Zuma’s penis has produced two very distinct lines of argument: “let there be freedom of expression” says one school of thought, while another argues “it’s disrespectful, take it down”.I must state up ... [ Published May 18 2012 by Daily Maverick ]

Entities: Jacob Zuma, African National Congress, Interference, Ferial Haffajee, Pierre de Vos

Quotes

The artist did not have facilities to receive card payments. "In hindsight, the owner-operator agrees that this was an innocent error of judgment" said McDonald's. Mr Mmemezi is the Gauteng provincial housing minister

Art scam with fries on the side [Brisbane Courier-Mail - 2 hours ago]

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Fine art and fragile egos [ Published 1 hour ago by Mail & Guardian Online ]
South Africa's President Zuma sues over paintin... [ Published 1 hour ago by Los Angeles Times ]
Art scam with fries on the side [ Published 2 hours ago by Brisbane Courier-Mail ]
S African minister buys art, shows receipts of ... [ Published 3 hours ago by NDTV ]
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Jacob Zuma goes to court over painting depictin... [ Published 4 hours ago by Guardian.co.uk ]
South African ruling party calls Zuma painting ... [ Published 6 hours ago by Xinhua News Agency ]
Censors assess Zuma painting [ Published 7 hours ago by Times Live South Africa ]
Editorial; Zuma art is insulting [ Published 7 hours ago by The New Age Online ]
SADTU calls for the immediate removal of Zuma p... [ Published 8 hours ago by Congress of South African Trade Unions ]
ANC brands Zuma painting racist [ Published 10 hours ago by Times Live South Africa ]
JZ painting 'racist' - Mantashe [ Published 10 hours ago by iafrica.com ]
AUBREY MATSHIQI: Reaction to Zuma ‘art’ exposes... [ Published 10 hours ago by Business Day ]
Analysis: Painting debate will test our democracy [ Published 12 hours ago by Daily Maverick ]
SACP slams ‘sadistic’ Zuma painting [ Published 22 hours ago by IOL ]
ANC takes painting battle to high court [ Published May 20 2012 by IOL ]
Alan Paton Award: All guns blazing [ Published May 20 2012 by Times Live South Africa ]
Brett Murray painting expression of pure prejud... [ Published May 19 2012 by Politicsweb ]
Zuma painting must be removed - SADTU [ Published May 19 2012 by Politicsweb ]
South African party plans to sue artist [ Published May 19 2012 by UPI ]
Painting prejudices president – women’s league [ Published May 19 2012 by City Press ]
Zuma painting ‘staying up’ despite threats [ Published May 19 2012 by IOL ]
Painting prejudices president, says ANCWL [ Published May 19 2012 by IOL ]
ANC turns to court to have painting removed [ Published May 19 2012 by IOL ]
Zuma painting against Ubuntu, African morality,... [ Published May 19 2012 by The New Age Online ]
âWhy Zuma painting must stayâ [ Published May 19 2012 by The Witness ]
ANC to sue over painting of Zuma [ Published May 19 2012 by Daily Nation ]
SA presidency expresses shock at ‘offensive’ pa... [ Published May 19 2012 by Zimbabwe Herald ]

Blogs

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Friday Morning Spice [ Published May 18 2012 by 2oceansvibe.com - Work is a sideline, live the ... ] ANC Angry Over Zuma ‘Penis Painting’ - South Africa’s ruling ANC has demanded the removal of a painting from an exhibition by one of the nation’s best-known artists that it said ridiculed the party and the president. [ guardian ] The Pirate ...
Friday Morning Spice [ Published May 11 2012 by 2oceansvibe.com - Work is a sideline, live the ... ] Time Magazine Cover Goes Viral - The headline reads, “Are You Mom enough?” But if that wasn’t enough to fan the flames of the Mommy Wars, there’s the photo that goes with it: A pretty young woman wearing skinny jeans and a tank top, nursing her ...
Shifting Mdluli Simply Not Good Enough [ Published May 10 2012 by 2oceansvibe.com - Work is a sideline, live the ... ] Politicians reacted angrily at the decision to move Lieutenant-General Richard Mdluli out of his crime intelligence position yesterday. A collective feeling amongst opposition parties was that this was simply not good enough, and that Mdluli should be ...
EXCLUSIVE: 2oceansVibe Speaks To Racist ‘Model’... [ Published May 08 2012 by 2oceansvibe.com - Work is a sideline, live the ... ] By now, many people within South Africa’s news-following public are familiar with the recent burst of racism that took place on South Africa’s twittersphere involving a model and a ‘model’. Yes, mistakes were made, but the backlash and long-term effects ...
Monday Morning Spice [ Published May 07 2012 by 2oceansvibe.com - Work is a sideline, live the ... ] Documentary Maker Re-Issued Shark Permit - National Geographic’s Chris Fischer and other scientists have been re-issued research permits after the death of a body boarder in Cape Town. The department cancelled the permits following the death of ...

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ANC Protests in South Africa [ Published May 10 2012 by CNN International - YouTube ]
ANC celebrates centenary [ Published Jan 07 2012 by News On ABC - YouTube ]