the spear

Here we go again. Another illustration involving South African president Jacob Zuma has the country in a froth. This time though, it's not a painting and it's not hanging in a prominent gallery.The work in question comes from satirical cartoonist Jonathan Shapiro, better known as Zapiro. In the cartoon, ...

You know your country’s digital landscape is maturing when locally brewed memes make international news. Brett Murray’s controversial The Spear caused an inadvertent ruckus in the South African media, and web-going South Africans were on the forefront of spreading the word, sharing news content and creating their own graphics lampooning ...

The latest news in the ongoing 'Spear of the Nation' saga is that the tweet which made City Press editor Ferial Haffajee decide to remove the painting from the website wasn't sent by someone she'd known since university -- but rather by his fan account.In a recent post explaining ...

The decision by South African national newspaper City Press to remove images of 'The Spear' painting from its website has been met with mixed reaction on Twitter.Editor-in-chief Ferial Haffajee said she made the decision to remove the image after some of her journalists received death threats.The announcement came ...

South African national newspaper City Press will reportedly take down photos of Brett Murray's "The Spear" from its website.Editor-in-chief Ferial Haffajee confirmed to the South African Press Association that City Press would remove images of the painting, saying "I just need a bit of time to do it." She said ...