Our President

On the 22nd of May I posted a piece called "Revenge of an Era" about how I believed in South Africa and its prospects for the future. Then I saw this Portrait of our current president Jacob Zuma done by Brett Murray.

Brett Murray was then quoted by News24 as saying it was "an attempt at humorous satire of political power and patriarchy within the context of other artworks in the exhibition and within the broader context of South African discourse."

The president as well as the ANC (political party) were up in arms about the portrait and declared it racist. Racist? How on earth is it racist?

As with all breaking political news in South Africa, Zapiro (a South African Cartoonist) responded with these two cartoons.

I realized then that South Africa cannot be expected to excel in the world when this is how our leader is viewed! I am not his greatest fan, but I always assumed he had supporters as he was voted in by the majority of South Africans. It is at times like these when one notices that there are a lot of South Africans who view our president as a "philandering womaniser" and not as a well educated man with integrity and a high morale.

So why, may I ask, did you vote for him?