{"id":20930,"date":"2015-10-31T08:49:33","date_gmt":"2015-10-31T08:49:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/sa-women-protest-at-graphic-zuma-painting\/"},"modified":"2015-10-31T08:49:27","modified_gmt":"2015-10-31T08:49:27","slug":"sa-women-protest-at-graphic-zuma-painting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/sa-women-protest-at-graphic-zuma-painting\/","title":{"rendered":"SA women protest at graphic Zuma painting"},"content":{"rendered":"

{JOHANNESBURG, Friday
\nFemale supporters of South African President Jacob Zuma on Friday marched through the capital Pretoria to defend him against criticism, including a satirical painting depicting him engaging in a sex act.}<\/p>\n

Several hundred members of African National Congress Women\u2019s League (ANCWL) rallied outside the Union Buildings, the official seat of the government, where huge student protests were held last week.<\/p>\n

The emergence of a nationwide student protest movement has shaken Zuma\u2019s government amid dire economic data, high unemployment and growing mistrust of the ANC two decades after the end of apartheid.<\/p>\n

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The ANC Women\u2019s League held its march to demonstrate its loyalty to Zuma, 73, who was recently depicted in the graphic painting by a local artist Ayanda Mabulu.
\nHands off president<\/p>\n

\u201cThe painting denigrates the president, not just him, but women as well, given how a woman is portrayed,\u201d Toko Xasa, ANCWL spokeswoman, told AFP. \u201cWe can\u2019t allow that to happen.\u201d<\/p>\n

An ANCWL statement before the march condemned the painting and said the event would celebrate Zuma\u2019s role in transforming the country since apartheid.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe, therefore, stand firm in saying \u2018hands off President Zuma\u2019 as the leader of the (ANC) organisation and father of the nation,\u201d it says.<\/p>\n

Titled \u201cThe Pornography of Power\u201d, the brightly coloured painting depicts Zuma in a sex act surrounded by symbols and characters that the artist said represent rape, colonialism, slavery and exploitation.<\/p>\n

Mabulu, the artist, defended his work and said the protest was misguided. \u201cThese women are protecting and defending someone who is raping the country,\u201d he told AFP. \u201cThey should be protesting to protect the victims.\u201d<\/p>\n

Outrage over the painting, which first featured in the local media two weeks ago, echoed a similar dispute in 2012 over \u201cThe Spear\u201d, a painting that showed Zuma with exposed genitals.<\/p>\n

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AFP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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