NEWSWATCH: The South African Communist Party is "appalled" by the Zapiro "penis" cartoon published in Mail & Guardian, reports IOL.
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IOL: SACP appalled by Zapiro's cartoon... SACP spokesperson Malesela Maleka is reported as saying the controversial cartoon of an erect penis complete with showerhead "is indeed B-grade schoolboy lavatory stuff, unworthy of a once talented cartoonist and unworthy of a newspaper that pretends to be serious."
Mail & Guardian: Zapiro defends cartoon, while ANC call for apology... Zapiro reckons change needs "dissident views" while the ANC's Jimmy Manyi is miffed and says the cartoon (which includes a limerick) must be removed from the Mail & Guardian website.
The ANC probably isn't too keen on the limerick either, so we've offered an alternative...
There was a cartoonist Shapiro Who goes by the name of Zapiro But by what he has drawn He's created a storm
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