Gavin's take on Zuma painting
Regarding your editorial on the Spear Saga. You let Zuma himself off the hook too easily. Brett Murray , the artist, is easily condemned for a “bad” painting and for " white" insensitivity, but no such insights grace the analysis of Zuma’s role in this whole debacle. Is not our President complicit in the heavily patriarchal view of society his personal behaviour projects ? And if male “power” over women, real or perceived, is about anything, is it not about the penis ? And does Mangaung really not have any connection with the President’s usage of power to reinforce his “traditional”( whatever that means) cultural values, and thus his electoral appeal ? And is it really no coincidence that this happens at the same time as the antediluvian Traditional Courts Bill, which seeks to push black rural women into a new servitude, while Zuma himself gathers so much approval as a traditional leader in rural KwaZulu /Natal ? No Sir, there are no virgins in this sorry tale.
Letter in Business Day
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