TWEET OF THE WEEK
GARETH VAN ONSELEN: The hypocrisy of Helen Zille
It is only since giving up the DA leadership that Zille has become a ‘truth-teller’ — she was silent when The Spear was a burning issue, writes Gareth van Onselen
Welcome to Tweet of the Week. Every Friday I will use this column to hand out an award to one person who has tweeted something of significance. There are no strict rules, only that the tweet in question must offer an important insight, define a debate (notorious or otherwise) or mark an occasion. This week the Tweet of the Week goes to @Bruceps for:"Probably because people aren’t as liberal as they like to think they are. But like it or not, you’ve damaged Mmusi." Profile: Peter Bruce is a former editor of Business Day and Financial Mail, and a veteran of South African journalism. He has some 83k followers on Twitter. Citation: This month it will be five years since The Spear, the Brett Murray painting of Jacob Zuma, was vandalised and destroyed in 2012, after the ANC, in a fit of anticonstitutional hysteria, whipped the country into a frenzy. We forget The Spear at our peril. It was a defining moment. The repertoire established by the ANC during May 2012 became a template. The irra...
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