Just as “Let them eat cake” became a slogan emblematic of the out-of-touch Queen Marie Antoinette during the French Revolution, social development minister Lindiwe Zulu’s jaw-dropping water cannon shenanigans may well prove to be the defining image of SA’s lockdown.

Admittedly, there’s stiff competition: ANC officials packed cheek by jowl at Andrew Mlangeni’s funeral after telling their subjects (sorry, citizens) to limit the size of funerals; communications minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams posting an Instagram video of her regulation-busting lockdown lunch; or beachgoers being bundled into police vans for, you know, swimming...

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