'Zuma is no zombie!' says furious son of the president
'Is this still part of freedom of speech? We believe that this is the worst form of abuse of democracy that many of our leaders fought so hard to achieve'
President Jacob Zuma’s son Edward has threatened to lay a charge in the Equality Court against Lotus FM presenter Ravi Govender for calling his father a "zombie". After the opening of the ANC policy conference at Nasrec in Johannesburg on Friday‚ Govender posted the offending comment on his Facebook page. ”Just hear a Zombie Zuma giving a speech on the news. Massacring the beutiful English language...Uneducated creature. Even the other moron Mugabe speaks much better. ”(sic) The post‚ which generated a slew of responses in support for and against Govender’s comment‚ has since been deleted. Edward Zuma lashed out at Govender‚ saying his family failed to understand what prompted him to make the statement.“What’s the difference with calling blacks monkeys to calling them zombies. Let’s lay charges at Equality Court for hate speech‚” he said. In a strongly worded statement‚ Edward Zuma said the president was his parent and he was prepared to defend him if need be. He said he would take ...
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