that amazing ability of his to take criticism and to see the importance of criticism, of cartooning, of good journalism in the country. and that puts him head and shoulders above most politicians, most statesmen. let s talk now about your relationship with more recent south african leaders, and in particular, i want to focus onjacob zuma, cos it s one thing to draw a leader with a slipping halo. your treatment of zuma was on a different scale. and most people in south africa will think of your characterisation of zuma with a showerhead coming out of the top of his head. it became a huge thing in this country. what was it about? in 2006, when zuma was already embroiled in controversy around corruption charges, he suddenly got a rape charge against him,
in 2006, when zuma was already embroiled in controversy around these corruption charges, he suddenly got a rape charge against him and he went through a trial. under cross examination, he admitted that he actually knew that the person he had supposedly had this consensual sex with was hiv positive. and then they said to him, so did you use protection? no, he didn t. why not? because he thought he didn t have much chance of infection. now, jacob zuma had been the head of the national aids council when he was deputy president, so this was really absurd. and then it went further. they said, what did you do next after this supposedly consensual sex? i had a shower. why? to lessen this chance of infection. so the shower. i just thought, that s something i can use as a device. but i think it s worth looking at how you did this. the point is you didn tjust do this
corruption charges, he suddenly got a rape charge against him. under cross examination, he admitted that he actually knew that the person he had supposedly had this consensual sex with was hiv positive. and then they said to him, so did you use protection? no, he didn t. why not? because he thought he didn t have much chance of infection. now, jacob zuma had been the head of the national aids council when he was deputy president, so this was really absurd. and then it went further. they said, what did you do next after this supposedly consensual sex? i had a shower. why? to lessen his chance of infection. so the shower. i just thought, that s something i can use as a device. but i think it s worth looking
showerhead coming out of the top of his head. that became a huge thing in this country. what was that about? in 2006 when zuma what was that about? in 2006 when zuma was what was that about? in 2006 when zuma was already - what was that about? in 2006 - when zuma was already embroiled in controversy around corruption charges, he suddenly got a rape charge against him and he went through a trial and the cross examination he admitted that he actually knew that the person he had supposedly had this consensual sex with was hiv positive and then they said to him so did you use protection, no, he did not. why not? because he thought he did not have much chance of infection. jacob zuma had been the head of the national aids council when he was debbie president. so this was debbie president. so this was absurd. and then it went further. they said what did you