Domestic Cartoon Analysis 2

Nkandla-gate" is a project, in which Zuma has spent US $28 million of public funds on renovations to his private country estate in rural KwaZulu-Natal province. These “security upgrades” have included underground bunkers, soccer fields for his bodyguards and a tuck shop for one of his four wives to run. The DA has gone to court to seek a copy of a report into Zuma’s spending that was compiled by the public works department but classified as 'top secret." Former ANC treasurer-general Mathews Phosa said that the truth about Nkandla must come out. He believed there had been a cover-up over security upgrades at President Jacob Zuma's Nkandla homestead in KwaZulu-Natal. Public Works Minister Thulas Nxesi had refused to make public a government investigation report into why his department spent over R200-million on Zuma's residence. The report had been kept under wraps since it was finalised nine months ago. The Western Cape High Court recently ruled that the DA's Nkandla application to make the report public was urgent. The matter would now be heard in February 2014 ahead of the general elections

The intention of the cartoon is to show the public how President Jacob Zuma has been abusing the public purse for his own private property, in doing so, has been hiding behind the so-called “security upgrades” to justify blatant abuse to government funds amounting to hundreds of millions of rands which has shocked the entire nation.

The cartoon displays President in his traditional attire milking a cow. The cow in this case represents the Public Works Department, which Zuma is happily milking. The grin on his face suggests that he is quite happy and sees no wrong or shame in what he is doing. The “cow” in this scenario is releasing milk in the form of money, which the cartoon suggests that Zuma has easy access to. He doesn’t seem to be supervised or monitored by anyone either.