Sidelines
[rough translation]
Pointing towards the past, the President pines: "Vote ANC and go to heaven... 30 years of suppression... struggle... imperialism... colonialism... votelessness... Robben Island, ALL GHOSTS OF OUR PAST!"
The citizen, in the present and gesturing towards the future, says: "... and poor service delivery is the ghost of our present!"
Fred Mouton
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Ghosts of the Past, Present and Future South Africa
GHOSTS OF OUR PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE have all been summonsed by politicians and electorate alike in the heated run up to these municipal elections.
[see translation of cartoon in the column to its left].