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Fred Mouton writes:

[translation]
Listening to the swearing unleashed by newscaster Mark Esterhuysen on Radio 702; Julius Malema says to his spokesman Floyd: "Listen to that Floyd! We could use that guy as your assistant spokesman!

Fred Mouton

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'F-Bombing the Radiowaves': Africartoons.com
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© Fred Mouton | Sep 29, 2011 | Die Burger

F-Bombing the Radiowaves

WTF? When the graveyard shift Eyewitness Newscaster, Mark Esterhuysen, declared his manifesto on life, politics, the environment and ideology with a tirade of swearwords (or F-bombs) live on radio, many thought it to be a novel way for him to have resigned. 'Resigned?' - africartoons reader Vanessa Farr disagrees: "He sounds angry rather than resigned!!"

[See a translation of the cartoon in the Sidelines column, above, left]

Listen to the short sound clip here.