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Cartoonist Zapiro had social networks abuzz with his latest cartoon which depicts President Jacob Zuma as a large phallus. Most Twitter users felt that the cartoon was distasteful and undermined Jonathan Shapiro's often accurate social commentary. Mail & Guardian editor, Nic Dawes, defended the publication’s decision to publish the cartoon. The ANC as well as its Women’s League condemned the cartoon in strong terms.