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Siya Khumalo | 'No way home' for legal Spider-Man: Msholozi's whole case is cultural misappropriation

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Former president Jacob Zuma.
Former president Jacob Zuma.
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Jacob Zuma's legal team served the cause of the ANC KwaZulu-Natal and RET factions by weaving a false dilemma between compassion and consequence - spinning "ubuntu" to mean something it doesn't, writes Siya Khumalo.

It's said the devil took Jesus to the pinnacle of the temple in Jerusalem where he spoke these words to him: "If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down for it is written, 'He will command his angels concerning you', and, 'In their hands they will bear you up, lest you strike your foot against a stone'." Jesus famously replied, "It is also written, 'Don't test God'."  

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