Jacob Zuma, Sout-Africa's new president
got rid of the shower growing out of his head. At least, it did so in the cartoons by
David Shapiro. The South-African cartoonist consequently drew Zuma with shower head, since he had admitted in a rape trial against him that he did have unprotected sex with his HIV-positive accuser, but that he showered afterwards to avoid infection. After his inauguration the cartoonist known as Zapiro decided to give
Zuma the benefit of the doubt. The shower now hangs on the wall in the presidential office, with a card attached warning that it's only a 'temporary suspension'. If the president 'doesn't perform or things go wrong' the shower will return, said the
ever critical Zapiro to the BBC.