Duduzane Zuma - the herald of fake news insanity

[Click here for the web version of this email]( [Daily Maverick] TGIF, 13 July 2018 "He is a unicorn, riding a unicorn over a rainbow." Sean Spicer, speaking about Donald Trump Story of the Day [Duduzane Zuma’s court appearance – the day fake news madness turned insane]( By Marianne Thamm Even if Jacob Zuma’s son, Duduzane Zuma, was wearing a novelty shop rubber mask of FW de Klerk while driving his Porsche in the rain before it slammed into the back of a taxi on the M1 in 2014, resulting in the death of two women, a call on Thursday by a pop-up lobby group, Freedom For Duduzane, for FW de Klerk to be jailed instead, would be batshit crazy. The whole sorry exercise has also shown just how morally bankrupt whataboutism can be. [100% Growth Finance - financing that backs entrepreneurs.]( While You Were Sleeping [Trump trashes Brexit plan]( Donald Trump has criticised Theresa May's Brexit plan in an interview with the Guardian. 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