This is fantastic as it shows that art still has power to satirize and shock. Although this is a very mild painting, barely rude at all, it has created a very real political impact in SA.

Look at Zuma's record and history. That picture is perfect.

Waste is a byproduct of living -- all organisms leave behind some kind or another, whether it's excrement, carbon dioxide, unconsumable plant or protein matter, etc. The question is whether that waste is managed and used within a natural system, or whether that waste is unsustained by a natural system and becomes damaging. Trying to achieve a "net zero landfill" life/home/business is certainly a worthy goal, but I'd like to see the world strive to reach 100% recylable as a first step.

On "garbage day" at my home our trash can usually has two garbage bags of waste that we could not include in our recycle can. About 1/2 of that waste, though, is recyclable or reclaimable, including glass and organics like coffee grounds and meat trimmings. We should compost and find someone who takes glass, but short of that, our recylce bin is still overflowing with plastic, paper, aluminum, etc. We strive to consume less packaging, and recycle everything that we can. But the system in which we live isn't naturally engineered to manage and use that which we can't.

Unless humans find a way to replicate natural processes for re-incorporating waste into our production chain, we will aways be in danger of depleting and poisoning the very resources on which we depend for life.

I'm in SA right now and this painting is mentioned at least once a day - it's not just about art here. It's about conflicting constitutional rights, old apartheid wounds, and so much more. Extremely interesting to be able to watch!