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Pimples: There’s no match for Oscar
Videos
/ 5 March 2014

Pimples: There’s no match for Oscar

Oscar Pistorius is grabbing all the headlines and for good reason too. Who cares about corruption and the poor? We have Oscar.

By Staff Reporter and Pimples
Pimples: Malema – a dream sequestrated
Videos
/ 26 February 2014

Pimples: Malema – a dream sequestrated

Reality used to be a friend of Julius Malema. But where there is milk and honey, there are also wishes and pipe dreams. Welcome to Malemaville.

By Staff Reporter and Pimples
Pimples: Malema in the red
Videos
/ 20 November 2013

Pimples: Malema in the red

We’ve heard it all before, Julius. You’re innocent, you’re not a thief, you are a man of the people. But what if those charges stick?

By Staff Reporter and Pimples
Pimples: Cop vs Cop – The Pacman Edition
Videos
/ 6 November 2013

Pimples: Cop vs Cop – The Pacman Edition

Move over "Laurel & Hardy", clear the way "Spy vs Spy". There’s a new game in town starring Riah Phiyega and Richard Mdluli.

By Staff Reporter and Pimples
Pimples: What’s black and white and red all over?
Videos
/ 16 October 2013

Pimples: What’s black and white and red all over?

Steve Hofmeyr’s Red October march takes an unexpected twist. Remember, Oom Steve, everything is not always black and white in life.

By Staff Reporter and Pimples
Pimples: Keeping up with the Mandelas
Videos
/ 10 July 2013

Pimples: Keeping up with the Mandelas

The Mandela family feud has become more twisted and dramatic than a reality TV show. For shame, Mandla and Makaziwe, for shame.

By Staff Reporter and Pimples
Pimples: Zuma and Obama – what’s in the closet?
Videos
/ 3 July 2013

Pimples: Zuma and Obama – what’s in the closet?

Pimples reveals the secrets to the global success of President Jacob Zuma and his US counterpart, Barack Obama. Colour-blocking is not it.

By Staff Reporter and Pimples
Pimples: Angie’s abnormal standards
Videos
/ 19 June 2013

Pimples: Angie’s abnormal standards

Angie Motshekga is way too busy these days to notice the outrage over her poor leadership. Clearly her department is in need of a (Harlem) shake-up.

By Staff Reporter and Pimples
Pimples: Snoop vs Guptas – the high and mighty
Videos
/ 22 May 2013

Pimples: Snoop vs Guptas – the high and mighty

Snoop Lion has never been a threat to national security, but he does have a close bond with the police – just like the Guptas.

By Staff Reporter and Pimples
Pimples: Kenny Kunene’s surreal world
Videos
/ 17 April 2013

Pimples: Kenny Kunene’s surreal world

Welcome to the world of the Sushi King, where there’s money for nothing … and the fish is free.

By Staff Reporter and Pimples
Pimples: Dude, where’s our moral compass?
Videos
/ 6 March 2013

Pimples: Dude, where’s our moral compass?

The Pimples, staunch Catholics that they are, go to the Vatican to witness the election of a new Pope. To hymns of praise, a strange figure appears.

By Staff Reporter and Pimples
Pimples: Zuma, Ramphele and the armed struggle
Videos
/ 20 February 2013

Pimples: Zuma, Ramphele and the armed struggle

Mamphela Ramphele might have bitten off more than she can chew because we all know JZ has many tricks up his sleeve.

By Staff Reporter and Pimples
Pimples: No man is an island, Kgalema
Videos
/ 13 February 2013

Pimples: No man is an island, Kgalema

Mangaung is a distant memory and the heyday of being Zuma’s play thing are gone forever. Enjoy your holiday but don’t forget to write. Life’s a beach, hey KG?

By Staff Reporter and Pimples
Pimples: Fs and Bs – you ANC nothin’ yet
Videos
/ 23 January 2013

Pimples: Fs and Bs – you ANC nothin’ yet

Following the furore over the FNB adverts, the Pimples find themselves stalked by a sinister figure making "treasonous" videos.

By Staff Reporter and Pimples
Pimples: The Emperor’s new SABC
Videos
/ 12 December 2012

Pimples: The Emperor’s new SABC

The Pimples take a trip to the faulty towers of the SABC where a desperate JZ is crying out for attention. Ag shame!

By Staff Reporter and Pimples
Pimples: Gaga vs The Free Press
Videos
/ 5 December 2012

Pimples: Gaga vs The Free Press

Lady Gaga’s visit to the Pimples children is cut short after an invasion by the paparazzi.

By Staff Reporter and Pimples
Pimples: Nonhle Thema – fast food fantasy
Videos
/ 28 November 2012

Pimples: Nonhle Thema – fast food fantasy

The Pimples ponder the awful inevitability of sex in advertising after Nonhle Thema meets the Mando’s cock.

By Staff Reporter and Pimples
Pimples: It’s my party, I’ll do what I want to
Videos
/ 21 November 2012

Pimples: It’s my party, I’ll do what I want to

‘Tis the season of giving and the Pimples follow the newly paved road to Zuma’s Nkandla housewarming party. Blade was not amused. Caution: Graphic content.

By Staff Reporter and Pimples
Pimples: Randela’s long walk
Videos
/ 14 November 2012

Pimples: Randela’s long walk

Do you know how far your Randela goes? Join the celebrated bank note as it journeys through the hands of ordinary, and not so ordinary, South Africans.

By Staff Reporter and Pimples
Pimples: Food for thought
Videos
/ 31 October 2012

Pimples: Food for thought

As the scandal around the Limpopo feeding scheme taints Julius Malema’s pals, it seems Juju may have bitten off more than he can chew.

By Staff Reporter and Pimples
Motlanthe in the area
Videos
/ 24 October 2012

Motlanthe in the area

Pimples imagines ANC presidential hopeful Kgalema Motlanthe using his soccer skills at a party meeting following his performance in a recent friendly.

By Staff Reporter and Pimples
Pimples: Welcome to ANC Inc.
Videos
/ 17 October 2012

Pimples: Welcome to ANC Inc.

As the scandal around President Zuma’s Nkandla homestead grows, the Pimples take a road trip to find out what on earth Msholozi is up to there.

By Staff Reporter and Pimples
Pimples: From toys to toyi toying
Videos
/ 10 October 2012

Pimples: From toys to toyi toying

The Pimples kids get their toys thrown out of the cot by truckers taking part in the transport strike.

By Staff Reporter and Pimples
Pimples: The joke’s on Juju
Videos
/ 19 September 2012

Pimples: The joke’s on Juju

In the land of playground politics, Julius Malema can do no right. He’s on the run in more ways than one, and the Pimples couldn’t care less.

By Staff Reporter and Pimples
Pimples: The Zuma Zuma game show
Videos
/ 12 September 2012

Pimples: The Zuma Zuma game show

In a very real sense, we are all pro-Zuma. And by real, we mean unreal and depressing. Watch the Pimples kids watch a political game show.

By Staff Reporter and Pimples
Pimples: Immoral Kombat
Videos
/ 29 August 2012

Pimples: Immoral Kombat

The battle for the immoral high ground is a free-for-all in SA, but when it comes a showdown between The Spear and Juju, we’re all losers. FINISH HIM!

By Staff Reporter and Pimples
Pimples: It’s not funny anymore
Videos
/ 22 August 2012

Pimples: It’s not funny anymore

The Lonmin tragedy has touched even the Pimples. While the politicians talk and the miners mourn, there are greater consequences to what happened in Marikana.

By Staff Reporter and Pimples
The Pimples go to Zumaville
Videos
/ 15 August 2012

The Pimples go to Zumaville

Join us on a tour of Zumaville, President Zuma’s new crib. We’re super impressed by JZ’s taste in ablution facilities and can’t help but shower him with praise.

By Staff Reporter and Pimples
Pimples: We can all dream
Videos
/ 7 August 2012

Pimples: We can all dream

Sometimes, you have to look up from your textbooks and dream a little. After all, it’s not winning or losing that counts, it’s pretending you’re taking part.

By Staff Reporter and Pimples
Pimples: A wild Julius chase
Videos
/ 25 July 2012

Pimples: A wild Julius chase

What was President Zuma thinking when he said on live radio that Julius Malema could make a great leader? We tune into the presidential brainwaves to find out.

By Staff Reporter and Pimples
Pimples: Keep it tidy, NDZ
Videos
/ 19 July 2012

Pimples: Keep it tidy, NDZ

The AU’s new broom Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma is cleaning up the neighbourhood. But what about home?

By Staff Reporter and Pimples
Pimples: Zuma and the one-eyed monster
Videos
/ 12 July 2012

Pimples: Zuma and the one-eyed monster

This week’s episode takes us into a surreal world featuring penis overload – a bit like real life then, given recent events. Watch and laugh. Or grimace.

By Staff Reporter and Pimples
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