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Pimples

PIMPLES: Bird’s-Eye View
Videos
/ 5 February 2019

PIMPLES: Bird’s-Eye View

Former Bosasa COO Angelo Agrizzi sings like a canary at the state capture inquiry

By Staff Reporter and Pimples
PIMPLES: Team Zupta and the hole in the wall
Videos
/ 16 January 2019

PIMPLES: Team Zupta and the hole in the wall

Hole in the wall: Zuma, Atul Gupta, Manyi and Motsoeneng

By Staff Reporter and Pimples
A case of hidden identity
Videos
/ 15 November 2018

A case of hidden identity

The Guptas and Pravin Gordhan — Check out the latest Pimples.

By Staff Reporter and Pimples
Pimples: Operation Take Out Cyril
Videos
/ 12 September 2018

Pimples: Operation Take Out Cyril

Secret meetings and agendas: What happens behind closed doors, stays behind closed doors. Or does it?

By Staff Reporter and Pimples
PIMPLES: State captured!
Videos
/ 22 August 2018

PIMPLES: State captured!

JZ is back, and he will blow your mind!

By Staff Reporter and Pimples
Pimples: Emmerson the Ghostbuster
Videos
/ 1 August 2018

Pimples: Emmerson the Ghostbuster

Gabriel, the ghost of corruption past, won’t rest until his demands are met. But Mnangagwa stays ready.

By Staff Reporter and Pimples
PIMPLES: Do it for Madiba!
Videos
/ 18 July 2018

PIMPLES: Do it for Madiba!

Tata is not too impressed with all the Nelson Mandela festivities – at least in their current form.

By Staff Reporter and Pimples
Pimples: Dream deferred
Videos
/ 18 March 2018

Pimples: Dream deferred

Will moving to Australia be all it’s made out to be for white South African farmers?

By Staff Reporter and Pimples
Pimples: Zille’s Rampage
Videos
/ 5 February 2018

Pimples: Zille’s Rampage

WC Premier Helen Zille: The mistress of tweeting and the wielder of the great ‘Brought to you by colonialism’. Sip of your own water Zille?

By Staff Reporter and Pimples
ANC Elective Pageant: A festival of chairs awaits
Videos
/ 9 October 2017

ANC Elective Pageant: A festival of chairs awaits

Find what happens after the ANC Elective pageant winner is announced.

By Luke Feltham, Govan Whittles, Malcolm Sekgothe, Kevin Goliath 1 and Kiri Rupiah
Gotta catch ’em all
Videos
/ 19 May 2017

Gotta catch ’em all

Pimples depicts how the Gupta brothers captured everyone.

By Luke Feltham, Govan Whittles, Kevin Goliath 1, Ofentse Mboweni, Pimples and Kiri Rupiah
Pimples: Ball-busting Mbalula
Videos
/ 28 April 2016

Pimples: Ball-busting Mbalula

Like a ball-stealing playground bully, minister of sport and selfies Fikile Mbalula won’t let our sports associations have any fun.

By Staff Reporter and Pimples
Guptas: Whose country is it anyway?
Videos
/ 16 March 2016

Guptas: Whose country is it anyway?

Vytjie Mentor? Mcebisi Jonas? Small fry! The Pimples team investigates the Gupta state capture and exactly how they’re taking over so quickly.

By Staff Reporter and Pimples
Oscar Pistorius: Lock and load
Videos
/ 19 August 2015

Oscar Pistorius: Lock and load

While the world contemplates Oscar Pistorius’s imminent release from prison, Pimples gives their take on what it will look like.

By Staff Reporter and Pimples
Pimples: Nkandla’s heap of lies
Videos
/ 29 July 2015

Pimples: Nkandla’s heap of lies

President Jacob Zuma and the ANC keep fuelling the Nkandla fire with lies, but will it lead to their demise?

By Staff Reporter and Pimples
Blade, Malema and Zille: Politicians put out fires
Videos
/ 11 March 2015

Blade, Malema and Zille: Politicians put out fires

This week in Pimples, politicians extinguish some of the country’s problems. But do they really?

By Staff Reporter and Pimples
Jacob Zuma: Potting, not plotting?
Videos
/ 25 February 2015

Jacob Zuma: Potting, not plotting?

Rumours are rife that the president’s wife tried to poison him, but Pimples has the insider info

By Staff Reporter and Pimples
Zapped: World War Zuma
Videos
/ 5 February 2015

Zapped: World War Zuma

In honour of cartoonist Zapiro’s 21 years at the M&G, Pimples pays tribute to the only man who can make Jacob Zuma quake.

By Staff Reporter and Pimples
Mandela and Zuma: Mind the gap
Videos
/ 3 December 2014

Mandela and Zuma: Mind the gap

Pimples is not saying the legacies of Madiba and Jacob Zuma are vastly different. We’re saying there’s a gaping hole big enough to park Nkandla in.

By Staff Reporter and Pimples
Pimples: ALWAYS judge a book by its cover
Videos
/ 12 November 2014

Pimples: ALWAYS judge a book by its cover

Which is faster: an Oscar Pistorius book or the blade runner himself? In the race to the shelves, who’s the biggest loser?

By Staff Reporter and Pimples
Pimples: The ANC is broke(n)
Videos
/ 5 November 2014

Pimples: The ANC is broke(n)

The ruling party is in the red – no lay byes, no credit, no nothing. At least one member is not feeling the pinch. Must. Be. Nice.

By Staff Reporter and Pimples
Pimples: SA’s series of unfortunate events
Videos
/ 29 October 2014

Pimples: SA’s series of unfortunate events

A collection of "face palm" news events – from Steve’s apartheid comments to Phiyega’s fake medals and Zuma’s cancelled overseas trips.

By Staff Reporter and Pimples
Pimples: Oscar and Radovan’s cell block soiree
Videos
/ 22 October 2014

Pimples: Oscar and Radovan’s cell block soiree

Post sentencing, Pistorius finds himself sharing a cell with Radovan Krejcir. Justice, what a joke!

By Staff Reporter and Pimples
Pimples: Zuma – Ain’t no thing but a Western thing
Videos
/ 15 October 2014

Pimples: Zuma – Ain’t no thing but a Western thing

President Jacob Zuma has spent the last few years deciding exactly what is and what isn’t a Western thing. Eiffel Tower, anyone?

By Staff Reporter and Pimples
Pimples: The Indestructible Zuma
Videos
/ 9 October 2014

Pimples: The Indestructible Zuma

We’re crumbling under the weight of Jacob Zuma’s scandals, but the fearless leader just grows stronger. "Eiffel Tower! Eiffel Tower! Eiffel Tower!"

By Staff Reporter and Pimples
Pimples: Prophet JZ is unshakable
Videos
/ 1 October 2014

Pimples: Prophet JZ is unshakable

How does one man escape doom every Goddamn time? At the Synagogue Church of Loyal Cadres, everything is possible.

By Staff Reporter and Pimples
Pimples: Life after Oscar Pistorius
Videos
/ 17 September 2014

Pimples: Life after Oscar Pistorius

Oscar has changed us all forever, and many would rather face an intruder in the dark than deal with life without the Oscar Pistorius Trial Channel.

By Staff Reporter and Pimples
Pimples: Spy tapes exposed
Videos
/ 10 September 2014

Pimples: Spy tapes exposed

For Helen Zille, the struggle is over. Today we reveal the dirty secrets contained in the mysterious spy tapes.

By Staff Reporter and Pimples
Pimples: Whose coup is it anyway?
Videos
/ 3 September 2014

Pimples: Whose coup is it anyway?

Gwede Mantashe’s dream of moving Parliament to ANC country takes an unexpected turn. The circus is in town but no one’s watching.

By Staff Reporter and Pimples
Pimples: Pay back is a b****
Videos
/ 27 August 2014

Pimples: Pay back is a b****

Jacob Zuma may owe us all some money – or an explanation. But so does Julius Malema. In this Parliamentary circus, who’s the main attraction?

By Staff Reporter and Pimples
Pimples: Wanna play Dunkin’ Zuma?
Videos
/ 20 August 2014

Pimples: Wanna play Dunkin’ Zuma?

How do we get rid of President Jacob Zuma? Well, you can’t. And if you don’t believe us, ask Helen Zille and Thuli Madonsela.

By Staff Reporter and Pimples
Pimples: Get a life, get Zumaface
Videos
/ 13 August 2014

Pimples: Get a life, get Zumaface

Are you in desperate need of a life make over? Well, we’ve got just the thing for you – Zumaface. Call now!

By Staff Reporter and Pimples
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