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

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.

Reality used to be a friend of Julius Malema. But where there is milk and honey

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.

We’ve heard it all before

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?

Move over “Laurel & Hardy”

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.

Steve Hofmeyr’s Red October march takes an unexpected twist. Remember

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.

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

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.

Pimples reveals the secrets to the global success of President Jacob Zuma and his US counterpart

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.

Angie Motshekga is way too busy these days to notice the outrage over her poor leadership. Clearly her department is in need of a

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.

Snoop Lion has never been a threat to national security

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.

Welcome to the world of the Sushi King

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.

The Pimples

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.

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

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.

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

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?

Following the furore over the FNB adverts

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.

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

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!

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

Pimples: Gaga vs The Free Press

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

New Barclays chief executive Jes Staley is expected to signal what the bank aims to do with its African operations when he presents his annual report in a few weeks’ time.

Pimples: Nonhle Thema – fast food fantasy

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

‘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.

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.

Do you know how far your Randela goes? Join the celebrated bank note as it journeys through the hands of ordinary

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.

As the scandal around the Limpopo feeding scheme taints Julius Malema’s pals

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.