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The SA Community Pary has become the latest organisation to condemn the controversial painting of President Jacob Zuma with his genitals exposed - describing it as 'sadistic".
SACP spokesman Malesela Maleka says the so-called portrait of President Zuma by Brett Murray is deeply offensive and an extreme act of provocation to the overwhelming majority of South Africans.
Maleka said the SACP condemned people who defended the portrait under the banner of freedom of expression.
The 1.85m-high painting titled "The Spear" is part of Murray's "Hail to the Thief II" exhibition at the Goodman Gallery in Johannesburg.
The National Interfaith Council of South Africa also commented, saying the portrait did not help in bridging the divisions created by the country's past.
On Friday, the ANC launched an urgent court application in an attempt to stop the Goodman Gallery in Johannesburg and the City Press from displaying the painting.
The hearing will be held in the Johannesburg High Court on Tuesday.
