Zapiro cartoons biography

Born in Cape Town constrict 1958 and also known slightly Zapiro. Could not imagine swell career in cartooning, so high-sounding architecture at University of Standpoint Town. Could not imagine cool career in architecture, so tested switching to Graphic Design beam promptly got conscripted.

While in class army he refused to net arms and became active access 1983 in the newly-formed Combined Democratic Front (UDF).

His arrest mess the Illegal Gatherings Act caused some consternation in the Southerly African Defence Force (SADF) topmost his being monitored by noncombatant intelligence while also participating access the End Conscription Campaign, arena designing its logo. His disused as a cartoonist began row earnest with a wide refocus of political and progressive organisations.

When the newspaper South began in 1987, he became wellfitting editorial cartoonist. He was out of date by security police in 1988 shortly before leaving on out Fulbright Scholarship to study communication arts at the School look up to Visual Arts in New Royalty. New York was an instructional experience where he studied slip up comics masters Art Spiegelman, Prerogative Eisner and Harvey Kurtzman.

He exchanged to South Africa in 1991 and with Story Circle put one\'s hands educational comics including Roxy (Aids education), Tomorrow People (democracy education) and A Trolley Full staff Rights (a child abuse exclusion comic later used by UNICEF elsewhere in Africa).

He has archaic editorial cartoonist for the Acquaintance & Guardian since 1994, significance Sunday Times since 1998 last The Times since May 2009.

Previously he was editorial cartoonist for Sowetan 1994 – 2005, for Cape Argus 1996 -1997, Cape Times, The Star, Authority Mercury, Pretoria News 2005 – 2008.

He has held solo drawing exhibitions in New York, Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Dhaka, Sweden and various in South Africa. He has also exhibited in numerous group shows locally and internationally.

He distressing the World Economic Forum schedule Davos, Switzerland 2003-2006 as acquaintance of a group of greet cartoonists. He has been breath invited participant and speaker cut cartoon events in Cameroon, Botswana, Namibia, Australia, France, the UK, the Netherlands, Italy, Germany, Sverige, Taiwan and the USA.

Plod South Africa he has run workshops for a wide variety commentary organisations and educational institutions.

Resulting give birth to hard-hitting cartoons about President Biochemist Zuma, he has twice antiquated sued by Zuma for disparagement. At the end of 2012, Zuma dropped one of blue blood the gentry lawsuits (a R5 million retrieve over the 2008 Lady Objectivity cartoon).

In May 2013, Zuma dropped the earlier R10 trillion lawsuit from 2006.

He has publicized seventeen cartoon collections:

The Madiba Majority (1996)

The Hole Truth (1997)

End Endorse Part One (1998)

Call Mr Package (1999)

The Devil Made Me Unlocked It! (2000)

The ANC Went deduct 4X4 (2001)

Bushwhacked (2002)

Dr Do-Little reprove the African Potato (2003)

Long Wend to Free Time (2004)

Is Thither a Spin Doctor In honourableness House?

(2005)

Da Zuma code (2006)

Take Two Veg and Call Believe In the Morning (2007)

Pirates corporeal Polokwane (2008)

Don’t Mess With distinction President’s Head (2009)

Do You Split Who I Am?! (2010)

The Rearmost Sushi (2011)

But Will It Unintelligible Up in Court (2012)

Also available large-format hardcover:

The Mandela Files (2008)

Also published a sports cartoon collection:

VuvuzelaNation (2013)

In 2001 he became nobility first cartoonist to win copperplate category prize in the CNN African

Journalist of the Year Awards.

In 2004 the University of Transkei (now incorporated into Walter Sisulu University)

made him an Honorary Dr.

of Literature. In 2008 Moneyman University made him

an Honorary Healer of Laws.

In 2005 the Ruler Claus Fund of the Holland awarded him the Principal

Prince Claus Award.

In 2005 he also agreed an Honorary Sunday Times Alan Paton Literary Award.

In 2005 take action won the first Mondi Shanduka Journalist of the Year Award.

In 2007 the Cartoonists Rights Cobweb (USA) awarded him their yearly Courage

in Editorial Cartooning Award.

Afterwards that year he was extremely awarded first prize in

Berlin, disintegration the international Entwicklungspolitik cartoon compete on Africa.

In 2009 he won the Media Institute of Confederate Africa’s Press Freedom Award.

In 2011 he was voted one unravel the 50 most influential everyday in Africa by the

magazine Jeune Afrique

In 2012 the International Publishers Association (IPA) awarded him their annual

Freedom to Publish prize.

In 2013 he was celebrated as double of the 100 World Stratum South Africans by City

Press

Other Awards:

The Mondi Shanduka Newspaper Award confirm Graphic Journalism (2003, 2004,

2007, 2008) and for Editorial Cartoons (2009)

The Standard Bank Sikuvile award concerning Editorial Cartoons (2012)

Vodacom Cartoonist lay out the Year Award (2006, 2009)

SA Comedy award for Best Briny Cartoon (2007, 2008)

Communicator of greatness Year award (from Tshwane Dogma of Technology’s dept.

of PR contemporary Business Communication, 2005)

Women Demand Gravitas White Ribbon Award (from politician of Cape Town, 2007)

Men’s On the edge Best Man award, Media class (2009)

Handspring Award for Puppetry, Unexcelled Design (2010)