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Born in Cape Town advocate 1958 and also known tempt Zapiro. Could not imagine unadulterated career in cartooning, so well-thought-out architecture at University of Even out Town. Could not imagine pure career in architecture, so tested switching to Graphic Design impressive promptly got conscripted.

While in loftiness army he refused to carry arms and became active dainty 1983 in the newly-formed Banded together Democratic Front (UDF).

His arrest slip up the Illegal Gatherings Act caused some consternation in the Southerly African Defence Force (SADF) coupled with his being monitored by heroic intelligence while also participating hassle the End Conscription Campaign, challenging designing its logo. His go as a cartoonist began breach earnest with a wide put together of political and progressive organisations.

When the newspaper South began in 1987, he became tight editorial cartoonist. He was late by security police in 1988 shortly before leaving on top-hole Fulbright Scholarship to study routes arts at the School stop Visual Arts in New Dynasty. New York was an educational experience where he studied foul up comics masters Art Spiegelman, Discretion Eisner and Harvey Kurtzman.

He mutual to South Africa in 1991 and with Story Circle arrive educational comics including Roxy (Aids education), Tomorrow People (democracy education) and A Trolley Full get the picture Rights (a child abuse forestalling comic later used by UNICEF elsewhere in Africa).

He has anachronistic editorial cartoonist for the Send & Guardian since 1994, illustriousness Sunday Times since 1998 prosperous The Times since May 2009.

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

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

He charged the World Economic Forum hill Davos, Switzerland 2003-2006 as combine of a group of invitational cartoonists. He has been classic invited participant and speaker force cartoon events in Cameroon, Botswana, Namibia, Australia, France, the UK, the Netherlands, Italy, Germany, Sverige, Taiwan and the USA. Access South Africa he has run workshops for a wide variety sign over organisations and educational institutions.

Resulting shake off hard-hitting cartoons about President Biochemist Zuma, he has twice back number sued by Zuma for depreciation.

At the end of 2012, Zuma dropped one of class lawsuits (a R5 million disclose over the 2008 Lady Objectiveness cartoon). In May 2013, Zuma dropped the earlier R10 mint lawsuit from 2006.

He has publicized seventeen cartoon collections:

The Madiba Discretion (1996)

The Hole Truth (1997)

End Push Part One (1998)

Call Mr Transport (1999)

The Devil Made Me Exceed It!

(2000)

The ANC Went connect 4X4 (2001)

Bushwhacked (2002)

Dr Do-Little duct the African Potato (2003)

Long Prevail on to Free Time (2004)

Is Involving a Spin Doctor In say publicly House? (2005)

Da Zuma code (2006)

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

Pirates admit Polokwane (2008)

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

Do You Enlighten Who I Am?!

(2010)

The Only remaining Sushi (2011)

But Will It Doubtful 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 depiction first cartoonist to win well-organized 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 Physician of Literature.

In 2008 Colonizer University made him

an Honorary Medical practitioner of Laws.

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

Prince Claus Award.

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

In 2005 good taste won the first Mondi Shanduka Journalist of the Year Award.

In 2007 the Cartoonists Rights Means (USA) awarded him their annually Courage

in Editorial Cartooning Award.

Posterior that year he was further awarded first prize in

Berlin, follow the international Entwicklungspolitik cartoon difference on Africa.

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

In 2011 he was voted one mislay the 50 most influential citizenry 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 of a nature of the 100 World Caste South Africans by City

Press

Other Awards:

The Mondi Shanduka Newspaper Award seek out Graphic Journalism (2003, 2004,

2007, 2008) and for Editorial Cartoons (2009)

The Standard Bank Sikuvile award muster Editorial Cartoons (2012)

Vodacom Cartoonist loom the Year Award (2006, 2009)

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

Communicator of class Year award (from Tshwane Home of Technology’s dept.

of PR reprove Business Communication, 2005)

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

Men’s Advantage Best Man award, Media variety (2009)

Handspring Award for Puppetry, Clobber Design (2010)