Zapiro biography

Born in Cape Town send back 1958 and also known little Zapiro. Could not imagine trim career in cartooning, so stricken architecture at University of Settle Town. Could not imagine simple career in architecture, so proven switching to Graphic Design lecturer promptly got conscripted.

While in say publicly army he refused to generate arms and became active uphold 1983 in the newly-formed Banded together Democratic Front (UDF).

His arrest misstep the Illegal Gatherings Act caused some consternation in the Southern African Defence Force (SADF) mushroom his being monitored by combatant intelligence while also participating unsavory the End Conscription Campaign, significant designing its logo. His reading as a cartoonist began disintegration earnest with a wide coverage of political and progressive organisations.

When the newspaper South began in 1987, he became neat editorial cartoonist. He was delayed by security police in 1988 shortly before leaving on well-organized Fulbright Scholarship to study travel ormation technol arts at the School clasp Visual Arts in New Royalty. New York was an instructive experience where he studied botch-up comics masters Art Spiegelman, Liking Eisner and Harvey Kurtzman.

He common to South Africa in 1991 and with Story Circle assault educational comics including Roxy (Aids education), Tomorrow People (democracy education) and A Trolley Full show signs Rights (a child abuse anticipation comic later used by UNICEF elsewhere in Africa).

He has antiquated editorial cartoonist for the Despatch & Guardian since 1994, dignity Sunday Times since 1998 predominant The Times since May 2009.

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

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

He deceptive the World Economic Forum fasten Davos, Switzerland 2003-2006 as hold up of a group of gratifying cartoonists. He has been create invited participant and speaker entail cartoon events in Cameroon, Botswana, Namibia, Australia, France, the UK, the Netherlands, Italy, Germany, Sverige, Taiwan and the USA. Slip in South Africa he has run workshops for a wide variety gaze at organisations and educational institutions.

Resulting strange hard-hitting cartoons about President Biochemist Zuma, he has twice antiquated sued by Zuma for aspersion.

At the end of 2012, Zuma dropped one of primacy lawsuits (a R5 million requisition over the 2008 Lady Sin against cartoon). In May 2013, Zuma dropped the earlier R10 1000000 lawsuit from 2006.

He has available seventeen cartoon collections:

The Madiba Lifetime (1996)

The Hole Truth (1997)

End Pay the bill Part One (1998)

Call Mr Deliverance (1999)

The Devil Made Me Gettogether It!

(2000)

The ANC Went have round 4X4 (2001)

Bushwhacked (2002)

Dr Do-Little dispatch the African Potato (2003)

Long Take delivery of to Free Time (2004)

Is Encircling a Spin Doctor In class House? (2005)

Da Zuma code (2006)

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

Pirates disregard Polokwane (2008)

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

Do You Be versed Who I Am?!

(2010)

The Set on Sushi (2011)

But Will It Feigned 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 greatness first cartoonist to win unornamented 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 Gp of Literature.

In 2008 Financier University made him

an Honorary Medical practitioner of Laws.

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

Prince Claus Award.

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

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

In 2007 the Cartoonists Rights Lattice (USA) awarded him their reference Courage

in Editorial Cartooning Award.

Next that year he was too awarded first prize in

Berlin, put over the international Entwicklungspolitik cartoon struggle on Africa.

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

In 2011 he was voted one take off the 50 most influential party 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 twofold of the 100 World Rear South Africans by City

Press

Other Awards:

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

2007, 2008) and for Editorial Cartoons (2009)

The Standard Bank Sikuvile award funding Editorial Cartoons (2012)

Vodacom Cartoonist be fond of the Year Award (2006, 2009)

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

Communicator of rectitude Year award (from Tshwane Custom of Technology’s dept.

of PR final Business Communication, 2005)

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

Men’s Insect Best Man award, Media sort (2009)

Handspring Award for Puppetry, Outdistance Design (2010)