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© the artist | Feb 16, 2017 | Maroela Media

20170216_jerm

Thanks for your feedback. Please note that a cartoon is not necessarily funny, it's commenting on current news events. If you look at the graphics, it comments on the spate of crimes. The artist comments against mainstream media (see links below the picture) that don't report on the seriousness of farm murders, but rather describe them as "random violence", and call it "hate crime".

The man on the couch is actually complaining to his wife that mainstream media is yet again saying it's "random violence" and "hate crime", despite the fact that more brutal murders have been committed.

This is a correction for the mainstream media, by no means a mockery of what is happening.

If you are a regular Marula reader, then you will at this stage know that we extensively reported on attacks and that we are aware of the sensitivity and seriousness of the matter.