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News: June 2010

Zakumi turns 16 on Youth Day

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Helen Zille arrested for trademark infringement

Zakumi, the strange green-maned cartoon leopard that has landed the dream job of mascot for the 2010 Soccer World Cup, turned 16 yesterday, according to his Wikipedia entry. However he is far from being a 'sweet sixteen' year-old if stories doing the rounds are to be believed.

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Posted on Jun 17, 2010 by Africartoons

Cartoonists Get Behind the Soccer

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Corrupt politicians, dodgy business persons and lazy public servants will all benefit from at least a partial reprieve from local cartoonists who have shifted their focus towards the Soccer World Cup, and joined the rest of South Africa in a mood of patriotic goodwill.

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Posted on Jun 11, 2010 by Africartoons

Lampooning Religion

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By Nathan Geffen

There are two questions to answer about Jonathan Shapiro’s cartoon of the Prophet Muhammed: (1) did he have a right to publish it and (2) should he have published it?

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Posted on Jun 07, 2010 by Africartoons

WHO LET THE DOG OUT?

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The guys behind Madam & Eve chase new markets

Stephen Francis & Rico Schacherl, creators of “Madam & Eve” have launched a new cartoon strip, aimed at the international market.

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Posted on Jun 07, 2010 by Africartoons

The Doctor is 'Out' (for now)

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By John Curtis

Dr Jack has drawn his final editorial cartoon for the Pretoria News, after a 17 year long relationship in which he has seen more editors come and go than he would care to remember.

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Posted on Jun 01, 2010 by Africartoons

Moving a cartoon from the North Pole to Boulders

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Gavin Thomson shares the thought process behind the creation of his latest cartoon

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Posted on Jun 01, 2010 by Africartoons