Sidelines
writes:
This is one of the more violent cartoons that I’ve drawn. But when, in a country that successfully hosted the world’s largest sporting event a few months ago, the national defence force is forced to defend national hospitals from, err, their own staff, something is very wrong. South Africa deployed soldiers to 37 hospitals Monday to help keep basic health services running, as a nationwide strike by more than one million public workers entered its sixth day.

© the artist | Aug 24, 2010 | The Times
Health workers strike… their patients
A BLOODY TRAVESTY: JERM employs shock tactics to register his disgust at the behaviour of striking medical staff which has allegedly lead to the deaths of a number of patients.