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News: January 2012
Rhino Slaughter
STATS FROM THE KILLING FIELDS
Between 2000 and 2007 no more than 25 Rhinos were killed in any one year - In 2008 that number more than trebbled to 83 and was 5 times as high in 2009 (122) - In 2010; 333 Rhino died at the hands of poachers and in 2011 the number rose to 448; almost 5% of the South African population (20 700 Black and White Rhinos). Add to this the number of Rhinos being hunted in South Africa (legal and illegally). The killings are fuelled by a black market value of refined rhino horn in the Far East; of between US$30 000 and US$ 40 000/KG. It is falsely believed to have medicinal and aphrodisiac benefits.
More…Zuma's Flying Circus
ALL HAIL THE PRESIDENTIAL FLEET!
SA Airforce One, Two, Three... prepare to land. This latest scandal of wasteful expenditure and state excess has provided cartoonists and other government critics with much amunition. Check out this collection of toons on the subject of 'All the President's Aircraft'.
More…Press Freedom in Africa
by REPORTERS WITHOUT BORDERS
This year's Reporters Without Borders international press freedom index is out and, as usual, Africa has fared poorly. The continent's highest ranked countries (with the best record of press freedom over the past year) are Cape Verde (in 9th place, globally), Namibia (20th) and Mali (25th). South Africa and Botswana share 42nd place, much further down, but slightly higher than the USA.
More…Court Drawing
BOTSWANAN CARTOONIST BUNDLED OUT OF COURT FOR DRAWING
Seven security officers decended on Albert Lekgaba, cartoonist for The Botswana Gazette, as he sat sketching in court for his newspaper. He was then escorted out of a courtroom, and his drawings confescated in an incident which typifies the contempt held for cartoonists by authority figures in many parts of Africa.
Fortunately, the Judge, on hearing of the episode, reminded the officers that it was not illegal to draw in court, and neither was it a disturbance. He ordered that the cartoonist's sketches be returned to him and that he be released to continue with his work, difusing what might have been an even messier episode. Batswana ranks joint 42nd with South Africa in the latest World Press Freedom Index.
Read his newspaper's account of the incident HERE:
More…It's The Year of the Dragon!
WE'VE GOT DRAGONS FOR YOU of all shapes and sizes, from Welsh ones to Chinese ones, mellow ones, angry fire breathing ones, red ones and green ones and even double headed ones!
More…Crisis in Limpopo
Rising debt and rising flood waters have brought huge challenges to the province of Limpopo, with the poorest of the poor - as always - the biggest sufferers.
While rescue teams have been dispatched to assist flood victims, the national government has sent in a task force to take over the administration of five departments riddled with corruption and maladministration. Premier Cassel Mathale and his close ally Julius Malema have accused the government of political interference.
Cartoonists were quick to combine the two stories which have kept the province in the headlines in recent weeks. Follow the story in cartoons here.
More…Don't Ask About the Weather
A storm is brewing over a bill which proposes to prohibit the broadcast of extreme weather warnings except via the SA Weather Services. Is it all just a storm in a teacup? Our Africartoonists have added their weight to the objections.
More…That Sinking Feeling
As tragic as they are, shipwrecks provide cartoonists with a wonderful metaphor to work with. 2012 marks the centenary of the founding of the once glorious ANC. It also marks the centenary of the sinking of the once glorious Titanic. Coincidence? You decide. Here's a fine collection of Shipwrecked cartoons to help you.
More…Juju Woos Thabo
BROMANCING THE STONE
Julius Malema and Thabo Mbeki's relationship has had its ups and downs, as could be expected from two such opposite people. Juju: Passionate, vocal and populist. Thabo: Cerebral, aloof and cold. They share a distaste for the current Presidency, which may just be the glue that binds them. If, that is, Thabo can forget what Juju once did to him; as evidenced in the earliest cartoon in this bromantic tale.
More…ANC Centenary Cartoons
Cartoonists welcomed the ANC's Centenary celebrations in Mangaung in January 2012 with a host of cartoons covering the build up, the context, the Malema and Zuma tension, the Malema and Mbeki 'bromance', the Ugandan president who ordered Nando's and that long, long speech! See the collection HERE.
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