Awesome South African Cartoonist

Today, I am going to introduce you to ZAPIRO--(in)famous South African cartoonist, famous for his biting political commentary. He got in a lot of trouble for depicting President Jacob Zuma in a series of unflattering cartoons, like this one...

ANC YL = ANC Youth League
COSATU = Congress of South African Trade Unions
SACP = South African Communist Party

All three of those groups are in coalition with the ANC (African National Congress), the ruling party in South Africa since the end of apartheid. This cartoon references a quote by Zuma saying he respects the justice system, while clearly flaunting it regarding corruption charges in 2008.

Zapiro always depicts Zuma with a shower head on his head, in reference to his alleged statement, when confronted with a rape accusation of an HIV-positive woman, that he "took a shower" after having sex with her and therefore was not concerned about becoming HIV-positive himself.

Random Kate Thoughts: Zapiro has been an epicenter of the free speech debate in South Africa for some time now. He has been sued many times and is deemed by many to be an enemy of the ruling party, the ANC. While the biggest controversies were in 2008, he is still going strong. You can read his daily cartoons here: http://mg.co.za/cartoon/