More Cartoons from 2018

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Here is another selection of my political cartoons from 2018. Besides providing a pictorial history of some of the people, ideas and events that helped shape the year they will also, hopefully, give some clues as to where we may be headed in 2019.

Our erstwhile Number One, for example, has shown little inclination to emulate his predecessor, Thabo Mbeki, by fading quietly in to the background – so it almost inevitable we will be hearing a lot more about Jacob Zuma. You can take it as read, too, that Julius Malema and the EFF will continue to push the boundaries of acceptable political behaviour and that Eskom will make the news for all the wrong reasons. Likewise, SAA, SABC and all our cash-strapped, disintegrating municipalities.

There will also be more stories about corruption and the misuse of public funds.

Another opportunity to practice my craft…

Internationally, you can rely on US President Donald Trump to keep banging on about his wretched Wall with Mexico while Britain will still be foundering on the rocks of Brexit.

If nothing else they will all provide abundant material for political cartoonists to practice their art…

So watch this space…

  • Jacob Zuma struggles to accept his days as the President of South Africa are numbered.
  • New President Cyril Ramaphosa doesn’t quite complete the job.
  • US President Donald Trump’s twin obsessions.
  • The DA loses some of the moral high ground with its mishandling of the Patricia De Lille affair.
  • Msunduzi’s long-suffering residents face more problems with their underperforming municipality.
  • NHI – big on ambition, lacking in detail.
  • Ex-President Jacob Zuma continues to live a charmed life
  • Consumers feel the squeeze after a VAT hike.
  • Uncertainty over the land issue continues to weigh down the economy.
  • Service delivery fails to improve.
  • EFF leader, Julius Malema, gets hoisted on his own petard.
  • President Cyril Ramaphosa faces some big decisions…

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