I love Zapiro’s annual collections of his cartoons that appear in the Mail & Guardian, Sunday Times and The Times.  I am not the only one who loves his annuals, which started in 1996, because I struggled to find a copy in Umhlanga during the December holidays as every branch at Exclusive Books told me that it was sold out.  I don’t think that it is the first time I have been told that it is sold out and it somewhat surprises me that they don’t print enough or alternatively order enough copies.  

Zapiro is a genius and his cartoons and the commentary that they deliver on our country way surpasses that of his rivals – particularly when it comes to political issues.  I own the original, which he sold to me many years ago, of a cartoon relating to legal fees of attorneys and it is interesting to see how it is drawn with pen and using Tippex as well but the true brilliance is in the message they send and in his political commentary.  I think, like Johnny Clegg, he is a South African superstar who, despite all the acclaim that they get, actually deserve far more.