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    Jonathan Shapiro (born 27 October ) is a South African cartoonist, known as Zapiro, whose work appears in numerous South African publications and has been exhibited internationally on many occasions.

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  • Born in 1958, ZAPIRO (aka Jonathan Shapiro) went through school in Cape Town, architecture at UCT, conscription, activism, detention and a Fulbright Scholarship to New York before establishing himself as South Africa's best-known and most-awarded cartoonist.
    • south africa cartoons Jonathan Shapiro is better known by his pen name is Zapiro.
    cartoon website Zapiro had started out as the editorial cartoonist for South newspaper in 1987, and after his stint in New York, he was the editorial cartoonist for the Sowetan from 1994 to 2005.
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  • Born in Cape Town in 1958 and also known as Zapiro.

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      Zapiro's Biography Born in Cape Town in Couldn’t imagine a career in cartooning, so studied architecture at University of Cape Town.

    Jonathan Shapiro

    Born in Cape Town in 1958 and also known as Zapiro. Could not imagine a career in cartooning, so studied architecture at University of Cape Town. Could not imagine a career in architecture, so tried switching to Graphic Design and promptly got conscripted.

    While in the army he refused to bear arms and became active in 1983 in the newly-formed United Democratic Front (UDF). His arrest under the Illegal Gatherings Act caused some consternation in the South African Defence Force (SADF) and his being monitored by military intelligence while also participating in the End Conscription Campaign, and designing its logo. His work as a cartoonist began in earnest with a wide range of political and progressive organisations. When the newspaper South began in 1987, he became its editorial cartoonist. He was detained by security police in 1988 shortly before leaving on a Fulbright Scholarship to study media arts at the School of Visual Arts in New York. New York was a

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  • Born in , ZAPIRO (aka Jonathan Shapiro) went through school in Cape Town, architecture at UCT, conscription, activism, detention and a Fulbright Scholarship to New York before establishing himself as South Africa’s best-known and most-awarded cartoonist.

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      In 2013 he was honoured for his contribution to press freedom and social commentary with the renaming of NY 106 as Zapiro Lane in the Name Your Hood Campaign in Gugulethu, Cape Town In 2013 and in 2014 he was celebrated as one of the ‘100 World Class South Africans’ by City Press.
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  • Born in Cape Town in 1958 and also known as Zapiro.

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      His work as a cartoonist began in earnest with a wide range of political and progressive organisations.