Jacob Zuma Sues Zapiro... Again The Telegraphhas an update on the current legal pressures from ANC party leader and probably next South Africa president Jacob Zuma directed at popular cartoonist Jonathan "Zapiro" Shapiro. The compelling thing about this story over the long haul has been how the rise in Zuma's fortunes following the legal matters that instigated the initial barrage of cartoons has intensified the pressure on Zapiro. The linked-to article describes a coarsening in public rhetoric (including vague threats) and other media backing away from tacit support of the cartoonist. The article also describes the reason that Zapiro places a shower nozzle on the political leader's head, which has to be the best and meanest piece of visual shorthand in world cartooning this decade.
