MISA Media Freedom Award To Zapiro



The cartoonist Jonathan "Zapiro" Shapiro traveled to Swaziland over the weekend to accept the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) Media Freedom Award, yet another award claimed by the cartoonist despite being beset in his own country by an antagonistic relationship with President Jacob Zuma, complete with lawsuits. What's interesting about this is that linked-to article above (the country's newspaper site is down, so that link had to be pressed into service before this part of this post) suggests that Zapiro has been just as tough on King Mswati III as he has on on other regional political figures, and that the cartoonist was feted for his lifetime achievements in the country's main newspaper without this being brought up.
 
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