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Title: Quack Quack ... President Mbeki's chief adviser on medical matters
Subject: South Africa--Politics and government--1994- --Caricatures and cartoons, AIDS (Disease)--Government policy--South Africa--Caricatures and cartoons, South African wit and humor, Pictorial, South Africa
Description: President Mbeki's denialist position on HIV/AIDS and his dependence on the quack opinions of his panel of his AIDS advisers baffled medical experts and confused the public. The duck quacking away inanely became a useful adjunct in many of my cartoons on this subject. Description provided by Tony Grogan.
Identifier: islandora:6125

Title: Look to the rock from which you have been hewn!
Subject: African National Congress--Caricatures and cartoons, Tutu, Desmond--Caricatures and cartoons, South Africa--Politics and government--1994- Caricatures and cartoons, South African wit and humor, Pictorial, South Africa
Description: The ANC losing its moral direction, was sharply reminded of its erstwhile principles by Archbishop Tutu
Identifier: islandora:6116

Title: Mr President, Schalk McVenter, Frikkie McBotha and Jock van der Merwe of the Gauteng Bolanders want a Scottish homeland of their own
Subject: Mandela, Nelson, 1918- --Caricatures and cartoons, Whites--South Africa--Social conditions--21st century--Caricatures and cartoons, South African wit and humor, Pictorial, South Africa
Description: Certain whites, feeling their cultural heritage and independence threatened, continued to yearn for an exclusive homeland. Description provided by Tony Grogan.
Identifier: islandora:6170

Title: There you are ' I don't use discounts, charge a dispensing fee of only R26 and still manage to stay in business.
Subject: South Africa--Politics and government--1994- --Caricatures and cartoons, Tshabalala-Msimang, Manto, 1940-2009--Caricatures and cartoons, Pharmaceutical industry--South Africa--Caricatures and cartoons, South African wit and humor, Pictorial, South Africa
Description: Minister of Health Manto Tshabala-Msimang, famous for her beetroot and lemon juice recommendations as a cure for HIV/AIDS also managed to close down most of the neighbourhood pharmacies in a bid to lower the cost of medicines. Description provided by Tony Grogan.
Identifier: islandora:6123

Title: Piebald Court
Subject: South Africa--Politics and government--1978-1989--Caricatures and cartoons, Apartheid--South Africa--Caricatures and cartoons, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, South African wit and humor, Pictorial, South Africa
Description: Inevitable racial mixing in the urban areas forced the government to make some adaptions to their policy of rigid racial separation, which gave rise to anomalies and inconsistencies, which were explained as 'the natural evolution' of apartheid. Description provided by Tony Grogan.
Identifier: islandora:6146

Title: Laagers
Subject: South Africa--Politics and government--1978-1989--Caricatures and cartoons, South Africa--Social conditions--1961-1994--Caricatures and cartoons, Political violence--South Africa--Caricatures and cartoons, South African wit and humor, Pictorial, South Africa
Description: History seemed to repeat itself when upheaval in the townships caused a nervous government to seek security by surrounding itself within a laager of steel. Description provided by Tony Grogan.
Identifier: islandora:6195

Title: Views of Cape Town and vicinity
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa) -- Pictorial works.
Description: Three sketches: View from the road to Stellenbosch; View from the waste behind Dr Lieschings villa; View of the mountains, on entering Table Bay., The views include numbered and labelled topographical features including Devil's Hill [Peak], Lion's Head, Lion's Rump, Cape Town, Table Bay, Table Mountain, "Van Kamp's Bay" (Camp's Bay) and the mountains in the Stellenbosch region., Printed sketches extracted from Christian Ignatius Latrobe, A journal of a visit to South Africa, in 1815, and 1816. With some account of the missionary settlements of the United Brethren, near the Cape of Good Hope (London : L.B. Seeley, 1818)., Restored and hinged between acid-free boards.
Identifier: islandora:19749

Title: It's a joy!
Subject: South Africa--Parliament--Elections, 1994--Caricatures and cartoons, South African wit and humor, Pictorial, South Africa
Description: South Africa's first democratic election was an astounding success and met with local and international rapture. Description provided by Tony Grogan.
Identifier: islandora:6200

Title: Bad news, Mr President. The dollar's crashed against toilet paper!
Subject: Zimbabwe--Economic conditions--1980- --Caricatures and cartoons, Mugabe, Robert Gabriel, 1924- --Caricatures and cartoons, Inflation (Finance)--Zimbabwe-- Caricatures and cartoons, Zimbabwe--Politics and government--1980- --Caricatures and cartoons, South African wit and humor, Pictorial, Zimbabwe
Description: Under the lunatic economic policies of ZANU-PF (Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front) the value of the Zimbabwe dollar went into free fall. Printing money was one of the solutions adopted to support it. Description provided by Tony Grogan.
Identifier: islandora:6137

Title: New Constitution
Subject: South Africa. Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996--Caricatures and cartoons, Constitutions--South Africa--Caricatures and cartoons, South Africa--Politics and government--Caricatures and cartoons, South African wit and humor, Pictorial, South Africa
Description: The new constitution was unveiled with much pride and rejoicing. The image of the black sash folded over the constitution comes from a cartoon by Bob Connolly in the Rand Daily Mail, which portrayed the death of the constitution when the Nationalist government in a shameless act of political manoeuvring packed the Senate to end Coloured representation in Parliament. The Black Sash adopted this image as their symbol. Description provided by Tony Grogan.
Identifier: islandora:6201

Title: Travelling Bullock Waggon
Subject: Wagons in art, Transportation--South Africa--History--Pictorial works, South Africa--In art
Description: Shows covered waggon with two Malay men sitting up front and six oxen drawing the vehicle. Title taken from original painting.
Identifier: islandora:26401

Title: Black influx
Subject: South Africa--Politics and government--1978-1989--Caricatures and cartoons, Apartheid--South Africa--Caricatures and cartoons, Blacks--Relocation--South Africa--Caricatures and cartoons, South African wit and humor, Pictorial, Influx control--Caricatures and cartoons, Forced removals (South Africa)--Caricatures and cartoons, South Africa
Description: Legislation to stem the tide of black influx to the urban areas became increasingly futile. The government�s forcible return of immigrants from Cape Town back to Transkei, from whence they would immediately board trains to return, was a dismal annual cycle. Description provided by Tony Grogan.
Identifier: islandora:6152

Title: Apartheid ' what was it about?
Subject: South Africa--Politics and government--Caricatures and cartoons, Apartheid--South Africa--Caricatures and cartoons, South African wit and humor, Pictorial, South Africa
Description: When the entire edifice of Apartheid came crashing down in 1990 one wondered what had been the purpose of it all. Description provided by Tony Grogan.
Identifier: islandora:6139

Title: I knew it ' give them an inch and they'll take a foot. '.- he's doing the backstroke in the bathtub!
Subject: South Africa--Politics and government--1961-1978--Caricatures and cartoons, Apartheid--South Africa--Caricatures and cartoons, Blacks--South Africa--Social conditions--Caricatures and cartoons, South African wit and humor, Pictorial, South Africa
Description: One of the adjustments to apartheid necessary to accommodate influential black people visiting the urban centres was to allow blacks to stay in previously 'whites only' hotels provided they qualified as 'bona fide' travellers. This caused grave disquiet among purist government supporters. Description provided by Tony Grogan.
Identifier: islandora:6147

Title: Table Mountain etc. from the Beach of Table Bay
Subject: Table Mountain (Western Cape, South Africa)--Pictorial works, South Africa--In art
Description: Shows Cape Town at the foot of Table Mountain, with Devil's Peak on the left, Lion's Head just right of centre and Signal Hill on the right, with several ships in the Bay and figures in the foreground. Title taken from original painting.
Identifier: islandora:26398

Title: As I was saying affirmative action must not mean that people are moved into jobs beyond their level of competence '
Subject: Affirmative action programs--South Africa--Caricatures and cartoons, South Africa--Social conditions--1994- --Caricatures and cartoons, Whites--South Africa--Social conditions--Caricatures and cartoons, South African wit and humor, Pictorial, South Africa
Description: Affirmative action had severe implications for white employees who, fearing the threat to their jobs, warned about lowering of standards. Description provided by Tony Grogan.
Identifier: islandora:6131

Title: Renounce violence and we'll let you out
Subject: Botha, P. W. (Pieter Willem)--Caricatures and cartoons, South Africa--Politics and government--1978-1989--Caricatures and cartoons, Militarism--South Africa--Caricatures and cartoons, South African wit and humor, Pictorial, South Africa
Description: Armed to the teeth, violently suppressing its own population and creating mayhem in neighbouring states, the State demanded that Mandela renounce violence as a condition for his release. Description provided by Tony Grogan.
Identifier: islandora:6188

Title: The USA war campaign explained
Subject: United States--Foreign relations--Iraq--Caricatures and cartoons, War--Caricatures and cartoons, Iraq War, 2003-2011--Caricatures and cartoons, South African wit and humor, Pictorial, United States
Description: The USA attack of Iran was based on overwhelming speed and force labelled a �Shock and Awe� strategy by President George Bush. Description provided by Tony Grogan.
Identifier: islandora:6133

Title: Democracy ' A very delicate specimen. Must be planted in favourable conditions
Subject: Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946- --Caricatures and cartoons, United States--Foreign relations--Caricatures and cartoons, South African wit and humor, Pictorial, United States
Description: George Bush insisted that the US invasion of Iraq was purely to install democracy in that country. Description provided by Tony Grogan.
Identifier: islandora:6140

Title: Patriot!
Subject: Heunis, J. C.--Caricatures and cartoons, South Africa--Politics and government--1989-1994--Caricatures and cartoons, South African wit and humor, Pictorial, South Africa
Description: The National Party, in the person of Minister of Constitutional Affairs, Chris Heunis, removes one of the pillars of democracy. The image of the tortoise was prompted by the Conservative Party of Dr Treurnicht choosing to be launched in the Skilpadsaal in Pretoria and was one I used frequently to symbolize backward right-wing thought. Description provided by Tony Grogan.
Identifier: islandora:6181

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