Tony Grogan Cartoons
University of Cape Town
Tony Grogan is a cartoonist, illustrator and artist living in Cape Town. Items are property of the University of Cape Town Libraries. For information about acquiring a copy and/or permission to reproduce an image, please contact the Special Collections of the University of Cape Town Libraries. Copyright held by Tony Grogan.
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UCT: University of Cape Town · 1 October 2008
Robert Mugabe demonstrates his attitude to democratic elections to a na�ve Mbeki. Description provided by Tony Grogan.
UCT: University of Cape Town · 1 October 2008
The eloquence and gravitas of the newly elected president of the USA seemed more fitting to the office than our own president's frequent song and dance routines. Description provided by …
UCT: University of Cape Town · 1 October 2005
The Auditor general's report on the arms deal was sufficiently edited and corrected when published to exonerate anyone from wrongdoing and confirm that the entire deal was above board. Description …
UCT: University of Cape Town · 1 October 2004
There seemed to be a disconnect between George Bush's promotion of warm family values at home in the USA while continuing to sew mayhem among the populace of Iraq by …
UCT: University of Cape Town · 1 October 2004
The ANC losing its moral direction, was sharply reminded of its erstwhile principles by Archbishop Tutu
UCT: University of Cape Town · 1 October 2002
Poachers employed by crime syndicates plundered abalone reserves while coastal management and police seemed ineffective in putting a stop to it. Description provided by Tony Grogan.
UCT: University of Cape Town · 1 October 2002
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 …
UCT: University of Cape Town · 1 October 2001
Outraged at measures to restrict the licensing of firearms, ex?defence chief Constand Viljoen said the gun was paramount in Afrikaner culture, second only to his wife. Description provided by Tony …
UCT: University of Cape Town · 1 October 2001
Inviting the New National Party (NNP) into an alliance with the African National Congress (ANC) didn�t help its uneasy alliance with its alliance partners, Cosatu and the South African Communist …
UCT: University of Cape Town · 1 October 1997
The over-ambitious Outcomes Based Education (OBE) system to be launched with Curriculum 2005 many thought would be a disaster. Which it was. Description provided by Tony Grogan.
UCT: University of Cape Town · 1 October 1997
President Mandela complained about the neglect of black heritage in our Museums and its focus on colonial history and the stereotyping of black people. Description provided by Tony Grogan.
UCT: University of Cape Town · 1 October 1996
Violence between contesting political groups and the use of firearms involved in violent crime caused President Mandela to call for everyone to throw their guns into the sea. Description provided …
UCT: University of Cape Town · 1 October 1995
The obdurate and irascible PW Botha disappointingly showed little remorse or response to Mandela's gracious acts of reconciliation. Description provided by Tony Grogan.
UCT: University of Cape Town · 1 October 1992
National Party �electioneers on the campaign trail �had difficulty making their policies understood. Description provided by Tony Grogan.
UCT: University of Cape Town · 1 October 1987
One of the questions in in a senior certificate exam paper was worded in informal schoolboy slang
UCT: University of Cape Town · 1 October 1986
The police were so involved in suppressing political revolt they had little time to devote to ordinary crime. Description provided by Tony Grogan.
UCT: University of Cape Town · 1 October 1986
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.
UCT: University of Cape Town · 1 October 1983
The implementation of the policy of� apartheid resulted in the removal of 3.5 million people to remote homelands or their own racially designated areas. Description provided by Tony Grogan.
UCT: University of Cape Town · 1 October 1983
Heavy penalties were imposed on conscientious objectors who refused to fight in the South African Defence Force. Description provided by Tony Grogan.
UCT: University of Cape Town · 1 October 1983
The continued violent action of the state to impose its policies was in stark contrast to the spirit of the preamble of the new constitution introduced in 1983. Description provided …
UCT: University of Cape Town · 1 October 1983
The stifling of the media continued unabated during the PW Botha years. Description provided by Tony Grogan.
UCT: University of Cape Town · 1 October 1982
Under the Group Areas and Independent Homeland policies, consolidation often meant changing boundaries and cutting up and parcelling out land according to the claims of� homeland leaders and against the …
UCT: University of Cape Town · 1 October 1981
A response of the government to the misery and suffering caused by the Group Areas Act which had people being moved out of their homes to their own racial areas …
UCT: University of Cape Town · 1 October 1979
A reader drew attention to a scandalous matter featuring �in one of the Cape Times comic strips. Popular hero, Dr Kildare was defying the Immorality Act by falling in love …
UCT: University of Cape Town · 1 October 1979
Over the years the National Party continued to gnaw away at media freedom until there were over 100 laws determining what could and could not be published. Description provided by …
UCT: University of Cape Town · 1 October 1979
During the apartheid years the nations morals were zealously protected by the Censor Board. Description provided by Tony Grogan.
UCT: University of Cape Town · 1 October 1978
The main core of the information scandal in the 1970s was the secret funding of an English language newspaper using taxpayers� money. Fertilizer magnate, Louis Luyt, acted as a government …
UCT: University of Cape Town · 1 October 1978
The Department of Information, with its flamboyant secretary Eschel Rhoodie at the helm, did its best to improve the international image of the pariah apartheid state. Description provided by Tony …
UCT: University of Cape Town · 1 October 1978
Verwoerd�s grand design of apartheid with blacks all living in separate homelands had one major flaw - what to do with urban blacks needed to keep the country's industry running …
Reconstruction and Development Programme (RDP) houses, built in a rushed and haphazard policy to recover the enormous backlog developed during the apartheid years, resulted in poor building standards and shoddy …
Mandela retired and handed over to his successor, Thabo Mbeki, the solid foundations and pillars of a democracy which was a work in progress. Description provided by Tony Grogan.
The public protest and unrest which plagued the eighties was met with increased government oppression. P.W. Botha declared a state of emergency giving the police special powers, restricting the media …
The official white version of South African history was biased, simplistic and distorted. Description provided by Tony Grogan.
Certain whites, feeling their cultural heritage and independence threatened, continued to yearn for an exclusive homeland. Description provided by Tony Grogan.
Under apartheid�s so-called dumping bills large numbers of black people were forced to relocate from urban areas to barren and remote areas in the homelands. Description provided by Tony Grogan.
Considering South Africa's pressing needs, Defence seemed to get a disproportionate allocation of the budget. Description provided by Tony Grogan.
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 …
In spite of climate change and warnings of future water shortages and the need to adopt conservative measures of water usage, South Africans continued to waste water as if there …
Early negotiations between the African National Congress (ANC) and the National Party government were marked by both parties taking up intransigent positions which caused disruptions in the negotiating process. Description …
Vitamin pills sold by German huckster, Helmud Rath , was favoured by Minister of Health , Manto Tshabalala, �as the preferred cure for HIV/AIDS
Land settlers in Zimbabwe invaded farms and took possession of property at will. Description provided by Tony Grogan.
As the Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearings dragged on, perpetrators of political crimes under the previous government continued to drag their heels in applying for amnesty. Nelson Mandela, committed to …
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.
George Bush insisted that the US invasion of Iraq was purely to install democracy in that country. Description provided by Tony Grogan.
Former president, FW de Klerk, a deputy president in Mandela's cabinet, decided to call it quits and left Parliament and a government struggling with a faltering economy. Description provided by …
Paintings reputedly done by Mandela surfaced in the art market and were bought by gullible collectors. Description provided by Tony Grogan.
There was large investment in questionable projects , such as a musical , Serafina 2, to raise funds for the fight against HIV/AIDS. Description provided by Tony Grogan.
There was much criticism of the tardiness with which previously marginalised rugby players were being brought into the sport and the lack of development of sports facilities in the townships. …
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 …
South Africa's first democratic election was an astounding success and met with local and international rapture. Description provided by Tony Grogan.