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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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.
Public protests in Soweto gave notice of the seismic upheavals to come. Description provided by Tony Grogan.
President Mandela was called to appear in court to respond to a dispute with the SA Rugby Board while the many far more urgent calls for his attention were left …
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 …
P.W. Botha adopts a Nero?like stance in response to public concern about disturbing reports of riots and upheaval throughout the country, incidents of insurgence over its borders and pressure from …
Legislation to allow floor crossing in Parliament between elections led parliamentarians to suspend their principles and betray their voters in an unseemly rush to join parties which offered them positions …
Tony Yengeni used his political connections and position to get a discount on a fancy Mercedes 4X4. He served a contracted prison sentence, which on reflection seems unlucky given the …
As time wore on the bright rainbow of the South African nation started to lose its splendour as it seemed there was little at the end of the rainbow for …
The Arms Deal, with its suspicion of bribes paid to well-connected persons, raised a storm in Parliament. The Standing Committee on Public Accounts (Scopa), the public accounts watchdog first raised …
A sad comment on Cape Town's housing backlog where people sometimes spent a lifetime on the waiting list.Description provided by Tony Grogan.
There was serious concern about the battle-readiness of the army of the new South Africa when it was found that many members of the defence force were unfit and overweight. …
Recognizing the benefit of economic ties with mainland China and its huge economy, South Africa abandoned its links with Taiwan. Description provided by Tony Grogan.
Negotiations between Mandela and de Klerk got off in fits and starts, the fluidity of the process being marred by ANC suspicion that de Klerk knew all about current as …
South African foreign relations policy was perplexing . Some very dodgy characters from abroad, who served the government�s purposes during the apartheid era, were allowed to remain in the country. …
Fraudulent claims for welfare, pensions and employment payments became rife. Description provided by Tony Grogan.
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 …
This cartoon was prompted by a fawning description in an Afrikaans newspaper of P.W. Botha as a leader who 'exudes strength with the bulldog appearance of a Churchill'. Keeping South …
The police weren't mucking about anymore. To show they meant business they used the Asset Forfeiture Unit to confiscate the assets of those involved in crime. Description provided by Tony …
In a bid to bolster the strength of the police force to contain increasing unrest, a crash course in police work is launched to establish a unit dubbed the 'kitskonstabels' …
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 …
Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA) negotiations proceeded in fits and starts, handicapped by African National Congress (ANC) suspicions of dirty-trick actions being carried out by agents of the …
Shining 4x4s, Mercedes (Mercs), luxury homes and parties were becoming the sole motivation of many in government. Description provided by Tony Grogan.
One of the biggest scandals to hit Parliament was the misuse of travel vouchers for the personal gain of members of Parliament. Description provided by Tony Grogan.
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 …
By 1980 apartheid had become a fossilised relic ill-adapted to the twentieth century. Even the National Party government realised that it needed to 'adapt or die", as P.W. Botha put …
The Minister of Correctional Services, Dr Mzimela, had some bizarre ideas for the safe incarceration of prisoners, including mine shafts and the floating hulks of old ships. Description provided by …
After three years the energy, enthusiasm and idealism which marked the birth of the new South Africa was beginning to wilt and service delivery was faltering. Description provided by Tony …
Frequently the police, unable to stem serious crime, turned their attention to soft targets to improve their performance statistics. Description provided by Tony Grogan.
Huge expenditure for arms was earmarked while more pressing services languished. Description provided by Tony Grogan.
Peace on South Africa's borders after 1990 meant the retirement of many members of the former South African Defence Force, but the continued instability in many African countries to the …
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 …
The taxi industry was a law unto itself. Traffic officers, risking being shot at by taxi driver offenders, chose to target softer offenders instead. Description provided by Tony Grogan.
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 …
Nelson Mandela's act of reconciliation in visiting Betsy Verwoerd in Orania made me wonder whether PW Botha was capable of a similar act of magnanimity. Description provided by Tony Grogan.
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.
Domestic confusion before the amalgamation of the two national anthems. Description provided by Tony Grogan.
Announcements by Defence Minister Magnus Malan that our troops were not in Angola were met with scepticism while the media in the rest of the world were full of reports …