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he is south africas most prominent, most controversial political cartoonist. so, amid all of its troubles, is south africa able to laugh at itself? jonathan shapiro, better known by the pen name zapiro, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. well, its a great pleasure to meet you, and i want to begin with something you said a few years ago. you said, "moral outrage is what drives a cartoonist." youve been at this cartooning for pretty much four decades. can you maintain outrage for four decad...

welcome to hardtalk. jonathan shapiro, better known by the pen name zapiro, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. well, its a great pleasure to meet you, and i want to begin with something you said a few years ago. you said, "moral outrage is what drives a cartoonist." youve been at this cartooning for pretty much four decades. can you maintain outrage for four decades? you can. laughter when i was doing five or six cartoons a week, i would sometimes wonder what the hell im going to do today...

jonathan shapiro, better known by the pen name zapiro, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. well, its a great pleasure to meet you, and i want to begin with something you said a few years ago. you said, "moral outrage is what drives a cartoonist." youve been at this cartooning for pretty much four decades. can you maintain outrage for four decades? you can. laughter when i was doing five or six cartoons a week, i would sometimes wonder what the hell im going to do today, and you wake up in ...

to laugh at itself? jonathan shapiro, better known by the pen name zapiro, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. well, its a great pleasure to meet you, and i want to begin with something you said a few years ago. you said, "moral outrage is what drives a cartoonist." youve been at this cartooning for pretty much four decades. can you maintain outrage for four decades? you can. laughter when i was doing five or six cartoons a week, i would sometimes wonder what the hell im going to do today,...

today isjonathan shapiro, best known by his pen name zapiro. he is south africas most prominent and controversial political cartoonist. so amid all of its troubles, is south africa able to laugh at itself? jonathan shapiro, better known by your pen name zapiro, welcome to hardtalk. it is a great pleasure to meet you and i want to begin with something you said a few years ago, you said moral outrage is what drives a cartoonist. you have been at this cartooning for four decades. can you ...

Posters and whatever, but when that moment came, that felt sort of catalytic for me and ijust... so this is where the drawing and the moral outrage really came together? thats right. i suddenly thought, well, im going to have to go to this damn army because i didnt have the money or the wherewithal to leave the country. it was six years jail if you refuse, if you became a conscientious objector. so i became what some people call a conscientious noncombatant. but while i was in the army, the unit...

To maintain this repressive racist apartheid regime. exactly. i mean, i was kind of a leftie in the making. i hadnt really done anything to speak of except for a few posters and whatever, but when that moment came, that felt sort of catalytic for me and ijust... so this is where the drawing and the moral outrage really came together? thats right. i suddenly thought, well, im going to have to go to this damn army because i did not have the money or the wherewithal to leave the country. it was six...

To speak of except for a few posters and whatever, but when that moment came that that felt sort of catalytic for me and ijust... so this is where the drawing and the moral outrage really came together? thats right. i suddenly thought, well, im going to have to go to this damn damn army because i didnt have the money or the wherewithal to leave the country. it was six years�* jail if you refuse, if you became a conscientious objector. so i became what some people call a conscientious noncombat...

Into the army. and you were a leftist, a white _ into the army. and you were a leftist, a white south - into the army. and you were a leftist, a white south african | leftist, a white south african serving in a military force which was clearly commissioned to maintain this repressive racist apartheid regime. exactly. i was a leftie in the making. i had not really done anything to speak of except for anything to speak of except for a few posters and whatever but when that moment came that felt ca...

I was a leftie in the making. i hadnt really done anything to speak of except for a few posters and whatever, but when that moment came that but when that moment came, that felt sort of catalytic for me and ijust... so this is where the drawing and the moral outrage really came together? thats right. i suddenly thought, well, im going to have to go to this damn army because i did not have the money or the wherewithal to leave the country. it was six years�* jail if you refuse, if you became a ...