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AND OTHER GREAT MOMENTS IN TWITTER HISTORY

TWITTER has fast become a weapon of mass instruction, as demonstrated by its influence in the Arab Spring uprisings and most recently, Helen Zille's 'refugee' remark which ricochetted around the country within seconds of her tweeting it.

While she might be the most proficient tweeter in SA politics, many other prominent people are featured in our Collection of Twitter Cartoons, which narrates the influence of the social network in local and international politics and social life in recent times.

Africartoons Editorial

Cartoonists have joined thousands of voices in protest against the e-Tolling system, which culminates this week in a one day nationwide strike, led by COSATU, against the toll and the practice of labour broking. The protest is likely to find sympathy across the entire political spectrum, since the e-Toll will impact on everyone, no matter what their income bracket is - but particularly the poor.The suspicion that a large percentage of the collected tolls will end up in the pockets of tenderpreneurs or as other wasteful expenditure (rather than go to infrastructure) has bolstered project's resistance. These cartoons go back a year, when the e-Toll was first proposed, then put on hold so as not to lose votes in the municipal elections, to now, when the government has insisted it will go ahead despite the opposition. Will these protests make any difference? Probably not, if one looks at how public opinion on other issues has been disregarded. But at least - as with the Secrecy Bill - our loud objection will have been tabled, for a time when those who paid no notice to it will be held to account.  

THE PINK TONGUE GETS AN EDITORIAL CARTOONIST

In a global recession of positions for editorial cartoonists, it's always welcome news when a new space is created for one. And even more so when that space provides a break for a promising talent who might otherwise have fallen by the wayside.

Independent Newspapers' Gay community rag has recently provided such a position for budding young cartoonist ROBERTO MILLAN; someone who has shown tremendous potential as a cartoonist and an illustrator.

Cartoonists the world over love Valentine's Day for the metaphor it brings every year for them to comment on political relationships. This year was no different. See some examples HERE.