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In line: M&G Cartoonist Carlos Amato recently published his first book-length collection titled This is Wild. Photo: Supplied
CARLOS AMATO

Carlos Amato: Drawing the madness of our times

Political cartoonist Carlos Amato reflects on satire, sensitivity and why South Africa remains one of the last frontiers of free cartooning

  • Kibo Ngowi
8 min read
Rights and responsibilities: Some protesters feel wearing a mask or having a vaccine impedes their free will, but religious people defer to the will of God as a rule. Does God not want us to protect one another, wonders our columnist? Photo by Rodger Bosch/AFP
ANTIVAXXERS

Vaccine conundrums to keep one up at night

Why do religious leaders feel no compunction to harm their followers, when they could ‘pray for the destruction of a satanic vaccine’ instead?

  • Johann van der Westhuizen
7 min read
The documentary ‘Seaspiracy’ is a textbook display of disingenuous interviewing. (Wikipedia)
ALI TABRIZI

Screen Grab: Deeply shallow

The documentary ‘Seaspiracy’ is a textbook display of disingenuous interviewing

  • Carlos Amato
4 min read
HBO’s Fake Famous is a humorous dive into the Instagram racket, but it misses the painful collateral damage of the influencer economy. (Photo Illustration by Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
CARLOS AMATO

SCREEN GRAB: Funny, not funny

HBO’s Fake Famous is a humorous dive into the Instagram racket, but it misses the painful collateral damage of the influencer economy

  • Carlos Amato
4 min read
ARTHUR BROWN

Prison exposé wins journalist top award

A television exposé of horrific conditions in South Africa’s prisons has earned Hazel Friedman this year’s prestigious Vodacom Journalist of the Year Award. The national winners…

  • Mail Guardian Online Reporter
  • Sapa Author
  • Sapa Afp
4 min read