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welcome to hardtalk from cape town. i m stephen sackur. south africa is a land of contrasting emotion. there s residual pride at the success of the struggle against apartheid. there s also deep frustration at the failings of the post liberation political leadership. and those contrasting emotions are fertile territory for political satire. my guest today isjonathan shapiro, best known by his pen name zapiro. he is south africa s most prominent, most controversial political cartoonist. so, amid all of its troubles, is south africa able to laugh at itself?
voice over: this is bbc news. we ll have the headlines and all the main news stories for you at the top of the hour, straight after this programme. welcome to hardtalk from cape town. i m stephen sackur. south africa is a land of contrasting emotions. there s residual pride at the success of the struggle against apartheid. there s also deep frustration at the failings of the post liberation political leadership. and those contrasting emotions are fertile territory for political satire. my guest today isjonathan shapiro, best known by his pen name zapiro.
for you at the top of the hour as newsday continues, straight after hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk from cape town. i m stephen sackur. south africa is a land of contrasting emotion. there s residual pride at the success of the struggle against apartheid. there s also deep frustration at the failings of the post liberation political leadership. and those contrasting emotions are fertile territory for political satire. my guest today isjonathan shapiro, best known by his pen name zapiro. he is south africa s most prominent, most controversial political cartoonist. so, amid all of its troubles, is south africa able to laugh at itself?
today isjonathan shapiro, best known by his pen name zapiro. he is south africa s 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 maintain outrage forfour four decades. can you maintain outrage for four decades? you can.