---
title: "Tangled"
type: "ImageObject"
publisher: "Daily Maverick"
site: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za"
section: "Maverick Citizen"
author: "Nathi and UBUNTOONS"
author_url: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/author/nathi-and-afritoons/"
canonical_url: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/cartoon/2026-01-06-tangled-1/"
published: "2026-01-06T12:44:01"
lang: "en-ZA"
---

# Tangled

By Nathi and UBUNTOONS · Published 6 January 2026, 14:44 SAST

[View the cartoon on Daily Maverick](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/cartoon/2026-01-06-tangled-1/)

## Content

![The year 2026 inherits a crisis: severe water restrictions blanket the Western Cape, while critical shortages in Jeffreys Bay and contamination fears in Johannesburg reveal a deeply broken system.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/attachments/orphans/tangledcartoon2026_368390.jpg)