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# Watch – Behind Zapiro’s Sisisi Tolashe cartoon

> [YouTube video: "YouTube video"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKYvByDWafI)

By Daily Maverick · Published 22 June 2026, 23:30 SAST

[Watch the video on Daily Maverick](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/video/2026-06-22-watch-behind-zapiros-sisisi-tolashe-cartoon/)

## Content

*[Watch video on Daily Maverick](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/video/2026-06-22-watch-behind-zapiros-sisisi-tolashe-cartoon/)*

In this video, Daily Maverick cartoonist Zapiro revisits a cartoon he published in May 2026, unpacking the process and the political moment that informed it.

Filmed by: Joel Seboa 
Edits and animations by: Joel Seboa 
Produced by: Emilie Gambade 
Creative lead by: Malibongwe Tyilo 
Sub-edited by: Ian Wolstenholme

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