william tell

Cartoon for Absa Bank

no complaints

City to bite down on amount of pets per household
tammy petersen

ANIMAL protection organisations have questioned the feasibility of the proposed pet bylaw open to public comment which aims to control the amount of pets allowed on a property.
The bylaw, which will make it compulsory for dogs and cats to be sterilised, be fitted with tags and walkers to carry litter bags with them at all times, is open to public participation until October.
JP Smith, chairperson of the City of Cape Town’s safety and security portfolio committee, says two pets is the proposed limit of animals per household.
“However, other aspects such as the size of the erf as well as a lack of complaints from neighbours can have a specific family’s amount increased if they write a formal application to the city.”
He says the proposed bylaw, which is a combination of 10 existing bylaws aimed at animal control, will see law enforcement officers “reactively” carrying out inspections when pets cause problems in an area.

Peoples Post 15th July 2008

crime down?

Editorial cartoon for The People's Post

reclassification

"landmark ruling that Chinese South Africans are to be included in the definition of "black people" in legislation designed to benefit previously disadvantaged groups."

plane fool

Fuel suddenly a hot number
Esther Lewis
LOCK up your trucks, tractors and fuel pumps, as you may become the victim of the latest crime trend.
The cost of fuel has almost doubled since a year ago.
In Cape Town, petrol costs R9,72 per litre, and diesel will set you back even more.
These prices brought along desperate times, but obviously new opportunities for criminals as well.
On Wednesday and Thursday, 18 and 19 June, thieves made off with over 1 000 litres of diesel.
Wednesday night, 300 litres were stolen from three trucks and a bulldozer on a Philippi farm.
On another farm, seven 20 litre containers of oil were swiped.
The following evening, another business in the Philippi farming area was targeted.
The company was robbed of about 800 litres of diesel. The diesel pump was also damaged in an apparent attempt to get more fuel.
It was also reported two weeks ago that drivers had filled up their tanks at service stations, then sped off without paying for their petrol.
A reader told People’s Post that he was approached by two men in the street, offering him petrol for R5 per litre.

rainbow nation

Editorial cartoon for the People's Post 17th June 2008

home loan boffins

Corporate work for Absa

motor mayhem

black and white illustrations for a motoring manual.

ho hummer

WITH predictions that the price of petrol could rocket to R16 a litre should the price of a barrel of oil reach the $200 mark, motorists are looking at their vehicles in a new light. Cartoonist Gavin Thomson sees a somewhat unusual means of surviving the time ahead ...

Editorial cartoon for the People's Post 10 June 2008

stealing steel

Editorial cartoon Peoples Post 3rd June 2008

Everything, especially the kitchen sink
Esther Lewis

AS if copper thieves have not caused enough headaches, the fiends have now acquired a feel for steel.
Due to scarcity, the price of steel went up in April to R2,50 per kilogram – not much compared to the price of copper, which fetches an average of R35 per kilogram (with some scrap traders willing to fork out up to R60).
Even so, there has been an increase in theft of privately-owned steel objects, says Pieter van Dalen, the chairperson of the Copper Theft Unit – also known as the Copperheads. “These people will steal anything, even if it’s not valuable” he says.
To attest to this, a Grassy Park resident spoke of how even pot plants left outside had disappeared from their property.
There have been reported cases of security gates, fences even street poles and light posts being whisked off. Poles, which are cemented into the ground, are sawed off at the base, then carried off.

Editorial cartoon for the People's Post 27th May 2008

security guy

cartoons for a security company brochure

book police

Police clamp down on second-hand book sellers

Cash strapped? Need extra bucks? Sell your second hand books – but don’t forget your ID.
Police targeted several bookshops in Long Street last Wednesday to ensure that stores were in possession of licences and registers permitting them to buy used books in terms of the Second-hand Goods Act.

Editorial cartoon for the People's Post 20th May 2008

Health and safety

Engene health and safety

Some cartoons for a health and safety brochure.

Paddling at Fish Hoek

Editorial cartoon for the People's Post 13th May 2008

Grand Theft Auto

Editorial cartoon for the People's Post 6th May 2008

GRAND THEFT AUTO IV, the newest version of the notoriously violence-soaked gaming series, arrived on the shelves of local gaming outlets on Tuesday. In the game, players are able to, among others, pick up prostitutes, beat them to death with a baseball bat, kill people in a variety of ways, steal cars and build their own drug empire. One of the game's writers told United States media that parents should not allow their children to play the game. If they do, he said, they are bad parents. The fact that South Africa is a violent society needs no debating. The possibility that pirate copies of the game will find their way into teenagers' hands is also a near-certain one. To what extent do such games merely imitate (hopefully minority) behaviours in society, and to what extent do they actually contribute to such behaviours? The question is as old as the TV screen itself ...

Workers' Day

Earth Day

TUESDAY, 22 April, marks Earth Day ? an annual event for people around the world to celebrate the earth and renew their commitment to building a safer, healthier and cleaner world. Earth Day was first commemorated on 22 April 1970. It is the only event celebrated simultaneously around the globe by people of all backgrounds, faiths and nationalities. More than half a billion people participate every year in campaigns by Earth Day Network, founded by the organisers of the first Earth Day to promote environmental citizenship and year-round progressive action worldwide.

liquor bills

THE CLOSING date for comment on the revised Western Cape Liquor Bill is set for tomorrow (Wednesday, 16 April), after it was published for public comment in the Government Gazette on 14 March. The Liquor Bill will allow shebeens to apply for licences to trade legally, thus ending raids by the police, and has been vehemently opposed by groups in the Western Cape, which has the highest incidence of Foetal Alcohol Syndrome in the country.

back to school

public poop

A SEA POINT woman was allegedly assaulted by a Metro Police officer on Tuesday last week after she requested to see his identification when he ordered her to pick up her dog's faeces. The Metro Police have been in an identity crisis for some time, having to fulfil duties across law enforcement and traffic regulation categories, while also providing back-up support to the SA Police Service when required. Playing second fiddle to the bona fide SA Police Service may have sat uncomfortably with some in the Metro Police force, and it could be that the officer who allegedly assaulted the Sea Point resident was making the first move in the formation of a new "Dog Unit" for the Metro Police. After all, if SAPS can have a Dog Unit, why not the Metro Police? The unfortunate thing, though, is that the Metro Police may have the definition of Dog Unit wrong... (Peoples Post 1st April 2008)