As editorial cartoonist for the Cape Times since 1974, and also for periods with the Sunday Times and Sunday Independent, Tony Grogan has chronicled a watershed period of South African history, from the oppressive and turbulent apartheid era to liberation and its subsequent developments. His cartoons record the vital issues and crucial events which marked the country’s passage from white minority rule to multi-party democracy. Looking through his collection of published cartoons is to relive this history as they capture in a special way the mood, the emotion and the ambience of the time. The story is not over and he continues to comment on the problems and foibles of the country in his daily front page quip, ‘Crack of Dawn’, in the Cape Times which also appears in the Natal Mercury.

Several collections of his cartoons and satirical comment have been published and his cartoons have been republished in numerous publications –biographic, historical and academic.

A complete record of Tony Grogan's published cartoons since joining the Cape Times will be housed in the University of Cape Town archive with the larger part of the collection of original cartoons. These will be available for research or publication on agreed terms.

He has a selection of original cartoons for sale to collectors. Signed facsimiles on quality paper can also be purchased.

It can be seen on Independent Newspapers' website at www.iol.co.za

For Inquiries please contact + 27 21 674 0200 or
E-mail: tonygrogan@mweb.co.za

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