Zapiro, SA’s most-awarded cartoonist, receives Honorary Doctorate in Education from University of Pretoria

Jonathan Shapiro - better known as Zapiro receives Honorary Doctorate in Education from University of Pretoria

The Honorary Doctorate in Education was conferred on Monday, 19 May as part of UP’s Autumn 2025 Graduation season (2 to 29 May), during which more than 12 000 students will graduate. “It’s really pleasing for me to see my cartoons being used in our schools and universities as teaching aids and in exam papers and textbooks,” Shapiro said during an interview from his home studio in Cape Town ahead of the ceremony. “It’s therefore particularly spec…

Zapiro, SA’s most-awarded cartoonist, receives Honorary Doctorate in Education from University of Pretoria

The University of Pretoria (UP) has conferred an honorary doctorate upon South Africa’s most celebrated and multi-award-winning editorial cartoonist, Jonathan Shapiro - better known as Zapiro. Read more...