Creator
Carlos
Carlos is a political cartoonist for the Mail & Guardian, and a freelance illustrator and writer, based in Johannesburg, South Africa. He has won the Vodacom Sports Journalist of the Year award (2007), the SAB Sports Columnist of the Year award (2010) and the Vodacom Features Writer of the Year Award (Northern Region, 2014). You can contact him at camato@mweb.co.za.
The flatten ’em jubilee
While British royals celebrate the throne, Putin cherishes 22 years of war crimes
Cartoon: Are we back in the 20th century?
Carlos Amato asks if there’s one last way we can regress as a species
Cartoon: Carlos on the Pocket Protector
Who is worthy of protection?
Carlos on Mboweni’s piñata of pain
Something has to give Mr Mboweni
Carlos on three little pricks
You’ll feel a slight pinch, nothing more.
Carlos on powerfully obvious solutions
What to do, what to do… If only there was a way for Mantashe and De Ruyter to reliably produce power while protecting the environment.
Carlos on South Africa’s deepest holes
Check out the unnatural wonder that is the SSA
Carlos on crossing Hatebridge
As the humanitarian crisis unfolds at the Beitbridge border post, Hatebridge opens for business on Twitter
Can member-owned football clubs succeed?
Football supporters often fantasise about seizing control of their clubs, sending owners and officials down the tunnel. But evidence suggests that democratic, fan-owned teams are…
Carlos on Busi’s imaginary rogues
There’s no such thing as an abominable rogue unit-corn
Carlos on Oozymandias’ goodbye grift
“Look on my works ye Mighty, and gimme 50 bucks!”
Carlos on the difference a peace prize makes
What a difference a year makes.
Carlos on the wheels of SA justice
South African justice is up on bricks.
Carlos on comrades watching their step
Careful comrades, the plank is a bit wobbly.
Carlos on a breath of stale air
Trump may well end up losing to Biden, but Trumpism remains a viable political force.