In our #feelgood corner this week, African News Agency cartoonist, Bethuel Mangena joins Thoriso Maloka on the line to speak about winning the Third International Cartoon Contest.   Our guest today is a committed editorial cartoonist who studied Fine Arts at Wits Tech and he studied 3D Animation at Boston Media House.

In 2002, he along with Zapiro were both invited to France where he exhibited his work and received a medal in recognition of his talent. In 2004, he visited London with 4 fellow cartoonists under Zapiro’s wing to meet and be inspired by leading UK cartoonists, and the following year the South African hosted a reciprocal visit by 5 young British cartoonists and their mentor, Steve Bell (The Guardian newspaper).

Mangena also attended lunch with the British minister of Foreign affairs as well as The Queen’s Birthday Party at the British High Commissioner’s residence in Pretoria. In 2008 he was joint-winner of the Vodacom Cartoonist of the Year Award.

 Bethuel Mangena joins us on the line because this time around he was announced  as one of the winners in the Third International Cartoon Contest