Two television puppet shows which centre on political satire are causing controversy in different parts of Africa. ZA News, created by outspoken South African cartoonist Jonathan “Zapiro’ Shapiro has been banned from public broadcaster SABC, while in Kenya, Godfrey “Gado” Mwampembwa’s XYZ Show is being broadcast on Citizen Television, a private station.
XYZ Show features satirical portrayals of questionable political behaviour, for example a set of parliamentarians who suffer from a brain disease called “corruptophaelia’. Mail ; Guardian Online reports that the show is “outraging the Nairobi elite’ but that it has a devoted and growing audience.
For more on Zapiro’s ZA News see January 2010 issue of Screen Africa.
