Themba siwela biography for kids

Themba Siwela

Themba Siwela is a member of the Durban Cartoon Project and full-time illustrator for a Durban-based publishing and communications company called Artworks.

Themba siwela biography for kids

He is, however, better known for his oil pastels, which have been shown in exhibitions nationally. He was recently included in an exhibition entitled Resistance, reconciliation and reconstruction organised by MTN as part of the decade of democracy celebrations in Pretoria in 2004.

He also has a number of awards to his name, the most recent one being the first prize in a competition organised by the BAT Centre, Durban, to honour the artistic legacy of the late Trevor Makhoba (qv.). Siwela’s move into the cartoon genre four years ago owes much to Makhoba’s style of working.

His humorous and bold approach has taken him as far as Switzerland, where he took part in the Fumetto Comics Festival Exhibition in 2004. He also has a monthly comic strip called Majimbos‚ in the local Bona magazine.

In his pastels, Siw