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. 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.). Read More…