From Table Mountain to District 6, cartoonist Brandan Reynolds explores the complicated past and present of the city often referred to as South Africa’s ‘Mother City’

Brandan Eugene Reynolds is South Africa’s most prolific editorial cartoonist. Since 2002, he has been drawing the daily editorial cartoon for the national newspaper Business Day as well as contributing weekly cartoons to the Sunday Times and its supplement, Business Times. He is a member of the international organization Cartooning for Peace. He lives and works in Cape Town, South Africa. He can be found on Twitter as @brandanrey

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