South Africa, May 27 -- The Honorary Doctorate in Education was conferred on Monday, 19 May as part of UP's Autumn 2025 Graduation season (2 to 29 May), during which more than 12 000 students will graduate.

"It's really pleasing for me to see my cartoons being used in our schools and universities as teaching aids and in exam papers and textbooks," Shapiro said during an interview from his home studio in Cape Town ahead of the ceremony. "It's therefore particularly special for me to be receiving an honorary doctorate in Education."

Shapiro, whose career as a cartoonist started in the mid-1980s, is regularly invited by universities to provide input on subjects including journalism, art, anthropology, literature, and international relation...