Wonkie Blog

Below are some of the latest Wonkie blog posts - these are articles about Wonkie, as opposed to cartoon commentary on current affairs. You can find the latest articles about upcoming web developments, new site features, Wonkie competitions and promotions. Details about Wonkie contest and online competition winners will also be published here. Should Wonkie win the lottery, and the blog is going to be migrated to the Caribbean, this is undoubtedly where you will read about it first!

Email problems and SA blog awards

October 12th, 2025 (Updated)

It seems that for some reason the weekly Wonkie email did not go out to subscribers last week. If you have not had a chance to check out the Jackie Selebi cartoon discussing the issue of crime and corruption in South Africa, please click on the thumbnail below to view the full post:

On another note, please do support Wonkie by nominating them in the South African blog awards – click on the link below to do this… [UPDATE: the SA Blog awards is now in the voting phase – thank you for your nominations.. Wonkie has been shortlisted for the best political blog and most controversial blog awards…] thanks for your support! Please do use the links above to vote for Wonkie – the public vote counts for a lot at this stage of the News24 process.

Cheers – The Wonkie team

Wonkie Summer-Winter Holiday

October 12th, 2025 (Updated)

Caught up in the spirit of the moment in South Africa, Wonkie will be taking a short break over the World Cup tournament until mid-July. Thanks again to Wonkie fans and especially our 10,000 plus subscribers – we hope you thoroughly enjoy the 2010 World Cup and the vibrant atmosphere in the country right now.. we look forward to cart00ning for you again soon!

Keep safe and don’t drink and drive! (And yes we know there’s a word missing in the image above – we just wanted to make sure you’re reading the notice carefully!)

Wonkie Update and April 2010 Wonkie Winners!

October 12th, 2025 (Updated)

It looks like Wonkie has finally crossed the great 10,000 reader mark in terms of daily CartOOn feed subscribers – definitely a pleasing figure and it’s been great to note the recent surge in the number of readers. Thank you all for signing up and please do feel free to drop Wonkie a line with any suggestions… it would be great to hear from you!

On an even happier note, Wonkie held the random draw for the Media Player competition on 30th April 2010 – all confirmed email subscribers as at that date were eligible. The winner of the recent Photo Caption contest with the Mouse in the Maze is also listed below (read the best entries for that caption contest here)

And the latest Wonkie Winners are:

CliveAlex……………. Mouse in a Maze Photo Caption Contest Wonkie T-Shirt
LuvLuv……………… 30th April Media Player lucky draw for subscribers
O Groenewald……… 30th April draw runner up – Wonkie T-Shirt

The next big prize will be a Media Player through a random draw across all verified email subscribers on 31 October 2010. Click this link if you haven’t signed up for the 100% Free CartOOns by email yet.

Thanks again for your support and please do keep spreading the word about Wonkie to friends and colleagues!

Wonkie Winners and Feb 2010 Update!

October 12th, 2025 (Updated)

Over the last few weeks we have contacted some of our outstanding Wonkie winners from recent competitions and dispatched their prizes to them. This is a quick note to thank you all for participating in our various contests – from the Malemodoku (TM) puzzle last year which was a huge hit with readers to our recent Photo Caption contest with the Praying Mantis and the Dog (see the winning entries here)

The recent set of Wonkie Winners are:

Ribie Sebe…… Malemodoku Wonkie T-Shirt winner
Cyah…………. Malemodoku runner up prize winner
Nick Park…….. Malemodoku runner up prize winner
Kadudu………. Grasshopper and Dog photo caption contest winner
JJMac………… for submitting the 4000th comment on Wonkie CartOOns!

The next big prize will be an MP3 player through a random draw across all verified email subscribers on 30 April 2010. Click this link if you haven’t signed up for the 100% free Wonkie CartOOns by email.

As for a brief update – Wonkie CartOOns has grown in its short 16 month life to just over 7,000 email and RSS subscribers and a further 2,300+ fans on facebook. Thank you all for your support and please do keep spreading the word about Wonkie CartOOns to friends and colleagues!

CARTOON FREQUENCY UPDATE: Over the next 6 weeks (until mid-March 2010), the cartoon frequency will be dropping to just once a week as the Wonkie team will be distributed all over the world doing various cool stuff.

Wonkie CartOOns is 1 year old!

October 12th, 2025 (Updated)

Just a quick note to thank all our readers, commentators and email subscribers for their support over the last year. The Wonkie team has certainly had great fun making the cartoons, entertaining you all and reading your thoughts and ideas on topical news.

Last year this time, we had just published our first few cartoons and literally had only a handful of subscribers. As of yesterday, we have over 5,500 email subscribers and over 2,000 fans on facebook (Click here to become a Wonkie fan on Facebook today!). There are now over 200 cartoons posted on the site and we are in the process of launching another cartoon site that will be less politics and more general cartoon fun – stay tuned!

Please continue to help us by spreading the word and encouraging friends and colleagues to join our community. Feel free to forward our Free CartOOns by Email promotion – if you are a Wonkie email subscriber you stand a chance of winning one of many prizes including Wonkie T-Shirts, Custom Pens and MP3 players.

Readers, advertisers and potential sponsors can Contact Wonkie here