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July 15, 2016

Zapiro’s Take On The Pokemon Go Craze Is Hilarious

It's everywhere and you can't avoid it, but that doesn't mean local satirist Zapiro can't have some fun with Pokemon Go. Shots fired.

The other day, whilst waiting for a MyCiti Bus, I decided I’d snoop a look at the phones of those walking by to see who was playing Pokemon Go.

Bear in mind this was around 4PM, on a workday, so maybe not prime Pokemon spotting time.

I waited about five minutes, and in that time managed to spot four people (all of adult age) glued to their screens trying to catch them all.

That above is a long-winded way of saying this thing is out of control, and we knew it was only a matter of time until Zapiro decided to poke fun at the phenomenon.

Never one to let the chance to land a few political jibes slip past, the satirist chose some of his favourite characters.

This below from his website:

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Pokemon Voetsek, the distinctly South African take on something we’re going to have to get used to hearing an awful lot about.

[source:zapiro]