The films are often humourous and absurdist, reflecting on the insanity of an apartheid policy presented as a rational system of government. His amazing range of animation techniques include the use of charcoal drawings, which are erased and re-worked for each individual frame so as to make a full-length film, as well as shadow puppets and cut-out silhouettes.

The animations sometimes also incorporate documentary photographs and footage, set alongside cartoon figures, underlining the farce-like nature that even the historic and tragic events of South Africa can assume.