Colin Daniel is one of South Africa's leading caricaturists and editorial illustrator in cartoons. He began life as a presentation artist for Ogilvy & Mather ad agency in Cape Town before joining Independent Newspapers in 1992 where his work has appeared regularly in the Cape Argus, Cape Times, The Star and The Daily News. 

On a three year sabbatical in the UK (1997-2000) he found time between travelling the globe to freelance for The Sunday Times in London and various magazines there.

From 2000 to 2016 he was resident illustrator for Independent's Personal Finance newspaper and magazine but still found time to do cartoons & caricatures for a variety of local and international publications.