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National Team: Trevor Noah (left), is the captain of the SA National
Team of Comedy, Eugene Khoza (centre) the vice captain and Ntosh
Madlingozi the coach. Photo: Supplied

Gig Guide: Savanna presents Festival of Comedy, Dominica releases Your Presence and Santu Mofokeng at the Standard Bank Art Lab

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Homecoming: Comedian Tumi Morake will perform in Cape Town next month.

Diary: Tumi Morake at the Cape Town Funny Festival, Disney+ Quiz Nights return, Joya Mooi releases Open Hearts

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Home is where the heart is: Hendrik Nieuwoudt as Sean and Anathi Rubela as Gift in a scene from the Netflix Afrikaans series Tuiskoms.  Photos: Courtesy of Netflix

Tuiskoms: Finding healing in humour

Series captures the complexity of grief, family and rediscovery through love

Comedy drive: Keke Palmer (left) as Dreux and SZA as her bestie and roommate Alyssa in the movie One of Them Days. Photo: © 2025 CTMG Inc, all rights reserved

One of Them Days: The duo we’ve been waiting for

A hilarious, relatable throwback to the classic buddy comedies of yore

Laughing it off: Egyptian comedian Bassem Youssef plays down the power of comedy and satire to make a difference, saying it does provide a necessary release. Photo: Supplied

Bassem Youssef on the comedy of resistance — and its limits

As he brings his tour to SA, Bassem Youssef warns comedy is no cure for a broken world

Stand ups and downs: Comedian Alice Viskat, founder of comedy club Evil Comedy, says the first time she flopped was liberating. Her show Fuck, Marry, Kill is on in Cape Town on 19 December.

Alice Viskat: How I learned to love the bomb

The comedian brings risqué tales from her colourful life to the stand-up stage

Funny people: Comedian Yaaseen Barnes and Evil Comedy founder Alice Viskat will show Are You Smarter Than a Politician? in Cape Town on 26 September.

Heard the one about the quiz show about smart politicians?

A new comedy quiz show in Cape Town will make you laugh and think

Give them a leg up: Tumi Morake is excited about the potential of young comedians in South Africa.

Stand-up is far from down and out after pandemic knocks

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A smile can bring a tear to me: Some of the participants in the new TV show Last One Laughing, where the challenge is to keep a straight face or be eliminated.

Last to laugh laughs longest

Reality show starring some of SA’s best comedians promises to be a cracker

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The many deaths of Barry Hilton

…and how his mentoring of amateur comic Rory Petzer aims to ensure quality comedy in a tough industry

Big Nunu’s Little Heist: A crime comedy that ticks all boxes 

Andy Kasrils releases a exceptional crime comedy movie on Netflix

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Where to now, Trevor Noah?

Lihle Z Mtshali got a front-row seat to watch A-lister Trevor Noah’s penultimate hosting of The Daily Show – a gig that turned him into a superstar

Jokes aside: Eugene Khoza is back on the comedy stage after taking a five-year hiatus to recover from grief and to rediscover himself.
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Comic conquers his demons

Eugene Khoza opens up about his journey back to the comedy stage after losing two loved ones

Relationship: Neil Patrick Harris as Michael and Tisha Campbell as Suzanne. Photo: Netflix

One Show, Two Takes: Uncoupled

Uncoupled is bingeworthy escapism about sex, love and stereotypes

Cliché: Woody Harrelson (left) and Kevin Hart (right) in ‘The Man from Toronto’.

One Movie, Two Takes: The Man from Toronto

Kevin Hart is not everyone’s cuppa and his latest role proves that

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Africans of the Year: Munya Chawawa

Skewering Britain’s ruling elite: The world today is so crazy that it sometimes seems as if it’s beyond satire – unless you’re Zimbabwean-born comic Munya Chawawa

Screen Grab: In the land of the lotus eaters

Hawaii hotel drama ‘The White Lotus’ is a shade warmer than ‘Succession’ in its assault on American privilege — but it carries a riptide of savage wit.

Standing her ground: Mamodupi Mohlala says people need to be educated on gender issues, not only in a domestic context, but also in the boardroom. (Delwyn Verasamy)

Q&A Sessions: ‘I think I was born way before my time’ — Mamodupi Mohlala

The chief executive of the Estate Agency Affairs Board and the deputy chair of the SABC board, shares her take on retrenchments at the public broadcaster and reveals why she…

Sasha Baron Cohen stars in Borat Subsequent Moviefilm… (Photo: Amazon Studios)
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Review: Cohen’s fire lacks fuel in ‘Borat’ sequel

The film interrogates patriarchy, but the baseness of the US means there’s nothing left to send up

A scene from Jefferson Tshabalala’s J. Bobs Live — Seen Pha kwa J.B! (Photo: Rudy Motseatsea)

The art of the virtual experience

The live magic may be gone, but the National Arts Festival showcases some exhilarating work