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Solace and unity in laughter

Comedy has a role in helping us understand our complex nation and in healing cultural rifts

Wannabe hero: Carl Niehaus’s New Year’s resolution is to ride triumphant  through KwaZulu-Natal, the home of the RET faction, after having vanquished the ANC. Photo: Deaan Vivier/Beeld/Gallo Images

Carl Niehaus, the saviour of black volk

Mpangazitha sets out to devour his enemies, the sell-outs in the ruling party and their leader, the Buffalo

Mamela Nyamza’s ’19 Born 76 Rebels’ breaks away from the normative presentation of the political struggle and triumphs against Apartheid.

What to expect at National Arts Festival 2015

This year’s National Arts Festival sees satire take centre stage and a bigger representation of female artists on the programme.

‘Fifty Shades of Bambi’ is about Bambi’s journey from teenage confusions

DON’T MISS THIS: Fifty Shades of Bambi

Meet Evita Bezuidenhout’s younger sister, Bambi Kellermann.

Apartheid can happen again, says Pieter-Dirk Uys

Comedian Pieter-Dirk Uys says South Africans could face a new system of oppression if they don’t get more involved and hold government accountable.

Pieter-Dirk Uys talks about his new show Adapt or fly

Adapt or fly

Pieter-Dirk Uys talks about his new show Adapt or fly, reminds us of our past and talks about our present.

Pride of the Poggenpoel

Pride of the Poggenpoel

De Kock ­Bezuidenhout, Evita Bezuidenhout’s son, interviews his grandmother, Ouma Ossewania.

ANC a target for South African satirists

The smartly dressed audience filing into Johannesburg’s Market Theatre is a mix of young and old, black and white.

Pieter over a cuppa

In between juggling a campaign trail and two stage shows, Pieter-Dirk Uys makes time for breakfast with Percy Zvomuya.

Yesterday’s showman

Mandy Rossouw thinks that, despite all his sterling work in the past, Pieter Dirk-Uys should retire and enjoy the spoils of apartheid.

Make a cross and bear it

The 2004 election in South Africa can be a reaffirmation of the democratic ideals enshrined in the Constitution. Or it can lead to South Africa becoming another Zimbabwe.…