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Zendaya and Robert Pattinson play an engaged couple on shaky ground in ‘The Drama’.

‘The Drama’: A dark comedy about thought, guilt, and perception

A pre-wedding confession spirals into paranoia and hilarity, as The Drama probes how our hidden thoughts reshape love, trust, and identity.

Trevor Noah hosted the 68th Annual Grammy Awards on Sunday. (@Trevornoah/X)

Trump, Trevor Noah and the thin skin of power

Trevor Noah’s final Grammys moment sparked outrage from Trump, highlighting the uneasy relationship between satire, politics and contro

Reading resistance: Books that archive courage, dissent and institutional memory

South Africa’s fragile freedoms are recorded in classrooms, songs and satire. These books archive courage, dissent and institutional memory

In line: M&G Cartoonist Carlos Amato recently published his first book-length collection titled This is Wild. Photo: Supplied

Carlos Amato: Drawing the madness of our times

Political cartoonist Carlos Amato reflects on satire, sensitivity and why South Africa remains one of the last frontiers of free cartooning

From Facebook to fiction: Paige Nick turns online book clubs into comedy gold in her new novel. Photo: Liza
van Deventer

From Facebook to fiction: How Paige Nick turned online book clubs into comedy gold

Paige Nick chats about her latest novel Book People, how online book clubs are shaking things up and how reading culture is changing

MATT WILSON/COMEDY CENTRAL’S THE DAILY SHOW WITH TREVOR NOAH

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

After a successful run at the Toronto International Film Festival, where it received an honourable mention, Mlungu Wam comes home for public screenings in Cape Town and Johannesburg from 20 October to 5 November.

Mlungu Wam: The international success story that returns to South Africa

After a successful run at the Toronto International Film Festival, filmmakers Babalwa Baartman and Jenna Cato Bass hope Mlungu Wam will be even better received at home

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

Trump warns Iran of ‘major retaliation

The African Union’s (un)official statement on the US elections

The United States has never been shy to pass judgment on African elections. What does it look like when Africa passes judgment on America’s chaotic vote?

People wait in line to receive food at a food bank on April 28, 2020 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. Food banks around the nation have witnessed a surge in clients as millions of Americans have either lost jobs or seen a decline in income due to the continued closure of businesses and economic life because of the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

How to report on humanitarian crises: A guide for Western journalists

The world has become a more complicated place — that doesn’t mean your reporting has to be.

Tragic comedy: Leon Schuster and the cast of  Mad Buddies, his 2012 movie.

Oh Shucks, an accidental blackface hero

Leon Schuster is having a few movies of his removed from Showmax and Phumlani Pikoli figures: what better time to reflect on this bruh than now?

Popular and sometimes controversial cartoonist Zapiro may find himself in hot water if the Hate Speech Bill is passed.

Zapiro needs to take a hard look in the mirror

It’s a pity that the cartoonist’s work is still able to hurt so many who encounter it even casually, writes the Daily Vox team.

The other side of cliched and repetitive headlines

‘Did any of these authors realise they were borrowing from André Brink when he gave his 2003 novel that title?’

Republican US presidential nominee Donald Trump speaks live via satellite from Trump Tower in New York City during the second session at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland

​Psych the metrics of your soul

‘Psychometric tests are becoming more common in the workplace, and we at the ministry were asked to test them and make recommendations’

Beware of bigotry veiled as satire

‘Charlie’ represents a hierarchy of Western ideals to which not everyone subscribes.

How does searching affect voting?

Letters to the editor: December 19 to 25 2014

Readers write in about animal rights, Judge President Chiman Patel, and word-frolicking.

Loyiso Gola

M&G Hangout: Loyiso Gola – ‘we try be as funny as possible’

Loyiso Gola, the face of Late Night News, talks to us about satire and being nominated for an international Emmy award.

In a discussion that ranged from the hilarious to the depressing

Laugh and cry: Satire and freedom

In a discussion that ranged from the hilarious to the depressing, Zapiro and other heavyweights discussed satire and the limits of freedom of expression.

Tom Eaton and Khaya Dlanga talk online satire

Tom Eaton and Khaya Dlanga talk online satire

Online darlings Tom Eaton and Khaya Dlanga got star treatment at the highbrow Franschhoek Literary Festival as they tackled satire in South Africa.

Late night laughs catch on

Late night laughs catch on

Loyiso Gola’s satirical news show makes politics funny again and is a surprising hit with audiences and critics.