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I should become a stand‑up comedian, I think to myself in a half‑full fourteen‑seater matatu as I wait for it to get full. I am heading to the Nairobi International Comedy Festival gala and awards ...

There is plenty to cry about in South Africa. The country has the third-highest murder rate and the highest unemployment rate in the world. Graft has corroded the shine of the ruling African National ...

For most Americans, their first exposure to South African comedy has been Trevor Noah, the host of Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show.” Noah’s January 20, riff on Sarah Palin’s endorsement of Donald ...

33 Films has revealed an official trailer for an indie comedy from South Africa titled Soweto Blaze, the latest from South African filmmaker Brad Katzen. This initially premiered at the 2023 Austin ...

Opinions expressed by Digital Journal contributors are their own. Comedian Alfred Mugenzi stands on the dimly lit stage, and a single spotlight illuminates his figure. The audience in Bujumbura laughs ...

Laugh all you want but the success of filmmaker Brett Michael Innes’ first foray into mockumentary territory with “Daryn’s Gym” is part of a growing South African slate flexing its muscles within a ...

South Africa's most irreverent puppet and his dangerously clever handler are back. Comedy duo Conrad Koch and Chester Missing kick off their national tour of Puppet Power in Johannesburg with a ...

Envision Entertainment has teamed with South African production company Scene23 to develop Tighthead, an action-comedy crime procedural. Tighthead revolves around an unlikely crime-fighting duo made ...

Three years after winning Cartoon Network Africa’s Creative Lab program, Garbage Boy and Trash Can is becoming a series. Cartoon Network will produce ten short episodes of the idea about Garbage Boy, ...

Amy Jephta's tender-hearted film has few narrative surprises, but is illuminating as a rare feature devoted wholly to Cape Muslim society. South African cinema is still catching up to the diversity of ...