Comedy Central to launch Twitter comedy festival

Comedy Central to launch Twitter comedy festival

22 Apr 2013 15:32 - Sapa-AP
Putting a new test to the adage that brevity is the soul of wit, the festival will be played out in 140 characters (or less) and six-second videos.
Comedy’s rebel with a Khoza

Comedy’s rebel with a Khoza

15 Mar 2013 00:00 - Kwanele Sosibo
Comedian Eugene Khoza stumbled across comedy and there has been no putting him down since.
Colour and comedy: Getting over the race gag

Colour and comedy: Getting over the race gag

08 Feb 2013 00:00 - Kwanele Sosibo
When African comics gathered on stage recently, race, as usual, was under the spotlight.
Britain's first Asian stand-up star is not laughing

Britain's first Asian stand-up star is not laughing

11 Jan 2013 15:30 - Nosheen Iqbal
At 38, Paul Chowdhry has become Britain's first Asian stand-up star.
From Trevor Noah to Loyiso Gola: The country is cracking up

From Trevor Noah to Loyiso Gola: The country is cracking up

11 Jan 2013 00:00 - David Smith
There's a new form of nation-building in town and the new generation of comedians is laughing all the way to the bank.
Warm squishy viral video of the week: Feel Inside and Stuff Like That

Warm squishy viral video of the week: Feel Inside and Stuff Like That

29 Aug 2012 13:13 - Lisa Van Wyk
Comedy duo Flight of the Conchords took absurd suggestions from the mouths of babes to raise funds for a New Zealand-based charity Cure Kids.
Comic's Choice Awards celebrates SA comedy

Comic's Choice Awards celebrates SA comedy

11 Jul 2012 13:59 - M&G Reporter
Trevor Noah has beaten Riaad Moosa, Nik Rabinowitz and Loyiso Gola to be named comic of the year at the Comic's Choice Awards.
Nik Rabinowitz on Juju surfing and racy hedgehogs

Nik Rabinowitz on Juju surfing and racy hedgehogs

27 Jun 2012 09:46 - Thalia Randall
Speed dating isn't the normal way to market a book, but then Nik Rabinowitz isn't a normal sort of bloke.
Trevor Noah: It's the way he tells 'em

Trevor Noah: It's the way he tells 'em

11 Jan 2012 14:01 - Lisa Van Wyk
"Unanimous praise" is seldom really unanimous -- unless you're talking about Trevor Noah's appearance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.
Standing up in the Nik of time

Standing up in the Nik of time

09 Dec 2011 00:00 -
Brent Meersman talks to one of South Africa's most beloved comics, Nik Rabinowitz, about his Jewishness, politics and 'what works'.

Nothing fawlty about England's comedy hot spots

27 Jun 2008 08:02 - Staff Reporter
Britain's tourism chiefs are playing up the native sense of humour by helping people find the places behind England's comedy heroes and heritage.