Leon Schuster
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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?
Sushi King Kunene to replace Schuster at comedy roast
Kenny Kunene will replace Leon Schuster as this year’s Comedy Central roastee, after Schuster’s doctors advised him to rest.
Slapstick Schuster sews them up
Reviled for his pranks and accused of racism, Schuster is having the last laugh at the tills. Faeeza Ballim reports.
Get these pirates off my stoep, says Schuster
People who make pirate copies of local films are murdering the South African film industry, says comedian and filmmaker Leon Schuster.
At the rainbow’s end
MOVIE OF THE WEEK: Shaun de Waal on the political documentary Behind the Rainbow and the disappointing Mr Bones II.
‘I do not want to die in South Africa’
It’s just another sunny afternoon in Alex, and foreigners are taking the opportunity to salvage what is left of their possessions. When the sun goes down, they’ll need to be back…
Zuma goes after Rapport — again
African National Congress president Jacob Zuma is claiming R5-million from Rapport for defamation and crimen injuria, his spokesperson Liesl Gottert said on Thursday — a day…
A fog of flatulence
<b>COMEDY OF THE WEEK (FOR SHEER NERVE):</b> Shaun de Waal reviews the Afrikaans comedy <i>Poena Is Koning</i>
ASA: Telkom’s broadband not broad enough
It seems one cannot, after all, do movies, gaming, education, business and music on Telkom’s broadband offering. The Advertising Standards Authority has ruled against Telkom’s…
Rocking Roodepoort
<i>Footskating 101</i> — from the makers of <i>Straight Outta Benoni</i> — is a nod to small-town life, writes Kwanele Sosibo.