JOHANNESBURG (AFP) – "There are white men who didn't benefit from apartheid. They are called albinos." The audience shrieks with laughter at Chester Missing, a comic puppet who styles himself ...

Simmi Areff is one of South Africa’s most known comedians, with sold-out shows in Cape Town and Johannesburg. He is also the host of ‘Lesser-known somebodies,’ the third most popular podcast in South ...

As the local comedy ecosystem gears itself up for a re-awakening from a two-year slumber, each part of the machinery from comics to the audience and organisers agrees the scene is alive and well ...

It's not South Africa's great weather that is attracting foreign comedians to our shores, but our No 1 citizen. Yesterday nine African comedians joined their South African counterparts to talk ...

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — At a packed theater in downtown Johannesburg, a foul-mouthed brown puppet is berating his white ventriloquist "master" for putting words in his mouth. "What do you ...

Comedians help South Africa laugh at its brutal past. ... a comic puppet who styles himself South Africa’s “hottest political analyst”. ... which ended nearly two decades ago.

Breaking taboos, their jokes help to narrow social gaps dating from white minority rule, which ended nearly two decades ago. Some say the humor brings about almost unimaginable transformations.