Trevor Noah had the privilege this week of telling Hollywood actor Laurence Fishburne about the very first time he saw him in real life – in Soweto, South Africa… and “nearly drove his car off a cliff”. To be exact, it was an embankment. But it was steep enough to cause the crowd that had gathered around […]

Here’s South African comedian Trevor Noah‘s (musical) take on businessman and former ‘The Apprentice’ reality TV star Donald Trump’s inauguration as President of the United States of America; as well as a response from Wits University professor Gilbert M. Khadiagala to some key questions Trump has asked about Africa. On his The Daily Show on Comedy Central in […]

South African comedian and TV presenter Trevor Noah shared a fantastic video late Thursday of an American grandmother, Estelle, who is clearly one of his biggest fans. She says she watches him every night and that he’s just as good as his Daily Show predecessor, Jon Stewart. But it’s her message to Trevor at the […]

South African comedian Trevor Noah – who has become an international celebrity as host of The Daily Show in America – has recorded a special thank you message to his fellow South Africans for helping make his book, ‘Born a Crime’, such a success. Trevor uploaded the message below to Facebook and said: “I wanted […]

South African comedian Trevor Noah visited the White House, Washington, to interview the outgoing President of the USA, President Barack Obama. Trevor said: “I look up to you because we share a lot in common – we both have parents who are black and white; both half African; [you’re from] south side of Chicago, [I’m from] […]

Tomi Lahren has risen to fame and notoriety in America and around the world for her outspoken comments on everything from liberalism and feminism to the Black Lives Matter movement. The Daily Beast calls her a “right wing ranter” and yesterday the BBC profiled the 24-year-old under the heading “The young Republican who’s bigger than Trump […]

South African comedian Trevor Noah has been promoting his book “Born a Crime” in the UK this weekend. In the video below he speaks to interviewer Krishnan Guru-Murthy, from Channel 4, about his book, what the Trump presidency will mean for America and the world, and about growing up in South Africa as a mixed […]

South Africans in London will be able to see and listen to homegrown talent – and international star – Trevor Noah in conversation, at a rare one-night event in Westminster Central Hall, on Friday evening. And maybe he’ll discuss his Bar Mitzvah. The host of The Daily Show will be in conversation for the launch of his funny and […]

South African comedian Trevor Noah had a strong message for those liberal supporters who have been protesting against Donald Trump being President. He cautioned them to be careful not to become the “hate” they’re protesting against, and that it’s like sex – you can be “loud and wild and do it all night long… but when something […]

South African comedian Trevor Noah has cancelled his hosting gig at the MTV African Music Awards (MAMAs) in Johannesburg Saturday night. He is suffering a “severe upper respiratory and ear infection” and has been advised by his doctor to not take the “added risk of flying” which would be “highly irresponsible and may cause further damage”. […]

JOHANNESBURG – South African comedian and global star, Trevor Noah, has been confirmed to host the 2016 MTV African Music Awards (MAMAs) in Johannesburg next month. The organisers of the event made the announcement Wednesday morning and within an hour excited fans had made it South Africa’s top Twitter trend. In a post on Facebook, Noah […]

Here’s the first look at South African comedian Trevor Noah‘s new book “Born a Crime”, out November 15th. Noah announced back in January that he had signed a deal with publisher Spiegel & Grau because “I couldn’t find a good book about myself, so I decided to write one”. The book is a collection of 18 […]

Watch South African comedian Trevor Noah let rip on his opinion of Donald Trump’s latest political antics, accusing the Republican presidential nominee of trying to grab the spotlight again “and this time, not for tanning purposes”. After Donald Trump denied any involvement in a Democratic National Convention (DNC) hacking scandal, the billionaire called on Russia to […]

As two horrific shootings of black people by police in the US and the tragic fatal shooting of five policemen in Dallas by snipers yesterday – with one of the suspects reportedly saying before he died he wanted to kill all white people – leave many Americans divided (Pro-cop and anti-black or anti-cop and pro-black?), Trevor Noah says, […]

Several days after a slight majority in Britain voted for #Brexit, and to leave the European Union, sending financial markets into chaos for several days and many people regretting their vote to leave the EU, Trevor Noah of “The Daily Show” takes a funny but informative look at what it was all about.

In an interview with the BBC about his time on the Daily Show in the US, and facing the upcoming US election – and the controversial candidacy of Donald Trump, who was the subject of a viral tweet this week – Trevor Noah said that he found aspects of the US not dissimilar to South Africa. Talking […]

South African comedian has appeared on the popular daytime talk show hosted by Kelly Ripa. Noah talks about speaking six languages – not all perfectly, he emphasised – how he grew up in a family that loved dogs and about driving a taxi as one of his jobs. https://youtu.be/YkGpPtowCnA

In an interview with Playboy magazine in the USA, Trevor Noah has revealed he has a fan crush on fellow South African, Oscar-winning actress Charlize Theron; how his mom made him laugh after she was shot in the head, and that he listens to Otis Redding every day. The 32-year-old South African comedian, who replaced […]

Presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton earlier this week was endorsed by her former colleague New York mayor Bill de Blasio, although things didn’t go off so smoothly. When Clinton said it had taken de Blasio long enough to endorse her, he said he was on “CP time”, a racially charged expression meaning “coloured people’s time”. Standing […]

South Africa’s corruption crisis is making world news, with expats as far away as Thailand being able to watch President Jacob Zuma’s entire speech (with subtitles for Thai) regarding the Nkandla #PayBackTheMoney issue. It’s come as a welcome break for Trevor Noah on The Daily Show – being able to talk about his own South African […]

In an interview in the UK’s Guardian newspaper this weekend, Trevor Noah hit back at critics of his Daily Show, saying the show is still in its infancy and is attracting a vital new audience. Noah told journalist Lanre Bakare: “I’m a baby in this thing. I’m flattered by the fact people judge me as […]

Host of the Daily Show Trevor Noah told his audience this week that if they thought the U.S. Presidential race was crazy – with bad-hairdo businessman Donald Trump shocking everyone by winning state after state in the race for the Republican nomination – they should check out Uganda. “Americans say this (Trump’s ongoing success) is […]

South African comedian Trevor Noah has signed a deal with publisher Spiegel & Grau to write a book about his life, which is due for release in November. Noah, who has become an international celebrity since taking over from Jon Stewart as host of The Daily Show in the USA said in a statement: “I […]

While Trevor Noah wrapped up his last  show of the year with a review of his favourite stories from 2015…critics around the USA were reviewing the South African’s performance since taking over ‘The Daily Show’ from Jon Stewart in September. With all the shootings around the world during 2015, Noah battled to focus on good […]

When Trevor Noah appeared on the Ellen Degeneres Show a few weeks ago, one of the things he talked about was Nelson Mandela’s sense of humour. That part of the interview – where Noah also does a very good version of Mandela’s voice – was not included in the first clip that was released, but now it is. […]