One month into his stint as a talk show host, Trevor Noah spoke to his wildly popular competitor Jimmy Kimmel about how he  gave up his life in South Africa, where he was becoming more successful, to come to try his luck in America. “South Africa is small,” Noah said. “And when you’re from a […]

On the one-month anniversary of taking over the ‘Daily Show’ from Jon Stewart, Trevor Noah spent part of yesterday being interviewed by hugely popular talk show host Ellen Degeneres, who spoke to him about his love of roller coasters. Watch a short clip from the ‘Ellen’ show in the video here Degeneres said on the […]

Just in time for the worldwide release of the highly anticipated Danny Boyle movie ‘Steve Jobs’, about the Apple founder, a South African version of the trailer – with a couple of ‘bliksems’ and ‘voetseks’ thrown in – has been uploaded to YouTube. https://youtu.be/H_tnqZ_686w The movie stars Michael Fassbender as the legendary but controversial Jobs, as […]

In her latest DIY video, Suzelle explains how to make a vertical or hanging garden using a bunch of old plastic bottles. Her planting gets done so fast that she spends the rest of the time singing. Go, Suzelle! Watch the SuzelleDIY video ‘How to Make a Vertical Garden’

In the United States they have been doing it for years, taking a night off to ‘roast’ – basically make fun of (in the harshest possible way) – a famous person. Anyone who has seen Amy Schumer’s infamous roast of Charlie Sheen knows that to be roasted is pretty much to be gutted. In 2012 […]

If you missed the Thursday night episode of ‘The Daily Show’, the audience got a lesson in African presidents, thanks to new host Trevor Noah, who was comparing US presidential candidate Donald Trump to Jacob Zuma, Robert Mugabe, Idi Amin and Muammar Gaddafi, among others. With the subheading ‘Orange is the new Black’ – and […]

The first YouTube video gained fame – or rather, infamy – for the American (possibly a schoolgirl) who thought England was a planet and couldn’t understand why a British person was changing a dollar figure into a weight (pounds). Now comes even more infamy as growing YouTube comedy vlogger Maxim Bady takes her on. In the first […]

Since Trevor Noah has left our shores and is gearing up to take the helm of America’s ‘The Daily Show’ on Monday, here’s a random selection of other South African comedians – the new, the old and the beloved – who are sure to keep us entertained! Some of these comedians will also be performing at an international comedy festival in […]

In her latest DIY video, just in time for Heritage Day, which she promotes in the best, most colourful way – even with a detour into corn-diments (that would be condiments, we think) – Suzelle creates her own version of a South African-American Boerewors Bagel Dog. Come again? Watch the wors-meets-bagel-meets-hotdog video Suzelle also sings […]

ZA News, the satirical puppet company in Cape Town, has created a Suzelle-type DIY video, ‘Su-Zuma DIY’, lampooning the controversy over Jacob Zuma’s residence at Nkandla and called “How to Renovate Your Home for Next to Nothing.” Watch the ZA News video – Su-Zuma DIY – below (or larger version above).

In celebration of “Biltong Day” – which is non-existent, although Heritage Day on 24 September is also called Braai Day – Suzelle has made a video on how to actually make it. “This is a great (biltong recipe) for all you South Africans who live overseas and can’t even have biltong. Shame!” says Suzelle. Watch Video: […]

With summer on its way, here are some creative tips from South Africa’s favourite do-it-yourself (DIY) Goddess Suzelle on how to get as “fit and active and gorgeous” as she is! So get your takkies on guys… Watch Video: ‘How to Get Fit’ with SuzelleDIY

Here it is! The full interview between American comedic star Jerry Seinfeld and South African comedian Trevor Noah. With Seinfeld at the wheel of a white Ferrari, the two discuss everything from apartheid to China, heckling to safaris, on Seinfeld’s online show ‘Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee’ which was aired last night. Trevor summed up the […]

South African comedian Trevor Noah is using his platform as an international comedian to educate and, well, chastise the world on a few issues. Taking his role as an ambassador of South Africa and the entire continent of Africa seriously, Trevor has been putting the world straight…while making them laugh. At the end of last […]

Even though actor Aaron Paul was exposed to a lot of surreal stuff during the filming of the popular TV series Breaking Bad, he was still blown away by some of the scenes South Africa had on offer during his recent holiday to the country. Speaking on the Jimmy Kimmel Live Show in December, Aaron discussed the lions he saw at […]

This is the video that keeps on giving…giving laughs. It’s the one where well-known South African morning radio host and King of Pranksters, Darren ‘Whackhead’ Simpson, calls up BMW to complain that his car won’t work in Night mode and went into reverse at the ‘robot’ when he put it into Race.The wonderful lady who […]

South Africa’s favourite DIY Goddess Suzelle is releasing four Christmas Special episodes to prepare South Africans for Christmas. She’s dishing out top advice on how to wrap presents beautifully…even for those you don’t really like (ag shame), create a Christmas Tree (without a tree) and get that gift you truly want! The 31-year-old from Somerset […]

A Norwegian group has made a brilliant video spoof, highlighting the fact that stereotypes about Africa harm dignity, and calling on viewers to challenge the perceptions and vote for better fundraising campaigns that don’t perpetuate debilitating myths of Africa. The video opens with a scene from a “reality show” in which volunteers race to throw food at “starving” […]

Here’s another one of those emails – with a compilation of old and new photos from Africa – doing the rounds at the moment…showing that Plato was right when he said necessity is the mother of innovation.

After Bafana Bafana crashed out of the 2014 African Nations Championship (CHAN) last weekend, and were subsequently criticised by the SA Minister of Sports (for being “a bunch of losers”)…South African comedian Trevor Noah posted a video with this message on his Twitter page yesterday: “I’m not as funny as our minister of sports, but […]

Watch South African comedian Trevor Noah’s take on the conformity of all airport announcers around the world to sound the same…except, of course, those in South Africa! After watching the video, a South African YouTube user commented: “OMG I just came back from a long trip from Durbs to Jo’burg to Abu Dhabi, then Singapore, […]

When South African icon, PJ Powers wanted to elevate her career to the next level – she employed stalker-to-the-stars Anne Hirsch! Well, not really. But it’s a great premise for yet another fantastic Anne Hirsch interview. (Scroll down to watch the video.) For those who aren’t yet acquainted with Hirsch, we pinned down the brilliant […]

An outrageous interview with a South African student  took the internet by storm last month, receiving almost half-a-million views on YouTube within a day of being uploaded. And it was soon all the buzz on Reddit, Facebook and forums with people calling the student “the coolest guy ever in South Africa”.  In the hilarious video […]

South Africa’s zef rap group, Die Antwoord, have done it again – producing a video that’s impossible to ignore. “Fatty Boom Boom” is intelligent, funny and not for the squeamish! Note the brilliant inclusion of “Lady GaGa”, a parktown prawn and the demise of GaGa’s infamous meat dress.  In less than three days, they’ve attracted […]

Parody band Die Vraag has created  a response video to “zef rappers” Die Antwoord. Their song is titled “Dankie vir Die Antwoord (Maar Wat was Die Vraag)”. Lyrics are by Deon Opperman and music by Janine Neethling. The controversial video has spurred some heated debates – and insults – on YouTube, and Die Vraag’s official […]