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Homecoming: Comedian Tumi Morake will perform in Cape Town next month.

Diary: Tumi Morake at the Cape Town Funny Festival, Disney+ Quiz Nights return, Joya Mooi releases Open Hearts

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  • Eyaaz
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Home is where the heart is: Hendrik Nieuwoudt as Sean and Anathi Rubela as Gift in a scene from the Netflix Afrikaans series Tuiskoms. Photos: Courtesy of Netflix

Tuiskoms: Finding healing in humour

Series captures the complexity of grief, family and rediscovery through love

  • Eyaaz
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Comedy drive: Keke Palmer (left) as Dreux and SZA as her bestie and roommate Alyssa in the movie One of Them Days. Photo: © 2025 CTMG Inc, all rights reserved

One of Them Days: The duo we’ve been waiting for

A hilarious, relatable throwback to the classic buddy comedies of yore

  • Eyaaz
3 min read
Laughing it off: Egyptian comedian Bassem Youssef plays down the power of comedy and satire to make a difference, saying it does provide a necessary release. Photo: Supplied

Bassem Youssef on the comedy of resistance — and its limits

As he brings his tour to SA, Bassem Youssef warns comedy is no cure for a broken world

  • Eyaaz
8 min read
Stand ups and downs: Comedian Alice Viskat, founder of comedy club Evil Comedy, says the first time she flopped was liberating. Her show Fuck, Marry, Kill is on in Cape Town on 19 December.

Alice Viskat: How I learned to love the bomb

The comedian brings risqué tales from her colourful life to the stand-up stage

  • Eyaaz
7 min read
Funny people: Comedian Yaaseen Barnes and Evil Comedy founder Alice Viskat will show Are You Smarter Than a Politician? in Cape Town on 26 September.

Heard the one about the quiz show about smart politicians?

A new comedy quiz show in Cape Town will make you laugh and think

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Give them a leg up: Tumi Morake is excited about the potential of young comedians in South Africa.

Stand-up is far from down and out after pandemic knocks

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  • Eyaaz
1 min read
A smile can bring a tear to me: Some of the participants in the new TV show Last One Laughing, where the challenge is to keep a straight face or be eliminated.

Last to laugh laughs longest

Reality show starring some of SA’s best comedians promises to be a cracker

  • Eyaaz
4 min read