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Local comics want to make you laugh all of March. PICTURE: COMEDY CENTRAL This March, Comedy Central continues to make Mzansi comedy fans fall head-over-heels in love with home-grown stand-up comedy by adding thirteen of the country’s top comedians in their campaign to #MakeLifeFunnier . Dedicated to supporting comedy and the comedic arts, and to encourage South Africans to appreciate and consume more local comedy both live and on television are: Kedibone Mulaudzi, Nqoba Ngcobo, Alfred Adriaan, Schalk Bezuidenhout, Gavin Kelly, Thabiso Mhlongo, Stuart Taylor, Jason Goliath, Nik Rabinowitz, Dave Levinsohn, Mark Banks, Eric Jansen and Loyiso Gola. The comedians will feature in a series on on-air, online and social media content airing on Comedy Central and associated digital and social media platforms. During the campaign, each of the comedians explores the funny, crazy and comedic possibilities inherent in a bizarre range of props such as a fake hand, a step ladder, a pair...

Singer Shekinah to entertain kiddies at NickFest. PICTURE: SUPPLIED MTV African Music Award winning singer Shekhinah and hip hop maverick Nasty C are set to bring in the crowds at the  second edition of NickFest, the country’s biggest and most exciting family-centric festival next month. The Back to the Beach  songbird and the Bad Hair  rapper will be performing their biggest hits, and busting some cool moves on the NickFest stage in front of thousands of pre-schoolers, tweens and teens and their families.  Each artist will perform with two performances every day on the central stage.  Further musicians and performers will be announced at a later stage. Nasty C PICTURE: SUPPLIED The pair will join co-hosts   Jason, Nicholas  and  Donovan Goliath  to welcome thousands of kids and families to  NickFest where  music and family oriented entertainment,   live performanc...

The Daily Show host Trevor Noah's tie is up at R26 000. PICTURE: The Observer Just what would you pay for a piece of Trevor Noah? Since he’s become host of The Daily Show on US TV, it’s clear some will pay a small fortune for a tiny piece of him. In a charity drive hosted by Comedy Central Africa on Thursday night at Melrose Arch, Johannesburg, an undisclosed bidder — known only as Daniel M — secured Noah’s tie for R25 000. But it is not just any old tie — it’s the Tiger of Sweden hand-made grey silk number that Noah wore on his Daily Show debut. Local stores said the average price for that tie was R1 299. By Wednesday morning, the battle had changed and an Eddy had upped the price by R1000 more than Daniel M. If all goes well till Thursday night, Eddy could be the new owner of Noah’s tie. - Article published in The Times on 23/08/2016

Trevor Noah adds his debut tie to the Comedy Central Cares fund raising initiative. PICTURE: COMEDY CENTRAL AFRICA IT WILL cost a pretty penny to get near The Daily Show host Trevor Noah now that he has gone international. But there is a way to get a piece of the 32-year-old comic - Comedy Central Cares will on Thursday next week auction the grey designer tie that Noah wore on his debut on the US TV show in September. The tie and other items will be auctioned as part of the charity fund-raising comedy show, headlined by Joey Rasdien, Skhumba, Snooze, Eugene Khoza and Donovan, Jason and Nicholas Goliath at the Goliath Comedy Club, in Melrose Arch, Johannesburg. Entrance is R500 and there is room for only 160 guests. Co-owner of the club Jason Goliath said: "If people are willing to cough up R2000 for an international act, they sure can pay R500 for charity. It's a bargain for the lineup we have in store and it goes for three hours - you can have a good laugh and...