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Stand-up comedy in the "new" South Africa

Friday, 11 December 2009

Trevor Noah on the end of apartheid in South Africa and its subsequent presidents.

A society riddled with taboos and cultural “differences”? A government struggling to put a brave face on things? Bread and butter to comedians, thus South African comics must be having a feast. (Click on “Read More”)

A lot has changed for the betterin the last 15 years, but the frictions of the races, cultures and socio-economic groups rubbing up against each other haven’t really gone away, as acknowledged in this recent survey reported in The Guardian, UK: Rainbow nation ideal in South Africa is waning .

The clips are from “Township to the Stage: A Comic Journey”, a documentary about taboo-breaking comics as they attempt to create their own brand of comedy in the “new” South Africa.