‘The Drama’: A dark comedy about thought, guilt, and perception
A pre-wedding confession spirals into paranoia and hilarity, as The Drama probes how our hidden thoughts reshape love, trust, and identity.
Satire
Trump, Trevor Noah and the thin skin of power
Trevor Noah’s final Grammys moment sparked outrage from Trump, highlighting the uneasy relationship between satire, politics and contro
Reading resistance: Books that archive courage, dissent and institutional memory
South Africa’s fragile freedoms are recorded in classrooms, songs and satire. These books archive courage, dissent and institutional memory
Carlos Amato: Drawing the madness of our times
Political cartoonist Carlos Amato reflects on satire, sensitivity and why South Africa remains one of the last frontiers of free cartooning
From Facebook to fiction: How Paige Nick turned online book clubs into comedy gold
Paige Nick chats about her latest novel Book People, how online book clubs are shaking things up and how reading culture is changing
Where to now, Trevor Noah?
Lihle Z Mtshali got a front-row seat to watch A-lister Trevor Noah’s penultimate hosting of The Daily Show – a gig that turned him into a superstar
Mlungu Wam: The international success story that returns to South Africa
After a successful run at the Toronto International Film Festival, filmmakers Babalwa Baartman and Jenna Cato Bass hope Mlungu Wam will be even better received at home
Better loot the dead than in the red
Too many eyes on the state’s tills? An SMS from the ANC suggests it’s turning to a pandemic-appropriate source of party funding
Review: Cohen’s fire lacks fuel in ‘Borat’ sequel
The film interrogates patriarchy, but the baseness of the US means there’s nothing left to send up
The African Union’s (un)official statement on the US elections
The United States has never been shy to pass judgment on African elections. What does it look like when Africa passes judgment on America’s chaotic vote?
How to report on humanitarian crises: A guide for Western journalists
The world has become a more complicated place — that doesn’t mean your reporting has to be.
Oh Shucks, an accidental blackface hero
Leon Schuster is having a few movies of his removed from Showmax and Phumlani Pikoli figures: what better time to reflect on this bruh than now?
Zapiro needs to take a hard look in the mirror
It’s a pity that the cartoonist’s work is still able to hurt so many who encounter it even casually, writes the Daily Vox team.
The other side of cliched and repetitive headlines
‘Did any of these authors realise they were borrowing from André Brink when he gave his 2003 novel that title?’
Psych the metrics of your soul
‘Psychometric tests are becoming more common in the workplace, and we at the ministry were asked to test them and make recommendations’
Beware of bigotry veiled as satire
‘Charlie’ represents a hierarchy of Western ideals to which not everyone subscribes.
Letters to the editor: December 19 to 25 2014
Readers write in about animal rights, Judge President Chiman Patel, and word-frolicking.
M&G Hangout: Loyiso Gola – ‘we try be as funny as possible’
Loyiso Gola, the face of Late Night News, talks to us about satire and being nominated for an international Emmy award.
Laugh and cry: Satire and freedom
In a discussion that ranged from the hilarious to the depressing, Zapiro and other heavyweights discussed satire and the limits of freedom of expression.
Malema: It is a material world
Many will rejoice if Julius retires from the public eye, but writers, satirists, playwrights and cartoonists will lose a rich source of inspiration.
Tom Eaton and Khaya Dlanga talk online satire
Online darlings Tom Eaton and Khaya Dlanga got star treatment at the highbrow Franschhoek Literary Festival as they tackled satire in South Africa.
Late night laughs catch on
Loyiso Gola’s satirical news show makes politics funny again and is a surprising hit with audiences and critics.
Yebo Hayibo!
A popular local website has been mining our political and corporate landscape for good satire. Now they’ve come out with a book. Niren Tolsi reports
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Up yours to power
Niren Tolsi asks Anthony Pascoe of Hayibo! and Justin Nurse of Laugh It Off if South Africans have lost their humour.
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SABC pulls Special Assignment doccie on Zuma, Zapiro
A week and a day ahead of the April 22 elections, the SABC has cancelled an episode of Special Assignment dealing with satire.
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‘Anti-Semitic’ satire divides liberal Paris
Take an elderly anarchist, anti-capitalist, anti-clerical cartoonist and add a suspicion of anti-Semitism and a dash of politics.
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New Yorker ‘satirical’ cover angers Obama campaign
Barack Obama’s campaign decried on Monday a satirical cartoon on the cover of the New Yorker magazine.