
Meet the comedians

Mashabela Galane
2016 Native Tongue award winner Mashabela Galane is very proud of his origins in Moletjie, Limpopo. Take a tour with him as he shows Skhumba around.

Mashabela Galane
2016 Native Tongue award winner Mashabela Galane is very proud of his origins in Moletjie, Limpopo. Take a tour with him as he shows Skhumba around.

Siya Seya
Siya Seya moved from the Eastern Cape to Jozi with a few bucks in his pocket and a dream. He’s dazzling on stage - see where it all started.

Siya Seya
Siya Seya moved from the Eastern Cape to Jozi with a few bucks in his pocket and a dream. He’s dazzling on stage - see where it all started.

Schalk Bezuidenhout
With his signature moustache and short shorts, it’s no surprise that Schalk Bezuidenhout hails from the metropolis of Kempton Park.

Schalk Bezuidenhout
With his signature moustache and short shorts, it’s no surprise that Schalk Bezuidenhout hails from the metropolis of Kempton Park.

Celeste Ntuli
Actress Celeste Ntuli is native to Empangeni in KZN. Check out the hometown of this famously single, famously funny woman.

Celeste Ntuli
Actress Celeste Ntuli is native to Empangeni in KZN. Check out the hometown of this famously single, famously funny woman.

Tumi Morake
One of SA’s best-known comedians, Tumi Morake takes us on a trip to Bloem. She’s never afraid to speak her mind

Tumi Morake
One of SA’s best-known comedians, Tumi Morake takes us on a trip to Bloem. She’s never afraid to speak her mind

Salesman wa Motokwa
Salesman wa Motokwa, also known as Botsisa, is from Ga-Rankuwa, near Pretoria. No topics are off limits - even his own stint in a wheelchair after an accident.

Salesman wa Motokwa
Salesman wa Motokwa, also known as Botsisa, is from Ga-Rankuwa, near Pretoria. No topics are off limits - even his own stint in a wheelchair after an accident.

Skhumba Hlope
He is going on the road, hanging out with SA’s top comedians, visiting their hometowns and checking out the comedy scene.

Skhumba Hlope
He is going on the road, hanging out with SA’s top comedians, visiting their hometowns and checking out the comedy scene.
The best movies to stream

Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning’s South African stunts
Tom Cruise, director Christopher McQuarrie, and Durban-born stunt co-ordinator Wade Eastwood unpack the Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning’s death-defying biplane stunts.

Novocaine: the US box office hit shot in Cape Town
Nathan Caine stars in the US box office hit Novocaine, shot in SA and premiering this Sunday at 8PM on M-Net and on Showmax from 1 December.

IT: Welcome to Derry
Set in the 1960s in the town of Derry, this horror series explores its strange happenings, disappearances, and the origins of Pennywise the Clown.

Creating The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
Anime director Kenji Kamiyama and Oscar-winning screenwriter-producer Philippa Boyens chat about how the LOTR trilogy team reunited to turn back the clock in Middle-earth.
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