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Comedy legend, entrepreneur and business mogul Kevin Hart took some time off from his current comedy tour to appear at TechCrunch’s Disrupt event to talk about his Venture Capital firm, Hartbeat Ventures investing in early startups.  During the discussion, Hart

South African comedians stole the spotlight at this year’s first-ever DStv Content Creator Awards that took place over the weekend in Johannesburg.  The Awards was hosted by comedian Loyiso Madinga and the awards show was produced by fellow comedian, writer

VoiceMap, a local audio tour app startup, has partnered with The Daily Show and Trevor Noah on a self-guided walking tour that leads visitors along the same route followed by the pro-Trump rioters who stormed Washington DC’s Capitol Building on 6 January

“Comedian Jason Goliath comes in guns blazing on The Gareth Cliff Show on CliffCentral as they get into a discussion about how he survived lockdown, how a hacker defrauded his business of over R250k, and the difference between ‘digital’ and ‘real life’ comedians and

Pearpop, creator collaboration on-demand and creator Jericho Mencke are teaming up to launch a live subscription comedy series on TikTok.  According to Pearpop, the series will run twice a week in June with 30 minutes per episode. The comedy series

SiriusXM, a satellite radio company has announced the acquisition of Canan O’Brien’s podcast network and media business Team Coco for R150 million. As part of the deal, all the podcast content is now part of SiriusXM.  Canon also signed a

Hollywood actor and stand-up comedian Kevin Hart announced the formation of his multi-platform media company called HARTBEAT, with a $100 million investment from Abry Partners.  The private equity firm took a minority investment in the new company at an undisclosed

Donovan Goliath will host The Real Housewives of Durban season 2 reunion. The two-part reunion will be available on Showmax on 6 and 13 May. “I’ve always been intrigued by this concept and this show,” says Goliath, a well-known comedian, presenter, MC

After two and half years of lockdown, the South African content creators have been hard at work producing content while sharing it across social media platforms.  With that creativity and innovation, it gave birth to DSTV Creators Awards to zoom

Musician and DJ Black Coffee walked-away with his first-ever Grammy award, the best dance/electronic album category, with his 2021 LP, Subconsciously. The win marks the first time a South African producer has won or been nominated in this category. Taking the stage