South African stand-up comedian, Loyiso Madinga has joined The Daily Show with Trevor Noah as its first ever South African correspondent.
Trevor Noah, as the show’s Executive Producer, Writer and Host, has selected Loyiso Madinga to host topical segments for the African broadcast of The Daily Show with Trevor Noah.
“As wild as Donald Trump is for America, many countries around the world have Trumps of their own and since ‘The Daily Show’ is in many countries, we thought ‘why not give each country a chance to show off their stable geniuses?’” said Trevor Noah.
Meanwhile, Loyiso has also expressed that he is over the moon to join the international Daily Show team.
“I am really excited to create a voice for local satire. What is really great is this places an authentic spotlight on local comedy and presents a reality that combats the stereotypical perception of Africa. Being part of the Daily Show, I get to join the best conversation in the world,” said Loyiso Madinga.
Loyiso will remain based in Mzansi but his segments will air every now and then on Comedy Central across the continent.
The new African-focused segments will be regionally-targeted reports replacing some of the main edition's original content.
In his first piece, Loyiso will present a field report from the African National Congress Elective Conference.
The Mount Fletcher, Eastern Cape-born comedian will make his Daily Show debut in Africa on Comedy Central (DStv channel 122) tonight, Thursday, 11 January 2018 at 21:30.
Loyiso’s career has been on the fast track since his debut in 2012 at the Montecasino Teatro where he also shared the stage with international acts such as Tom Segura.
Since then, he quickly became a regular local comedian act, sharing a stage with several comedians on David Kau’s “Blacks Only” line up.
He also travelled South Africa as part of Trevor Noah’s Nationwild tour and represented his home country at the Montreux Comedy Festival in Switzerland and Busan Comedy Festival in Korea.
Loyiso has written and performed on the two-time Emmy finalist satire show, “Late Nite News” with South African comedian, Loyiso Gola, and also written and performed on the hit local sketch show, “Bantu Hour”.
Congratulations to Loyiso.
