2015
Pastor Mboro — going to heaven, live
12M+ views in Mzansi
The Katlehong pastor announced he had been to heaven and back, and South Africa turned it into the country's first true WhatsApp meme.
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From Leon Schuster to Alphi — SA's funniest broke the internet
2014
"Mina ngizokshaya" — the Baloyi interview
9M+ views in Mzansi
"You want to fight me?" became the most quoted line on SA Twitter. Still the go-to Mzansi reaction clip.
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Penny Ntuli — the Gagasi FM saga
7.5M+ views in Mzansi
The Durban radio star's firing saga played out clip by clip across KZN timelines and became national comedy.
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Alphi — "O jewa ke eng?" skits
40M+ views in Mzansi
The comedian turned a single Sesotho question into South Africa's biggest TikTok catchphrase. From Bothaville to Soweto, everyone answered it.
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Seemah — SA TikTok comedy
28M+ views in Mzansi
Township-house comedy shot on one phone made Seemah one of the most followed comedians in Mzansi.
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"Abuti we need water" — Limpopo kid
15M+ views in Mzansi
A Limpopo child asking a councillor for water became half joke, half national indictment. South Africa laughed and then went quiet.
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Lasizwe — fake Nandos orders
22M+ views in Mzansi
The Johannesburg comedian's prank calls made Nandos queues part of SA internet folklore.
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Coconut Kelz — white privilege skits
18M+ views in Mzansi
Lesego Tlhabi's satire made South Africans confront their own dinner-table politics while laughing.
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Leon Schuster — candid camera classics
20M+ views in Mzansi
Schuster's hidden-camera pranks were the VHS every South African home copied, from Bothaville to Umlazi.
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Trevor Noah — SA jokes before America
35M+ views in Mzansi
Before the Daily Show, Noah's Soweto and Highveld sets circulated on SA DVDs and YouTube rips.
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