ELECTIONS 2019: COUCH SURFING: Licence to offend: Coconut Kelz, the best thing to happen to SA comedy in a long while – are you ready? By Marianne Thamm MarianneThamm
Pieter-Dirk Uys, who helped trowel in one of the cornerstones of South African political satire, has always maintained that much of his material is written by politicians – both apartheid-era as well as contemporary usual-suspects.
If you are middle-class, white, English-speaking and find yourself in this suburban echo chamber of privilege, you will recognise what comes out of Kelz’s mouth. It has probably come out of your own in some form or other. Proximity to and intimacy with this particular brand of South African whiteness and it’s grinding nasal tonality, is what has disrupted Kelz’s sense of self. Tlhabi’s character is a figment of a particular white imagination – channelled, amplified and birthed into existence by her young creator.The disruptive optics of this, at first confused and outraged South Africans, black and white. Our wiring, as a collective audience, first needed to be tampered with, you see.
and on the 702 Weekend Breakfast Show hosted by Phemelo Motene, featuring across multiple internet platforms and performing live stand-up.begins with the national anthem and a disclaimer: “The following programme is not endorsed, affiliated or sponsored by any political party. But it could be … if you want it to. But seriously, it isn’t … not at all. So now you know.”Tholakele Mnganga
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