How Trevor Noah paved the way for big gigs for local stars

Noah put the spotlight on SA like never before, doors were kicked open and so Mzansi occasionally woke up to many more great news from Tinseltown in years that followed.

10 July 2021 - 14:20

By emmanuel tjiya AND Emmanuel Tjiya

On March 30 2015, Mzansi woke up to the best news ever – then novice SA export Trevor Noah was to replace American late night TV titan Jon Stewart as host of Comedy Central’s Daily Show.

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