Loyiso Gola

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Loyiso Gola
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Gola in 2011
Born (1983-05-16) 16 May 1983 (age 40)
Gugulethu, Cape Town, South Africa
MediumStand-up, television
NationalitySouth African
Years active2002–present [1] [2]
Genres Satire, parody [3]
Subject(s) South African politics [3]
Relative(s)Lazola Gola (brother)
Notable works and roles Late Nite News with Loyiso Gola

Loyiso Gola (born 16 May 1983) is a South African stand-up and TV comedian. He is the co-creator and anchor of the late-night satirical news television series Late Nite News with Loyiso Gola on e.tv and eNCA, launched in 2010, and has performed internationally.

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Early life and education

Gola is Xhosa, [4] [5] and was born on 16 May 1983 [2] [6] in the Cape Town township of Gugulethu. [7] [8] [9] He moved away from Gugulethu at the age of 14, [7] [10] and attended Zonnebloem Nest Senior School in Woodstock. [11] [12] [13]

Gola describes himself as "very reserved and shy" before his exposure to comedy. After performing a stand-up opening act for comedian Marc Lottering at his high school, his drama teacher introduced him to the Cape Comedy Collective at the age of 17. He subsequently job shadowed stand-up comedians from the comedy troupe for a school work experience programme and began performing on stage regularly with the group. [1] [4] [13] [14]

He matriculated in 2002, [12] and won the Sprite Soul Comedy Tour in December of the same year, [15] [16] after which he relocated from Cape Town to Johannesburg. [17]

His younger brother Lazola Gola is also a comedian. [18]

Career

His television career began with appearances on SABC 1 in the Phat Joe Live talk show in 2002, [7] and subsequently on the SABC 1 Pure Monate Show sketch comedy series created by comedians David Kau and Kagiso Lediga in 2003. [4] [14] [19]

In 2007 he became the co-host of the SABC 2 Dinner with the President talk show created by Pieter-Dirk Uys, playing the role of the black grandson of the satirist's alter ego Evita Bezuidenhout. [19] [20]

In 2010 he became the host of the Late Nite News satirical series he co-created with fellow comedian Kasigo Lediga, [21] which aired on e.tv and eNCA. [22] [23]

Gola has performed stand-up comedy in various one-man shows on the South African comedy circuit since 2006, [24] as well as in several international comedy festivals. [13]

On 21 January 2022 he appeared on the BBC1 programme Would I Lie To You? , series 15, episode 3.[ citation needed ]

Recognition

Gola won the Best Breakthrough Comedy Act South African Comedy Award for his 2007 one-man show Loyiso Gola for President, which coincided with the run-up to the election of a new leader of the African National Congress who would ultimately become the President of South Africa. [7] [24] [25]

In 2012 Gola was named one of the Mail & Guardian 200 Young South Africans , in the Media & Film category. [26] Men's Health describes Gola as having "divisive mass appeal" due to the openly critical nature of his humour, and being "a genuine thinker masquerading as a fool and the reluctant voice of a cynical generation". [4]

Late Nite News was nominated for an International Emmy Award for best comedy series in 2013. [27]

One-man shows

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards

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