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How Funny Is The New Africa Correspondent for Trevor Noah's 'Daily Show'?

Comedian Loyiso Madinga delivers politics with a punchline in his segments for the Africa version of the Comedy Central program.
South African comic Loyiso Madinga in Newtown, Johannesburg.

Trevor Noah isn't the only South African comic on The Daily Show roster.

This year, Comedy Central named some foreign correspondents to contribute to overseas versions of the show. And one of them is Loyiso Madinga, a 31-year-old stand-up comedian.

He's on impersonated an for the comedy sketch show and in his one-man show has poked fun at his strict dad, who hated idle hands"As soon we saw [his] car coming ...

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