South Africa—“sportwashing” energy companies—video by famous comedians https://www.greenpeace.org/africa/en/press/54703/watch-celebrity-comedians-call-for-totalenergies-to-be-kicked-out-of-afcon/ This video criticizes fossil fuel giant TotalEnergies’ sponsorship of the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), the main international men’s football competition in Africa, which kicked off on Saturday 13 January, 2024 in the Olympic Stadium of Ebimpé in Côte d’Ivoire. This punchy parody video features celebrity comedians, Zimbabwean Munashe Chirisa and British Jolyon Rubinstein. The video was released by Greenpeace Africa and its partner Kick Polluters Out, a movement of African creatives and activists fighting against sportswashing by Big Polluters.

South Africa’s Wittiest News Show

Politically Aweh is a spicy take on a current affairs news show led by comedian KG Mokgadi and his team, surrounding South African and international news and politics. They cover topics ranging from climate, to human rights issues, to elections, and everything in between. They satisfy a niche in the media world by talking about real time issues happening in South Africa and relating them to greater global issues at hand. While their main focus may not be climate change, they do have a section of their episodes dedicated to climate issues.

Link to website: https://www.politicallyaweh.co.za/

2020 Comedy & Climate Change Video Competition: First Place Winner; Climate Change in South Africa: How bad can it be?

https://insidethegreenhouse.org/media/2020-comedy-climate-change