#FamilyInterview|#FridayFun Mojak Lehoko , Multi Award winning, Comedian, writer and actor
He is part of the line up for Bafunny Bafunny at The Cape Town Comedy Festival (CTCF) which will return to the Artscape Theatre from Sunday 1 March.
He has a podcast series titled, Tell us more. It is a podcast telling the stories of South African artists and personalities.
Bafunny Bafunny , ‘South Africa’s answer to a national comedy team competing at the World Cup of Funny. The star-studded cast, consisting of four of our funniest comedians, is ready to unite the nation through laughter in an epic showdown against four comedians from England, Canada, USA and Malawi. Bafunny Bafunny is one of the highlights at this year’s Cape Town Comedy Festival.’
The comedian started his career in 2009, and his shows have featured at the Grahamstown Arts Festival.
“I think comedy chose me. While performing at Cool Runnings, I used to get R100 and would be so happy about it. After four months, I started taking comedy seriously,” Mojak says.
He won the roast battle which aired on comedy central in 2018. The roast battle is comedy's closest thing to a sport. Comedians battle it out with the most brutal jokes imaginable.
Mojak has graced various stages across South Africa and abroad. Since his humble beginnings at Cool Running in Melville he has gone on to be nominated for Comic’s choice award and won the adoration of crowds from all walks of life.
Mojak is also a multiple Comics Choice Awards nominee and winner of the Comics Pen Award for best writer in 2017.
He has been the host of MTV Base's Newsish, Woza Kleva and a cast member of various sketch comedy shows such Comedy Central's As a People, The Bantu Hour and appeared in John Barker's feature film Wonderboy For President.
He has written on numerous other projects such as Ekasie Stories, Abomzala, and the South African Film and Television Award-nominated The Bantu Hour (SAFTAs).