CARL JOSHUA NCUBE
According to Comedy Central Africa “Carl Joshua Ncube has be the funniest comedian Zimbabwe’s ever produced” this after being recently featured on an all star lineup at the Comedy Central’s International Comedy Festival BEST OF AFRICA in SOUTH AFRICA where he joined an ensemble cast of some of the best comedians in Africa, the festival also featured comedians like Jeff Ross, Hannibal Buress, and Aries Spears .
Rise to Stardom
Carl broke into the Zimbabwean comedy scene with his debut one-man show Carl Joshua Ncube’s BIG ANNOUNCEMENT setting him up as arguably the best Zimbabwean Stand Up Comedian.[7]
He was however able to realise a lot of groundbreaking achievements as a result of his move to South Africa. Renowned South African comedy club, Parkers Comedy and Jive[8] gave Ncube a slot to perform at their popular club at which he rubbed shoulders with some of South Africa’s comedy elites such as Kediboni Malaudzi.
Carl Joshua Ncube has performed in South Africa, Botswana, Zambia, Uganda, Kenya, Nigeria and USA.[9] Joshua was part of a 37 member list of comedians drawn from all over the African continent to perform in Johannesburg in 2011. The list included renowned comedians such as Basketmouth from Nigeria, Ndumiso Lindi and Kagiso Ladeba [10]
World Record Attempt
In August 2016, Carl Joshua Ncube went around Zimbabwe and South Africa to stage 31 shows in a week in a bid to beat the record currently held by Australian comedian — Mark Murphy who held 30 shows in 30 different venues around Australia,from 14-20 October 2007. After staging his 31st show in Victoria Falls, Ncube gathered footage of all his shows and submitted it to the Guinness Book of World Records for adjudication.