David Kau Opens Up About Being in the Comedy Industry.

For about 20 years now, David Kau has been in the comedy business. So, it is safe to refer to him as a legend in the field.

In fact, when mentioning black people who pioneered stand-up comedy, his name pops up. The comedy legend opened that he made lots of sacrifices to present his popular show.

“If you think of comedy in South Africa, especially black comedy, I had to spend my money to start Blacks Only, Comedy Blackout before that. Myself and Kagiso didn’t get a salary to make the Pure Monate show but we paid everybody else — the comedians, writers, and crew. So there has always been a lack of money, whether it’s Arts and Culture or sponsors. I’ve never really been a person to wait for the government or anyone for that matter. Everything I’ve done I’ve thrown whatever I had at it.” he told TshisaLIVE.

On the 7th of October, David’s comedy show Blacks Only will be happening at The Teatro at Montecasino in Johannesburg.

“When we did So You Think You’re Funny we were sponsored for two seasons. We have ten or nine in the top 20 comedians in the country. All of them are from So You Think You’re Funny. From Mpho Popps to Celeste, Thabelo Tips, Tats Nkonzo, Sfiso Nene, all these guys come from an idea we had and then there was some sponsor at least to put it on TV or to at least get these guys out there.”

For the event, the veterans of comedy will be in attendance as well as the up-and-coming comedians.

“Honestly, whenever I have money again I can multiply the number of black South African comedians that are making a living from stand-up comedy. I mean SABC has done their best. They don’t have the resources that private stations have like Showmax, Netflix, your Amazon. But I don’t think they approach this the right way. You come into a country like this you need to go and ask ‘what’s the biggest comedy show?’, ‘who are the biggest comedians here?’, ‘can we do something with you guys?’, but that didn’t happen. There’s a lot of people who can make a difference but you know television and agents, and managers it’s a totally different relationship, half the time they have no clue what they are doing.”

Tickets for Black Only is available for sale at Ticketpro.co.za