The Almost Perfect Podcast
Episodes
Bonus: For whom the bell tolls
18 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Reflections on death and dying. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
#176 - Melt Sieberhagen (Actor / Comedian / Writer - District 9 / Proesstraat / 7de Laan)
04 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Melt Sieberhagen has been part of South Africa’s entertainment industry for over two decades - acting in beloved Afrikaans TV shows, performing stan...
Re-Release - Muzi from 2019
27 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I'm still in the trenches so we're running back this interview with Muzi from 2019."Muzi is a musician who was successful long before you (or I) knew ...
Re-release - Loyiso Madinga from 2019
13 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Fortunately for me, but unfortunately for those of you wanting new interviews, I've been hella busy lately. So, we're digging in the archives once aga...
Re-Release - Loyiso Gola from 2021
06 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Things have been a little slow at Almost Perfect headquarters so I decided to re-release an old episode from the archives with updated audio. The orig...
#175 - Yaaseen Barnes (Comedian / Director of the Jive Funny Championship)
09 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Yaaseen Barnes returns for the second half of our rather extensive chat. This time we get into the history of the Cape Town comedy scene and the impor...
Bonus: It's Not the End of the World
02 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hey team, this week was a bit hectic what with me doing my solo show 'It's Not the End of the World', so I didn't have time to finish editing the seco...
#174 - Yaaseen Barnes (Comedian / Director of Jive Comedy Championship)
25 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Comedian Yaaseen Barnes has had a career most comedians would be jealous of, yet he didn't pull the ladder up behind him and instead has helped the Ca...
#173 - Colin Moss (Actor - Black Mirror / Jessica Jones / Unseen)
18 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Colin Moss knows all too well that fame is a prison. Thankfully, it's a prison he managed to escape when moving to New York to pursue his acting caree...
#172 - Andie Reeves (Writer / Comedian / Podcaster / Crafter - Two Freaks Notice / Cape Town Craft Club)
11 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The multi-talented Andie Reeves has lived the kind of life where she just casually drops details that some people would write whole books about as if ...
Patreon Preview - Rabobi: Homecoming
24 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hey Almost Perfectionists,As some of you know, I occasionally drop bonus episodes of the podcast over on Patreon.If you'd dig to hear them, you can si...
#171 - Khanyisa JamJam (Comedian - Sorry for the Weight)
14 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Khanyisa JamJam aka JamJam The Comedian is the biggest cheerleader of all things South African, but especially sports. Who knew you could go from lead...
In Memory of Ebenhaezer Dibakwane
10 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The South African comedy community is in mourning as we all found out about the passing of Ebenhaezer Dibakwane this weekend. Ebenhaezer was beloved b...
#170 - Céline Tshika (Actor/Singer/Comedian - Politically Aweh / Jess Goes West / Bad African)
07 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Not many people in comedy have an engineering degree to fall back on (they're usually doctors), but Céline Tshika is, uh, built different. You probab...
#169 - Phil de Lange (Comedian/Podcaster/Radio Producer - Nation Wild/Petty Crime South Africa/Smile FM)
28 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Despite being called a "gimmick act" by older comedians early in his comedy journey, Phil de Lange has had a career many of them would be jealous of. ...
#168 - Di Frost (Comedian/Writer/Strategist - Comedy on Kloof/Frost Creative)
21 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Comedian Di Frost is one half of the team behind Comedy on Kloof, a queer and women friendly weekly comedy gig in Cape Town that recently celebrated i...
#167 - Jaryd Pillay (Comedian/Actor - Jive Funny Competition 2024 Winner/Resident Evil)
14 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
You know what they say, it takes 10 years to become an overnight success. Comedian and actor Jaryd Pillay is living proof of the adage. With a decade ...
Bonus: So Long And Thanks For All The Bunny Chows
31 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain. Anyway, I'm moving to Cape Town.See you soon. Hosted on Acast. See acast...
#166 - Loopy (Musician/Writer - Fruits & Veggies/The Lake)
13 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Loopy is a local legend. If you spent any amount of time at The Winston Pub in Durban, or Lefty's in Cape Town, there's no doubt Loopy would have hust...
#165 - Nina Hastie (Comedian/Writer/TV Presenter: Only Jokes Allowed/Trending SA)
01 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
You know Nina Hastie. You've seen her on TV, Netflix, social media, and you've no doubt her voice in countless ads and voice overs. She's been everywh...
#164 - Nate Levinrad (Comedian: That's Not Funny)
30 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Nate Levinrad is a comedian and one half of the That's Not Funny team putting on gigs in Cape Town. He also occasionally dabbles in music journalism, ...
#163 - Callum Hitchcock (Comedian: Comic's Choice Awards Best Newcomer)
02 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
2024 Comics Choice Newcomer Callum Hitchcock has had an unconventional career in the three years he's been doing comedy. In his first five gigs he ope...
#162 - Simmi Areff Returns (Comedian/Podcaster: Badvice/Lesser Known Somebodies)
19 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Comedian and podcaster Simmi Areff is the go-to-guy when it comes to podcasting in South Africa. These days he's the co-host of the hilarious Badvice ...
#161 - Gareth Wilson (Musician: Black Cat Bones/A&R: Virgin Music South Africa)
12 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Gareth Wilson has spent his entire life either on stage or behind the scenes of South African music. From starting a band with his brother to eventual...
#160 - Kate Goliath (Managing Director: Goliath & Goliath)
21 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Managing Director of Goliath and Goliath, Kate Goliath, gets serious about comedy with us. We learn what it takes to work behind the scenes with the b...
#159 - Lindy Johnson (Comedian/Writer)
14 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Comedian and writer Lindy Johnson joins us for a hilarious chat about learning to give a fuck again.We get into "eternal naps", writing for roasts, an...
#158 - Angela de Klerk (Musician: Japan and I/Rambling Bones/West of the Moon)
23 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Angela de Klerk is a musician. She started singing for Japan and I as a teenager after a successful night of karaoke and hasn't looked back. Since...
#157 - Keagan Bennewith
16 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Keagan Bennewith is a musician and event organiser. He's the bassist for Poster Boy and one of the guys behind Reverberate. If you're part of ...
#156 - Akhil Maharaj
09 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Akhil Maharaj is a comedian. He's sardonic, awkward, and depressive, which makes him a perfect fit for the Not Quite Right Comedy crew. He also dr...
#155 - Catherine Grenfell
02 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Catherine Grenfell is a DJ, and executive producer at Audio Militia. You probably know her from her 15 years in radio as a producer and presenter at 5...
#154 - Aaron Peters
26 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Aaron Peters is a cultural curator. That's a fancy way of saying he does a whole lot behind the scenes of Cape Town's music community. Aaron h...
#153 - Spoek Mathambo/Nthato Mokgata
19 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Spoek Mathambo/Nthato Mokgata is a musician and filmmaker. He's a master of collaboration, with roots tracing all the way back to the seminal The ...
#152 - Kamaney
12 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Kamaney is a comedian. Growing up, Kamaney didn't know stand-up comedy was an option for her. The only funny women she saw were on sitcoms, so she...
#151 - Vincent Joseph
01 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Vincent Joseph is a comedian and cinematographer. He's also part of the Not Quite Right team, so we've been spending a lot of time together th...
#150 - Ambrose Uren
17 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Ambrose Uren is a comedian although he grew up spinning on his head as a b-boy. It turns out the two artforms have quite a few similarities. We reflec...
#149 - Candice Chirwa
20 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Candice Chirwa is the Minister of Menstruation. While not an official government position, Candice is more productive in enacting change than most pol...
#148 Liam Whitcher
25 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Liam Whitcher is a filmmaker and comedian. He comes from the Robert Rodriguez school of filmmaking (even though he studied at UCT) in that he's a ...
#147 - Robby Collins
11 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Robby Collins is a comedian and actor. One of the most well-known and well-loved acts in SA comedy, Robby has recently been focusing his efforts on br...
#146 - Andy Mkosi
28 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Andy Mkosi is a musician, photographer, filmmaker and cultural practitioner. She's someone who is obsessed with documenting the world around her t...
#145 - Henk van der Schyf
14 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Henk van der Schyf is a booker, promoter, venue owner, restaurateur, and there are probably quite a few titles I'm leaving out. Point is: the man ...
Episode 144 - Sonny Phiri
07 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Sonny Phiri aka Sonny the Jobber is a YouTuber and wrestler. If you're a member of the IWC (Internet Wrestling Community) you've probably come...
EP 142 - Sophie Joans
28 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Sophie Joans is an actor, playwriter, comedian, and clown. Her debut solo play 'Île' (Baxter Theatre, 2-6 May) has earned awards and much cri...
EP 141 - Zama Dlamini
17 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Zama Dlamini is an artist, designer, and DJ. Her colourful creations adorn clothing across the country and her eclectic track selections get booties p...
EP 140 - Justin McGee
10 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Justin McGee aka Sweatface is a photographer. If you were a joller in the 2000s and early 2010s, Justin probably smashed his flash in your face at som...
EP 139 - Mo Vawda
17 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Mo Vawda is a comedian and statistician. When he's not making people laugh on stage or online he's lecturing the youth about stats. We get into the in...
EP 138 - Khensani Mohlatlole
10 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Khensani Mohlatlole is a fashion writer and youtuber, and sewist. Khensani is incredibly passionate and knowledgeable about fashion, with particular i...
EP 137 - Cayleigh Bright
03 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Cayleigh Bright is a writer, editor, and co-founder of the writing agency Letterhead. Hear how a youth as a library monitor and drama kid lead to a fr...
EP 136 - Tibs Dumi
27 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Tibs Dumi is a comedian, actor, writer, and director. After a youth spent people pleasing, Tibs has finally learned to just do things for himself. It'...
EP 135 - Neil Green Returns
04 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Neil Green is a comedian. Durbanites will fondly remember him from his time on East Coast Radio and comedy stages across the city, but Neil is a long ...
EP 134 - Yola Plaatjie
21 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Yola Plaatjie is a actor and radio presenter who recently tried her hand at directing for the first time for the 48 Hour Film Festival. A film which B...
EP 133 - Dillan Oliphant Returns
30 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dillan Oliphant is a comedian and probably South Africa's most well-known Man Utd fan. While Dillan has been one of SA's most popular comedians for a ...
EP 132 - Live with Waylene Beukes and Rob Forbes ft. Mojak Lehoko
16 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It's the first ever live episode of The Almost Perfect Podcast and what a great episode it is. Hands down the funniest episode of the podcast to date....
EP 131 - Takunda Bimha
19 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Takunda Bimha is the festival director of the Johannesburg International Comedy Festival and the founder of Podium, a comedy agency that helped boost ...
EP 130 - Haji Mohamed Dawjee
12 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Haji Mohamed Dawjee is an author, editor, and columnist. You've probably read her weekly column on EWN or know her from her work with Mail & Guard...
EP 129 - King Shaft
05 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
King Shaft is a director, producer, and writer. He co-directed "1960" which opened this year's Durban International Film Festival and won the award fo...
EP 128 - Bonie Sithebe
29 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Bonie Sithebe is a director, producer, and co-founder of Durban Motion Pictures. We met up to discuss her feature film "Valley of a Thousand Hills" wh...
EP 127 - Jet Wentworth
08 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jet Wentworth is a rapper and graphic designer. While Jet's rap career started by getting booed off stage at a talent show in high school, perseveranc...
Episode 126 - Ali Heath
24 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ali Heath is a bassist and a film lecturer. You might know him from City Bowl Mizers, HOURS, or Hated Related, or maybe you've sat in his class as he ...
In Memory of Jaedon Daniel
23 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The South African music scene has lost a beautiful soul. Jaedon Daniel has passed on. It's a heartbreaking shock to everyone who knew him. Jaedon was ...
Episode 125 - Nondu Lehutso
10 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Nondu Lehutso is a podcaster and journalist. The host of The NDL Show has had a lifelong love of broadcast journalism that she traces back to watching...
Episode 124 - MX
27 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
MX is a rapper who streams freestyle sessions on Twitch. MX has been a part of the Durban rap scene since he was a teen, but recently he's found himse...
Episode 123 - Whan Zulu
22 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Whan Zulu is a film producer, entrepreneur, and the first Black South African to have a pro model skateboard. In 2002, at the age of 18, Whan became a...
Episode 122 - Nina Erasmus
01 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Nina Erasmus is a dancer, actor, and visual artist. Multifaceted to say the least, creativity is the driving force behind Nina's life. Nina's lifelong...
Episode 121 - Desire Marea
18 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Desire Marea is someone who I consider to be a once-in-a-generation artist. While he's probably best known as a musician, Desire's creativity knows no...
Episode 120 - Shanray van Wyk
04 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Shanray van Wyk is a comedian, actor, and writer. While he says he's lazy, his output says otherwise. We hear what it was like to manage the Melville ...
Episode 119 - Khanya Mtshali
25 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Khanya Mtshali is a writer and a critic. Khanya has bylines in pretty much every noteworthy publication in South Africa, and quite a few overseas too....
Episode 118 - Olivia Mortimer
18 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Olivia Mortimer is a photographer and filmmaker. Her work has been featured in Times Square and magazines around the world although, surprisingly...
Episode 117 - Richard Rumney
11 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Richard Rumney is a producer, DJ, and cultural curator. You might know him as Maramza or Richard The Third, although he was probably most influential ...
Episode 116 - Aluta Null
03 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Aluta Null is a digital artist and game designer. She works in a variety of mediums including AR and VR and her work is both personal and political. S...
Episode 115 - Mitch Harper Returns
14 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Mitch Harper is a freelance curator, cultural programmer, and film producer. Mitch returns to the podcast to fill us in on what he's been up to over t...
Episode 114 - Audiomarc
03 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Audiomarc is a DJ and producer who has been with Ivyson since day 1. The "Trap Addict" producer shares how he and Nasty C became friends and how much ...
Episode 113 - Catching up with Colleen Balchin and Mojak Lehoko
26 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
I recently found myself in Joburg again so decided to once again record a couple of my catch up sessions with ex-guests of the podcast. This week you'...
Episode 112 - Jumping Back Slash Returns
19 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jumping Back Slash is a musician, producer, and mix engineer. You probably know and love Jaybles already as he's been rather influential behind the sc...
Episode 111 - Jabu Newman
05 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jabu Newman is an artist and filmmaker who uses her work to explore and promote intersectional feminism. The multi-award-winning director and photogra...
Episode 110 - ByLwansta Returns Again
15 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
ByLwansta is a musician, designer, and label owner. You already knew that though as this is the third time the independent rapper is joining us on the...
Episode 109 - Catching up with Eric Jansen, Rofhiwa Maneta, and Leah Jazz
01 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week you're in for a treat. It's a 3-for-1 special as I made the most of my recent Jozi trip and convinced a few ex-guests to let me record our "...
Episode 108 - Samora Chapman
10 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Samora Chapman is a photographer, writer, and journalist. Samora will be exhibiting at the Durban Art Gallery with Cedric Nunn in an exhibition called...
Episode 107 - PJ Black
03 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
PJ Black is a professional wrestler. He's wrestled in 65 countries over his storied career and it all began under his father's tutelage here in South ...
Episode 106 - Sipho The Gift
27 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Sipho The Gift is a musician. He started out his journey as a kid with a guitar but soon found himself drawn to ALL the instruments. It's this deep lo...
Episode 105 - Atalya Chana
20 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Atalya Chana is a writer, actor, and director. You might have seen her on your screens in The Haunting of Maria Smit, On Isibindi Street, or the criti...
Episode 104 - Fortune Shumba
06 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Fortune Shumba is a musician and brand strategist. The soulful singer has had an incredible journey fraught with highs and lows that's lead her to a s...
Episode 103 - Stiff Pap
09 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Stiff Pap is an electronic music duo made up of Ayema Problem and Jakinda. The post-kwaito musicians recently released their second album TUFF TIME$ a...
Episode 102 - Rofhiwa Maneta
25 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Rofhiwa Maneta is a writer and arts and culture journalist. He's been incredibly influential in documenting SA's cultural scene over the years. You've...
Episode 101 - Caryn Welby-Solomon
18 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Caryn Welby-Solomon is an entertainment journalist and podcaster. Like many of us, Caryn saw her life turned upside down when lockdown hit. After year...
Episode 100 - The Retrospective
11 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Holy shit, we fucking did it. 100 canonical episodes of a podcast that nobody asked for but now you can't live without, right? Well, I can't.This is a...
Episode 98 - Vulane Mthembu
21 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Vulane Mthembu is a musician and someone I'm convinced is trying to bring about Skynet. You might know him from his work with BIG FKN GUN and Moonchil...
Episode 97 - Kai Pretorius
14 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Kai Pretorius is a dancer and teacher. Originally from Ramsgate, Kai now calls Amsterdam home after growing up in Durban. While Durban gave her a soli...
Episode 96 - Tell Us More Crossover
07 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Tell Us More is a podcast hosted by comedian, writer, and TV personality Mojak Lehoko. Mojak and I have interviewed each other on our respective podca...
Episode 95 - Paul Gioia
30 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Paul Gioia is a musician, teacher, and recording studio owner. He's the guitarist and singer for ATFN, a punk-influenced prog band that was formed bac...
Episode 94 - Loyiso Gola
23 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Loyiso Gola is a comedian. The twice Emmy-nominated host of Late Night News with Loyiso Gola has had a phenomenal career. He's travelled the world tel...
Episode 93 - Sibaphiwe Matiyela
16 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Sibaphiwe "Sibs" Matiyela is a voice-over artist and newsreader. You'll probably recognise her dulcet tones from 5FM although she's had an impressive ...
Episode 92 - Nax
09 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Nax (Matthieu "Makkie" Auriacombe) is a musician and producer. Born in France but raised in Pretoria, Nax was destined to make music due to his dad, h...
Episode 91 - Werner Olckers
26 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Werner Olckers is a musician, marketing manager, and sneaker enthusiast. You might remember him as the frontman for the indie-pop band Wrestlerish. Or...
Episode 90 - Hallie Haller
12 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Hallie Haller is a writer, director, and creative strategist who cares about media, the future and you. She is the writer and director of the utterly ...
Episode 89 - ByJono
26 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jonathan Ferreira aka ByJono is a photographer, content creator, and streamer. Jono started his career with a passion for documenting the scene in his...
Episode 88 - Conrad Koch
19 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Conrad Koch is a comedian and ventriloquist with a background in anthropology. You probably know Chester Missing, one of Conrad's creations who has co...
Episode 87 - DORMANTYOUTH
12 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
DORMANTYOUTH aka Thelma Ndebele is a DJ and an architect. Weirdly enough, it was through doing their dissertation that they became a DJ (or "clang cur...
Episode 86 - Rose Bonica
05 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Rose Bonica is a music producer, 3D animator, and owner of the record label Roses are Red. In the four years that she's been making music, Rose has qu...
In Memory of Nas Hoosen
29 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On the evening of Monday 25 January 2021, Nas Hoosen passed away due to complications with COVID-19. Nas was an incredible storyteller who mostly told...
Episode 85 - Sia & Big Sexy
22 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Sia and Big Sexy are pornstars. They're a couple in their mid-30s who have both tried their hands at a variety of careers before finding success with ...