Trevor Noah lost his voice after hosting the Mandela 100: Global Citizen Festival - and this is how he now does The Daily Show on Comedy Central from tonight.

Someone should check on Bonang Matheba because her co-host Trevor Noah has now lost his voice after Sunday’s Mandela 100 Global Citizen Festival 2018 and this is how he had to do his latest edition of The Daily Show on Comedy Central (DStv 122) that South African and African viewers will see tonight – using the show's correspondents and a type of sign language.

After pre-recording this week's first episode of The Daily Show in South Africa broadcast last night and interviewing his grandmother during his visit to co-host the Global Citizen Festival where Beyonce and Jay Z performed, Trevor Noah flew back to Comedy Central's New York studio but lost his voice.

Instead of broadcasting a rerun, Trevor Noah – without voice due to vocal cord damage from all of Sunday’s talking and flying for 36 hours – decided to call up the army in the form of the show’s various correspondents to do the talking. 

This episode with Trevor Noah doing literally pointed commentary through his version of sign language, will be broadcast on Comedy Central tonight.

On Twitter Trevor Noah explained what happened: "As you'll know, when you watch The Daily Show tonight, I don't have a voice right now. I thought that my vocal cords were healed but according to the doctor, flying 36 hours and hosting a giant concert in South Africa didn't help me."

"So now if I want to get better I have to take it seriously so that I can perform at 100% on my new tour next year."

"I hate cancelling shows but I also hate the idea of losing my voice forever so I'm postponing all this year's stand-up shows. I'm gonna be like The Rock but in a voice gym."

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— Trevor Noah (@Trevornoah) December 5, 2018

While Beyoncé and Jay-Z's abruptly cut short televised performance angered Mandela 100: Global Citizen Festival viewers, it was the shocking South Africa crime wave afterwards that ended up stealing the patronising show filled with American accents.

The Mandela 100: Global Citizen Festival 2018 left a very bad aftertaste for South Africans and South African viewers after the televised Beyoncé and Jay-Z performance was cut short, followed by terrified concert goers held at knife and gun point when they left the FNB Stadium in Soweto.

The Mandela 100: Global Citizen Festival 2018 angered DStv subscribers, SABC viewers and the audience watching through several of the streaming links on Sunday night as Beyoncé and Jay-Z's cut their televised performance to just 25 minutes - followed by shocking robberies and attacks and the pathetic South African Police Service nowhere to be seen afterwards, as absolutely terrified concert goers got attacked and robbed.

Shocked and flabbergasted viewers didn't know and couldn't understand why the Beyoncé and Jay-Z performance on Sunday night at Mandela 100: Global Citizen Festival 2018 suddenly got cut at 22:15 after just 25 minutes of the 2 hour performance - something they've waited for for hours since 14:00 on Sunday afternoon through some tepid stage performances and multiple patronising speeches delivered with American accents.

MultiChoice did reveal belatedly over the past weekend that it would only be broadcasting 25 minutes on its DStv satellite pay-TV service of the on-stage appearance of Beyoncé and Jay-Z and that only the same 25 minutes would be streamed on YouTube and elsewhere.

This is because "the full performance of Beyoncé and Jay-Z is exclusive to those who have earned their tickets to be inside the stadium on the day".

Unfortunately MultiChoice communicated it too late and too close to the weekend and a lot of viewers had no idea why the feed on DStv, SABC1 and on streaming services like YouTube and the SABC News service abruptly got cut off.

After the end of Beyoncé and Jay-Z performance, those who have earned their tickets to be inside the stadium for the Mandela 100: Global Citizen Festival 2018, got robbed in horrific attacks when the South African Police Service who was quick to be on show to prevent people getting into the stadium who don't have a ticket, was nowhere to be seen when people left.

Gangs of criminals attacked and robbed Mandela 100: Global Citizen Festival 2018 concert goers of their bags and cellphones in the vicinity of the Sasol garage close to the FNB Stadium, with many people slamming Uber South Africa for not being available when they wanted to use the ride-sharing service.

"There was NO SAPS present. Nothing. The screaming of girls and people everywhere still rings in my head. People running away holding bricks because they feared for their safety. They knifed people, burning people. It was horrifying," Catherine Constantinides, Miss Earth SA director tweeted and who called the crime "harrowing" to witness.

Leanne Manas, the SABC2 Morning Live presenter tweeted "@JoburgMPD where were you last night AFTER the #GlobalCitizenFestivalSA when people were being mugged & harassed by thugs?? You were everywhere BEFORE the show to ensure no one without access got in - but AFTER??"

Another concert goers tweeted that when she called the South African police "to alert them of mass mugging, sexual harassment, guns and stampedes they should have arrived" but didn't.

Imaan Moosa said "we couldn't go anywhere because men were stealing and harassing people all around us. We were corralled in. We decided to stay amongst the obviously scared and startled crowd. Strength in numbers. Then a gunshot went off and people started running."

Alison Bradley, Global Citizen Festival spokesperson said a press release would be issued on Monday but by 14:30 on Monday there was as yet still nothing in the form of any statement.

Global Citizen did tweet that "After such an inspiring evening, we are saddened to hear the challenges people had while leaving the venue. We have been working to support people getting home safely."

Meanwhile on Saturday the young rigger, Siyabonga Ngodze plunged to his death while working at the Global Citizen Festival production set-up

Global Citizen said that it had been advised that Siyabonga Ngodze was an experienced rigger and was wearing all appropriate safety gear and equipment.


UPDATE MONDAY 3 December 2018 15:52
Global Citizen and the House of Mandela finally got around to issuing a press statement saying they're "deeply disturbed" by the horrific crime that engulfed concert goers leaving the Mandela 100 Global Citizen Festival.

"The safety of our guests is always of paramount importance to us and we understand and strongly empathise with their hurt and anger," says Andrew Kirk, global director of PR for Global Citizen, in a statement.

"The South African Police Service is requesting all victims of wrongdoing to file a police report, which we strongly encourage."

Production staffer involved with Mandela 100 Global Citizen Festival 2018 dies after rigger plunges to his death on Saturday at FNB Stadium in Soweto.

A production staffer involved with the Mandela 100 Global Citizen Festival 2018 set for Sunday at the FNB Stadium in Soweto, South Africa has died after plunging to his death, although the concert will go ahead despite the tragedy and loss of life.

Siyabonga Ngodze died on Saturday at the FNB Stadium doing rigging work for one of the production partners involved with the Mandela 100 Global Citizen Festival 2018 that saw an influx of international speakers, dignitaries, visitors and performers who will make on-stage appearances on Sunday.

The event is set to be broadcast by MultiChoice's DStv, YouTube, Twitter, the SABC's SABC1 and Viacom International Media Networks Africa's (VIMN Africa) TV channels, MTV (DStv 130) and MTV Base (DStv 323).

"This afternoon in Johannesburg, a rigger working on behalf of a production partner for the Global Citizen Festival, suffered fatal injuries arising from a fall at the site," said Andrew Kirk, Global director of public relations for Global Citizen, late on Saturday in a statement.

Global Citizen said that it had been advised that the man who died was an experienced rigger and was wearing all appropriate safety gear and equipment.

Global Citizen said that the circumstances surrounding the incident are being investigated in partnership with all of the relevant local and government authorities.

"Global Citizen extends our deepest sympathies to the family of the deceased and all of his colleagues and friends."