Wazi M Kunene is a South African award winning Standup Comedian, an all round artist born in Pietermaritzburg, KZN. After obtaining her Bachelor of Arts degree from Rhodes University, Wazi has bravely manoeuvred the creative industry, intentionally swaying between performing, writing, voice overs and acting.

She has astonished audiences with her intriguing, uproarious comedy and remarkable performance skills. Wazi launched her debut standup comedy special: Dawn in 2021. She has toured the country, began performing internationally, hosts the crowd favourite: Women Who Kill standup comedy showcased in multiple theatres and festivals, and the first woman to win Newcomer at the prestigious Savanna Comics Choice Awards ’23.

Wazi has had an unmissable presence and growth in the comedy world. Be it viral social media skits, writing for Comedy Central Roast of Pearl Thusi, voice over work, hosting, TV comedy sets on SABC and Comedy Central, contributing to Showmax comedy roast of Minnie Dlamini and being part of a fast growing comedy podcast: Censored-ish.

Her artistry knows no bounds, She is also a children’s books author for Oxford University Press, having written over
26 isiZulu books for varying grades. She wrote the play: Lisakhanya, a children’s play for the Joburg Theatre. She has voiced children’s characters for educational programs like Modlin, Khan Academy, translated and voiced multiple subjects for the Vodacom eSchooling program. She is also a published poet, with her photographic anthology: Deluge In Swarga. Wazi has ventured in to acting having appeared in short films and Showmax’s Untangled.

Wazi embraces every artistic discipline with courage and creativity, yet this is just the dawn of her multifaceted career and ingenuity.