SA’s comedians have a knack for pointing out our country’s failings, quirks and foibles in a way that makes us laugh at ourselves and yet at the same time feel a kind of patriotic pride.

So when Marc Lottering regaled his audience with an impression of a gay hippopotamus on the loose in Grassy Park, we were all delighted — even though the premise of his story was one of national embarrassment...

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