Vafa Naraghi

Vafa Naraghi is a South African comedian, performer, and digital content creator known for his multilingual comedy, observational humour, and social commentary. Born in Pretoria and raised in Mahikeng, North West, to parents of Persian heritage, he speaks several languages including Setswana, Afrikaans, isiXhosa, and Farsi, and studied engineering, completing both undergraduate and postgraduate qualifications before entering comedy full-time. He earned a master’s degree in structural engineering at the University of Cape Town. Vafa began performing comedy in 2017, initially as a hobby, and his profile grew through stand-up performances and social media sketches drawing on South African cultural experiences. He has performed at major events including the Blacks Only Comedy Show and the Laugh Africa Comedy Festival, and in 2024 he appeared in The F Show alongside Mpho Popps and Khanyisa Bunu. That same year he won two Savanna Comics' Choice Comedy Awards, for Breakthrough Act of the Year and Sauce of the Year. In 2025 he launched his first national solo tour, Becoming South African, exploring themes of race, language, belonging, and national identity.