WHASEEF PIEKAAN
MC | COMEDIAN | INFLUENCER
TikTok: 299.6k | Facebook 66k Followers
Whaseef Piekaan is a much-loved MC, Comedian and skit performer in Cape Town. He moves effortlessly between comedy, singing, jingle writing, theatre, and film. From Carnegie Hall in New York to sold-out festivals in South Africa, his performances bring Cape culture to global audiences with authenticity, humour, and heart.
Whaseef is an excellent event hosts – and he has audiences in stitches when he switches to his alter egos, Mariam Kerrie and Fransiena Willemse, who entertained millions during the Covid Pandemic.
Together with his family, The Piekaans, Whaseef has a phenomenal content creator. His ‘Kullid Barbie’ music video has over 1.4 million views on TikTok. He is valued as a brand ambassador who project family values, cultural humour, and energy in his reels.
Achievements
■ Performed at Carnegie Hall, New York as part of the prestigious Ubuntu Festival.
■ Winner of Best Actor Award (Zabalaza Festival, Baxter Theatre, 2013) for one-man show
*Wrongly Accused*.
■ Featured in Oliver Hermanus’ award-winning film *The River with No End.
■ Co-producer of the HaLOL Comedy Festival (Joseph Stone Auditorium, 2019)
■ Performed at the Edinburgh Festival, Scotland, receiving rave internation
■ 11-time Kaapse Klopse Moppie Champion, winning first prizes across a decade.
*Broadway World (2013) – “Piekaan delivers a star-making performance in Wrongly Accused”
*Critical Consensus “Celebrated for blending comedy with pathos, bringing relatable rural and
urban South African stories to life”
