If you're a South African then Tuesday is the Rapture. At 9pm our comic Messiah, Trevor Noah, will be beamed into our living rooms to officially start his new job as the host of The Daily Show.Hosted for 17 years by previous host, Jon Stewart, The Daily Show is a news satire programme that became popular for incisive social commentary.During Stewart's tenure the show won 21 Primetime Emmy Awards and came to be the second- longest running show on Comedy Central.One of the concerns many have raised about Noah's appointment has been that he may not be well versed enough in American politics for the show.But his experiences with South African politics may be enough. Speaking about the debate for Republican presidential candidates on Stephen Colbert's The Late Show last week, Noah quipped "They spoke for like three hours and didn't say anything," before doing an impersonation that sounded eerily like a question and answer session with Gwede Mantashe.He's also repeated that he has no intention of simply being the South African Stewart."We're still dealing with the same issues. It's just a different angle we're looking at things from - and it's my angle, really."I'm taking things in a slightly different direction, but to the same end point," he told Entertainment Weekly.The show has catapulted the careers of a number of comedians like Stephen Colbert, who went on to host the Colbert Report andThe Late Show, and John Oliver, who has his own popular Last Week Tonight with John Oliver.For long-time fans of The Daily Show the switch from Stewart to Noah may be a jarring one, but by all accounts the show will be better for it.If not, Trevor can always just come back home and tell us jokes about Julius Malema.The Daily Show airs on Tuesday at 9pm on DStv channel 122..