SA has a funny bone, let’s tickle it

It’s an open secret that living in South Africa has its ups and downs. This is a beautiful country with beautiful people. Unfortunately, our politicians are trying by all means to spoil the party for us. And they’re succeeding somehow. As a result, we tend to talk about politics more than anything else.

But that doesn’t diminish the fact that South Africans are a wonderful bunch of people and I wouldn’t want to be anywhere else. I was brought up by a family of jokers on my mom’s side.

My late sister and my mom’s first born child were the best. My sister could joke about the lamest things and make it extremely hilarious.

Being brought up in the former Transkei meant there was no shortage of a cynical or sarcastic sense of humour. I am glad the rest of South Africans are catching on. There’s so much negative stuff going on.

We need humour and South Africans haven’t disappointed. I was brought up in an environment where people joked about tragedies. That way it helped the grief-stricken to deal with their tragedy.

I guess that’s how the saying “kuyahlekwa noba kufiwe” (laughing in the face of adversity) came about. The atmosphere in the country needs people who are resilient and South Africans have proved to be just that.

I’m sure politicians get confused at times as to the type of people we are. They do something trying to embarrass us, but the people then turn everything around and make the politician concerned a joke.

I know some people find a cynical or sarcastic sense of humour unappealing. Unfortunately, this is the only type of humour that is effective when dealing with insensitive politicians. Whenever there’s a topical issue doing rounds, you’ll find on social networks someone with a hilarious spin on the same issue.

Personally, such people are needed more than ever if we are to survive the onslaught from the politicians. Richardson Mzaidume

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