Personalities’ antics are manna from heaven for comedians

THE US government has rejected calls for an independent UN investigation into the dastardly bombing of a Doctors Without Borders hospital in Afghanistan.

Expecting the US military to conduct a credible investigation into the atrocity is as futile as expecting the SABC board to allow a fair and unbiased internal disciplinary hearing to fulfil the public protector’s censure of chief operating officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng.

Both instances would be tantamount to expecting turkeys to vote in favour of a traditional Western Christmas dinner.

No wonder comedy is a growth industry in South Africa with such bountiful material constantly on stream. You couldn’t script such hilarious material. South African personalities seem to queue up to be cast as the principal character in the latest comedy farce.

Zwelinzima Vavi seems to be such a masochistic regular comedic performer. After his leadership woes at Cosatu, he is valiantly attempting to resurrect his tainted image by portraying himself as the custodian of morality in South Africa. But his actions constantly belie that image.

How can we trust a man who has a history of woman abuse by admitting to committing adultery with a vulnerable subordinate on workplace premises? And he was recently arrested for allegedly driving at an excessive speed.

It is manna from heaven for our corps of stand-up comics.

Lenasia, Joburg

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