FOR the past month or two, the phrase “Yena aya kwini” has been the best thing since sliced bread on social media.
Loosely translated, the phrase means “where was that person going in the first place?”
It is used when something good, bad or funny happens. For example a man is shown leaving home while there is a storm outside and he carries an umbrella. He is hit by lightning as he steps out and the phrase is dropped in.
The man behind the phrase is none other than Hlupheka “Boti Majulie” Mabunda.
The 57-year-old comedian from Bambheni outside Giyani in Limpopo said he is always surrounded by locals because they find him hilarious.
He said: “My talent was discovered very late. If it had been realised earlier I am sure my life would have turned out better.
“I’ve suffered a lot and things are only starting to change now after the ‘Yena aya kwini’ phrase cracked social media.”
He said he lived all his life in a one-room house with a leaking roof. But when the phrase went viral, he got attention, even from the authorities.
“I recently got an RDP house built, something that I had been waiting for, for years.
“I am grateful to all the people who took my videos and uploaded them on the internet.”
His manager, Tirani Mabasa of Homba Communications, said the plan is to see that fame brings good changes in his life.
