THE funniest people in the land came together in one room on Wednesday, 28 February, for the nomination announcement of the Savanna Comic's Choice Comedy Awards.
The nominees were announced at the Red Raddison event in Rosebank, Johannesburg. Comedian Wazi M Kunene hosted the event, and she was also nominated for the Breakthrough Act of The Year Award.
Wazi has been nominated alongside Ebenhaezer Dibakwane, JamJam The Comedian, Shanray Van Wyk and Vafa Naraghi.
Vafa bagged three nominations, including Comedic Content and Sauce of the Year Award, presented by Mrs. Ball.
Other comedians who bagged three nominations are Celeste Ntuli, Robby Collins, Sifiso Nene and Dalin Oliver.
The Comedian of the Year Award nominees are Celeste Ntuli, Kagiso KG Mokgafi, Mpho' Popps' Modikoane, Robby Collins and Schalk Bezuidenhout.
King Flat, Mashabela Galane, Sifiso Nene, Summary and TT Phasha are nominated for The Joe Mafela Award.
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Armchair Comedy Wednesdays, Bioscope Sundays, Blacks Only Comedy Show, Freshly Cooked Comedy Nights and Otherwise Comedy Nights are nominated for Comedy Festival/Show Award.
Savanna Newcomer Award nominees are Callum Hitchcock, Khabane Moloi, Mr Chase, Mzonke Maloney and Thula Sithole.
Iconic comedian Marc Lottering is going to be honoured with the Hall Of Fame Award.
The awards will be held on Saturday, 13 April, at the Lyric Theatre in Joburg.
The awards producer, Manuela Dias de Deus, said they want to appreciate comedians.
"The aim is to celebrate the best stand-up comedians in the country and profile the industry. Through this, we want to create events for the public to attend so that young and upcoming artists shine and acquire global work," she said.
Comedian Mpho Popps, who will be hosting the main event, said comedians have to come together.
"It is our responsibility to build comedy. Music has a building, acting too. We have to pull together. We need to come together and rebuild our industry. Covid-19 hit us hard, and we had to push; we needed ourselves.
"We need to create properties for comedians to thrive. To all the comedians, let's write shows and create content," he said.
