Witbank not a laugh and a half

THIS week Madi got the invite to party it up in Witbank and was a bit taken aback... Would Madi have to share a cocktail with a goat or something?

Apparently not, as she found herself in the gorgeous The Ridge hotel, where they were unveiling their new entertainment venue called The Venue.

There was a comedy show as well, with Trevor Noah at the helm. Madi was excited to see the cute yellow bone, it had been a while. Wasn't he supposed to be making it big in Hollywood, or did he find himself broke and eating peanuts for supper - like Bonnie and Sisanda Henna? Madi hoped not.

Anyway, the show was a big bore. She'd hoped he had improved but no such luck.

Eugene Khoza was definitely the highlight of the entire show, albeit in a bad way! He offended the crowd so much by being brutally vulgar and taking a swipe at people with HIV, that people got tired of cringing and decided to walk out. Eugene, have you been drinking from the same well of green vomit misconstrued as comedy that Loyiso Gola does?

No love, that was not on. Maybe make jokes about people who cheat with ditzy UJ students and vehemently deny it despite the evidence of SMSes, what do you think?

Comedian Loyiso Madinga repeated the same old jokes that Madi has heard a million times. There are so many hilarious things around the country Loyiso, couldn't you find something fresh and new to talk about?

Witbank was freezing, and Madi was glad to finally dash back to Joburg, where she attended the Fashion Without Borders event held at Primi Piatti restaurant in Melrose Arch.

Look, Madi thinks the idea of putting a square runway in the middle of a busy restaurant was very creative, but it was almost like someone going to Pretoria via the Gautrain and accidentally getting off at the Marlboro station. It didn't really get there.

I mean, Madi would be focusing on a particular model in a gorgeous dress, then had to look at some ghastly waiter carrying a vegetarian pizza. What on earth?

The MC was Aaron Moloisi, who did a great job keeping the on-life-support event alive.

Madi spotted actress Zandile Msutwana, who looked like she was at the Old Mutual reception waiting for someone to process the claim for her dear, departed husband, black doek and all. Girl, what was up with the morbid widow look? Yoh.

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