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  By Siyamazi Khathola Yesterday we attended the Press Launch and nominee announcement of the Savanna Comic’s Choice Awards at Parker's Comedy & Jive inside Monte Casino. It was definitely not ‘dry’ cause it was filled with a number of well-known comedians, even the legendary Bra Joe Mafela graced us with his presence, pity I couldn’t take a selfie with him (as proof). After much campaigning, vetting, lobbying, nail-biting and sweating, the nominees for The 4th Annual South African Savanna Comic’s Choice Awards® (CCA’s) have been announced. And the nominees, as voted for by the comedy industry are…! The Savanna Newcomer Award :  Alfred Adriaan, Loyiso Madinga, Yaaseen Barnes, Glen Biderman-Pam, Bradford Keen The Breakthrough Act Award: Donovan Goliath, Jason Goliath, Schalk Bezuidenhout, Deep Fried Man, Kagiso KG Mokgadi The Comic’s Choice Comic Of The Year Award: Tumi Morake, Chester Missing, Loyiso Lungile Gola, Trevor Noah, Riaad Moosa ...

Be part of the audience as SA’s top comedians come out to watch this year’s up-and-coming comics battle it out for votes at the Savanna Newcomer Showcase on 6 May at the Soweto Theatre.  As part of the build up to the Savanna CCA’s (Comics’ Choice Awards) that takes place in August, this unique comedy showcase kicks off a few months prior and sees all registered comedians in the newcomer category perform a few minutes of stand-up in front of SA’s finest. Why? So the comedy industry knows who to vote for, of course. Between 20 and 30 budding hopefuls from across the country, each have five minutes to impress the audience and make them laugh more – and louder – than their comedic comrades. Last year’s inaugural showcase was electric, with routines ranging from hybrid-vernac and Afrikaans to upper-crust English.  Schalk Bezuidenhout received a standing ovation and went on to win the award at the main event, so the heat is on for the newcomers to deliver the performance...

We attended the comics choice awards press lunch, which was held at the parkers comedy club in montecasino, the for MC day was funny comedian John Vlismas, who did a great job kept the audience the media entertained and laughing very hard. The nominees were announced (to cheers and applause) by previous winners Sifiso Nene, Dillan Oliphant, Joe Parker and Alyn Adams, who entertained everyone at the press event by doing a few minutes of stand-up.  2011 winner Deep Fried Man had the room in hysterics with his trademark “stand-up comedy with a guitar”. And the nominees are…! The Savanna Newcomer Award, ·          Loyiso Madinga, ·          Eureka Nkese, ·          Schalk Bezuidenhout, ·          Kagiso Mokgadi The BlackBerry® Breakthrough Act Award, ·          Dee...

Support SA’s hottest local comedy talent by voting for your favourite comedian in the  Savanna Audience Choice Award  category and you could win a VIP experience to the 3rd Annual South African Comic’s Choice Awards™ (CCA’s) on  24 August  for you and your partner. Voting for the CCA’s closes on 14 July, which means there are only 10 days left! It’s easy to vote: visit http://www.comicschoice.co.za/ public-voting/ , scroll through the registered comedians, choose your favourite (and funniest), and SMS only that comedian’s unique code to 38374. You can vote twenty times (if you can’t choose just one favourite comedian!). But…something NEW for 2013! Whilst voting for the  four nominees  in each award category will close on the 14 th , the CCA has decided to change the rules slightly this year.  When the four nominees in the  Savanna Audience Choice Award  category are announced, voting will re-open for that award only, giving each of ...