Episode 21 - Thenjiwe - South Africa

The lawyer turned comedian is one of the most highly recognisedand popular stand up comedians on the road today. She recentlyreturned from her international tour of her latest one womanshow which ended by shooting her 5th comedy special THENJIWELIVE IN LONDON.Thenjiwe first burst into the comedy scene in 2013, beginning hercareer in London where she was voted finalist in the funny womanawards in the same year and has already performed all over SouthAfrica, UK, Belgium, America, Berlin and Congo.She recently returned from a tour in South Asia.A KwaMashu native, Thenjiwe has been performing comedyaround the world.Armed with a Diploma in Performing Arts from Natal Technikon(now Durban University of Technology) and a Law Degree LLB,from the University of Lon- don, she separated herself from thepack by combining her comedy and acting talents to createThenjiwe Comedy Skits which went viral on the internet, exposing exposingher talent to Nguni language speaking audiences and earning herover 15 million views on her YouTube channel.This online popularity also resulted in MOJA LOVE TV on DSTV157 commissioning two of her web series, JUDGE THENJIWEKHAMBULE and MEET THE KHAMBULES, which are a heat withthe audiences. Thenjiwe, creates, writes, produces and stars inboth sitcoms. Thenjiwe has also stared in two international films,10 DAYS IN SUN CITY and THE ACCIDENTAL SPY.One of the unique secrets behind Thenjiwe’s success is herability to adapt her unique comedic personality to whatever arenaor environment she is working in and being bilingual has meantshe can entertain in both English and Zulu. Thenjiwe’s uniquestyle of humour is appealing to a wide variety of audiences.Her fresh, witty material is taken from observations of everydaylife, and her life is full of international experiences, having lived,studied and worked in USA and England and has performedto audiences in more than 20 cities around the world, she has alot of funny experiences to share with her audience. She has alsocreated, written, produced and stars in movies for Mzansi Magic,Vusikhaya, Umgcagco wezinyembezi, and Angel