POLOKWANE – Equally beautiful are her people. South Africans are a rather interesting bunch. We are as temperamental as we are forgiving.
We are also a very proud people. But perhaps what sets us apart from the rest of the world is our ability to laugh at ourselves. From politicians to kwaito stars, no one is spared from being made fun of in South Africa. I guess this is what gets us through the hard times.
Like most people in this country, I spend a lot of time on social media, and in between the racist tirades and biblical quotes, you are sure to find comedy gold.
Life has been rather interesting, and a little funny, since South Africans discovered the internet.
Just go through your Twitter feed or your Facebook timeline and you are bound to come across a few memes and GIFs poking fun at someone. This is all done in the name of fun of course and not meant to cause any harm.
From celebrity outfits being compared to food packages to President Jacob Zuma’s inability to read numbers, the internet spares no one, and judging by the number of times we have all shared these jokes, it is safe to assume we love the humour.
South Africa has a very painful past, one we have not quite healed from. So the fact that we can sometimes laugh at ourselves is, in
