TVSA blogger Cheesa put out
a call for it's return back in 2010 and it's eventually happened.
Comedy sketch show The Pure Monate Show will be back on TV soon.
Sort of. Kinda. Almost.
Pure Monate creator Kagiso Lediga blasts back to TV with a new comedy sketch show next month, titled The Bantu Hour. It premieres on SABC2 on Saturday, 7 September and it's a variety mix of satirical sketches and musical numbers.
Musical hotshot Hugh Masekela is in charge of the music as the house bandleader and will also co-host alongside Kagiso. The rest of the cast consists of a troupe of comedians and actors who perform the weekly sketches and celebrity guests who pop in weekly.
Those who've been confirmed include Celeste Ntuli, Trevor Gumbi and Chris Forrest. Kagiso Lediga heads up the writing team which includes Lazola Gola, Jason Goliath, Christopher Steenkamp, Muzi Dhlamini and Nina Hastie.
The show starts at 21h00.