Chris Mapane is a South African comedian who has been keeping people laughing for around 7 years now. Chris is 22 years old has a sense of humour to share with the world. He started doing stand-up comedy with a one man show at the University of the Witwatersrand and never looked back. With his extremely infectious energy and presence on stage, he keeps the audience interested, entertained and laughing from start to finish. His star started to shine from the days of mentoring “So you think you are funny” contestants to being able to share the stage with the likes of Terry Pheto & Lira while also being privileged to share the same stage with international superstars like Brandy, Regina King and Vivaca A Fox at the SA Sports Awards. His skills earned him a nomination at the Ikusasa Award for Comedian of the Year in 2012 along with hosting the sendoff of the SA Swimming Team to the Olympics, Telkom Foundation “Beacon Of Hope” Event and Telkom “Knock-Out” along with the Gauteng Sports Awards….to mention just a few. Chris’ skill also got him reviewed in publications such as Blaque and GQ, while Destiny Man featured him in the “Power of 40”. This is about 40 of SA’s Remarkable Rising Stars who are under the age of 40. This young creative comedian has introduced what we refer to now as “AdBreak Fillers”. He keeps the live audience entertained for the duration of the ad break when a show is aired live on TV. Publications such as Sunday World and TNA have given him laudable praises for this concept. Chris Mapane tried his hand out at acting by featuring in the SA Comic Film “Taxi Ride””. Fellow comedian David Kau directs the film and Chris takes lead as Phanuel, the man in the wrong taxi. Chris Mapane is a proud “I’m a GeePee” ambassador, an initiative from the Gauteng Tourism Authority to celebrate Gauteng heritage. Chris’s most recent work includes the National Teaching Awards for 2013 at the Gallagher Estate.