Krijay Govender has been voted by the media the funniest woman is South Africa . She is the only professional female comedian and been rated one of the top three MCs in the SA (Gwen Gill column, Sunday Times). She has a masters in the Drama and is at the tail end of her second masters in Politics. Besides her Stand-up career, Govender is an award winning actress, playwright and director on stage and screen (Font, Isidingo). After directing Isidingo (2 SAFTAs for direction)and the hit series Ubizo, Govender currently directs Rhythm City. She is also an awarding winning playwright (Women in Brown). She has worked as radio presenter and a columnist in the print media.
Host/ MC (with Comedy):
International Events:
Fifa World Cup Preliminary draw Scored (12/10 on performance rating)
Ebandla Homecoming Revolution (in London) for the Premier
Comedy4Tune (one of four comedian performers onboard Starlight Cruise Liner 2008)
Launched the ICC World Cricket Cup 2003 with Shaun Pollock & PJ Powers
International Poetry Festival
International Science &Technology Conference 1999
Miss India Worldwide for Soni Television Dec 2002 (2 billion viewership)
Anant Singhs Now or Never Concert Dinner 2002
National Events/ Awards/ Corporate :
South African Film and Television Awards (First Ever 2007)
South African Economy Growers Awards
IDC
IDC - Official Farewell Dinner for CEO Wendy Luhabe
South African Design Achiever Awards 2008
Liberty Life, Standard Bank and Stanlib Suncity Superbowl 2008 (Jacob Zuma - Keynote address)
Eskom (2008 awards for various divisions from Stations/ Distributions to Womens Day)
Bpesa National Awards 2008
Banking Ombudsman Awards 2008
FNB Lifestart Host 2006/7/8
Absa Awards
Standbank Blue Star Awards (Regional and National)
MTN Yello breakfast cities throughout SA
Microsoft Partner Summit Awards 2008
HP Preferred Suppliers Awards
SA Breweries National Conference
People Magazine Crystal Awards
Compztek,
Multichoice Africa conference
Mulitichoice conference
SABC Enterprise/Sales Conference
SABC Sports Conference
SABC TV License Awards.
Sappi Awards
RCI Awards 2006
KZN Ebandla in CT and JHB 2007
Red Bull Box Cart 2003 and 2004 for SABC3
Loeries 2003 (for Mnet)
Peter Stuyvesant PLANET Launch 2003
Launch of South African Womens Forte 1999
Cisco Govtech Function 2008
Awards / Nominations and Accolades
Voted Funniest woman in SA by media: Star/Top Billing
Comedian of the Year Mzansi Star Awards 2008 (nominee)
One of top three MCs for 2007/8 (Sunday Times, Gwen Gills Column)
Best comedy actress 2008 - South African comedy awards(nominee)
Cosmo Awesome women of year 2007
Readers Digest: Funny People
Regular comedian on Blacks Only; Heavyweight Kingsize Comedy; Arts Alive
