NDUMISO LINDI
MC | COMEDIAN
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Ndumiso Lindi – or ‘Roosta’ to his friends – has become known as the gentleman of the South African comedy circuit. As a seasoned MC, he has hosted high profile audiences at Gala Awards for Old Mutual, Multichoice, Mercedes-Benz, Coca Cola, Woolworths Financial Services & Traxtion.
“I learnt early on that I had to understand my audience in order to appeal to them,”
His intuition and intellect has given him a firm grasp of his nation’s collective funny bone, allowing him to appeal to a huge spectrum of the population.
Ndumiso’s accessible performances has endeared him to audiences of all races across the country, and he has hosted corporate roadshows, staff parties, conferences, and activations for Nedbank, Santam, Standard Bank, Bidvest, Santam, South African Tourism, and The President’s Adopt a School Foundation.
Ndumiso’s novel blend of nu-school style and solid tradition makes for a brilliant and outstanding South African comedy act. His deep voice, soul-warming smile, booming laughter, original content and seamless delivery leaves you proud to be African and laughing from the belly.
Ndumiso delivers his special blend of comedy magic not only to a local audience but has performed across Africa including Botswana, Ghana, Nigeria, Uganda and Kenya. He’s also played to rave reviews in the UK and USA. A highlight to Ndumiso’s comedy career was being invited to perform at the Montreux Comedy Festival in Switzerland.
In addition to his stand-up work, Roosta has become widely recognised as the face of pizza brand Debonairs’ TV ad campaign; which involved a series of ads featuring various “AmaZing” pizza chefs and celebrities. He also kicked off his TV presenting career by hosting a couple’s game show on Mzansi Magic. Ndumiso also regularly MC’s corporate and private functions and has become quite the sought-after act for private functions and corporates.
