You Are NOT A Diva

November 7, 2011 by  

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During the week I met a friend of mine and I was speaking to him about these two white friends of mine who are totally fabulous people with a great sense of humour. It eventually led us to the word DIVA which is the most abused word on the planet.

Our conversation led me to investigate and search for the origin of the word and what it meant back in the days vs its current meaning. I discovered that the word is italian and it is used to describe a woman of outstanding talent in the world of opera, and by extension in theatre, cinema and popular music. The meaning of diva is closely related to that of “prima donna”. The word entered the English language in the late 19th century. It is derived from the Italian noun diva, a female deity. The male version is divo which was also used to describe musicians like Pavarotti.

The urban dictionary describes a diva as someone that oozes fabulosity. Someone with a lavish lifestyle. Elton John can be described as a diva. This brings me to the abuse of the word.

I have often heard 20 year old gay boys describing themselves as divas just because they are flamboyant and afford to buy a few items from YDE. Just because they walk around with fake bling, huge shades and huge “man bags”. I have also seen young girls with cheap bonding, lip gloss, painful cheap heels, fake luxury brand bags and sitting on the passenger side of their boyfriends cars also describing themselves as divas.

I often ask myself:

  • How are you a diva when you live in a campus residence?
  • How are you a diva when you still have a 9 to 5?
  • How are you a diva when you spend 8 hours of your day sitting in a cubicle?
  • How are you a diva when you still get excited by holding a glass of Moet?

We are honestly living in times where people find it easy to abuse titles that require hard work to acquire. We freely give out titles like “legend” and “diva” to people that do not deserve them. There is a certain amount of financial freedom and class that comes with the word diva. If you are still a student and live off your parents, you are NOT a diva. If you have a boss, you are NOT a diva.

This title has often been abused by people that behave like prima donna’s. It has also landed in the hands of drama queens who make Jack, from Will & Grace, look like a butch lesbian. I agree that divas tend to have those characteristics and mannerisms but just because you have them does not mean that you are a diva. Just like how appearing on Friends Like These and Jam Alley as a contestant doesn’t make you a TV personality even though you did appear on TV.

This is actually something that every self appointed diva out there should be aware of as the Black gay cult leader (Beyonce) has issued out a memo in the song “diva” describing exactly what makes her deserving of the title. The line that should send a clear message as to what a diva is, is when she mentions the fact that there are no passengers on her plane.

By Mablerh

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Comments

124 Comments on "You Are NOT A Diva"

  1. Dddivo on Mon, 7th Nov 2011 11:28 pm 

    I loveeee Mablerh!u tell it like it is!!!awwww…me &my friends used to abuse the word so much back in 1st year…but nw that I think about it..hai maan I still rock relaxed hair..live off my parents,shop at Mr Price and oriental plaza!Gosh how I dnt even have a car:(..
    DIVA<—-im workin on it
    But its so sad 2c young ladies out in a club wit cheap downtown clothes,R150 weaves shem nama eyelash we R10…we really do want the diva lifestyle shem especially as students-divas for me—»Bonang M.Beyonce,kimora Lee!nw we talking!

  2. thembsie on Mon, 7th Nov 2011 11:39 pm 

    Tjooooo weeeeeh* I have never>#deathby “young girls with cheap bonding, lip gloss, painful cheap heels” kwaaaaaa!

  3. lorrelai on Mon, 7th Nov 2011 11:41 pm 

    So these people who call themselves divas are actually not divas… Good. What’s it to you? Why does it bother u so much? You’re not a diva, & you’re not crazy enough to claim to be one, shouldn’t that be enough to make you happy?

    People call themselves princesses and princes/kings/queens everyday, yet they’ve never even seen a palace, let alone belong to one. We’ve been abusing words for ages and ages…. Mablerh, please, nawe I’m sure you’re not whatever it is you claim to be. (& I know what u claim to be, u are not it) But that doesn’t stop u from referring to yourself as “it”.

    *waves to the person who promised us a weekly article titled “this week on entertainment”, hello, we haven’t forgotten*

  4. sxylin on Tue, 8th Nov 2011 12:06 am 

    LoL @ Mablerh ur articles as always are spiralling downwards; in this century a diva is what u wanna be! I can be a self entitled Diva because I don’t settle and believe Moet tastes like shit (oh no actually umchamo wehashi; *never tasted it be4)oh and I don’t know the front door of Mr Price;never have not even as a teenager! So if I want to call myself a Diva and still take the Boeing 747 with passengers on it on coach and still call myself a DIVA tts right; I am it!

    Some of your articles are so annoying; you have become so vain its not cute anymore; all you do is bash people or classify people! Hello in this century who does that! Clearly only YOU! KMT

  5. Adzasma on Tue, 8th Nov 2011 12:11 am 

    waze wasiphoxa weMableh

  6. FentseStar on Tue, 8th Nov 2011 12:15 am 

    How are you a diva when you still get excited by holding a glass of Moet? —-> AMEN!

  7. Bee_Mo on Tue, 8th Nov 2011 12:20 am 

    Hebathong! Mableh I usually love ur articles because they are thought provocking but this?? I dont even know where to begin. People have been “abusing” words for centuries!
    Princess,king, my angel and such mos..
    So WHAAT if people call themselves “DIVAS”??? I would take pride working in that 9-5 cubicle because I got my own! And just because I shop M.P dont make me lesser of a person! Personally material worth dont make me I would rather invest than spend 5000 grand on shoes! And dats just me!

    So a DIVA can wear your MrP, work a 9-5 and still not have a car!!!
    You have the confidence and can walk the walk? Go ahead you DIVA YOU

  8. lalakins on Tue, 8th Nov 2011 12:39 am 

    *yawn* BORING… if i want to call myself a diva, let me be..its a free country afterall..

  9. IBAR on Tue, 8th Nov 2011 12:45 am 

    “of outstanding talent” …how cheap heels and manbags …mr pice ala YDE got in der….angazi?….how we as da gay just have to spew classification ,Hateration and da signature we are wise n know it all judgements is beyond me …just let ppl be

  10. Terri-Mo on Tue, 8th Nov 2011 12:48 am 

    I did not enjoy this article one bit. It seems to be a scathying attack on members of our society who Mablerh is not particularly fond off. Until I have my own blog I’ll have to put up with this article and its sentiments. I wish Mablerh would explain this article. Is it about the adjective or a promotion of all things elite and materialist?

  11. kagisho on Tue, 8th Nov 2011 12:52 am 

    Another condenscending article?

  12. Tebatjo on Tue, 8th Nov 2011 12:56 am 

    LOL!! My friend a re ‘le lena le rata di title’!! Kwaaaaaaahahaha!!
    “Divas never die…..” *hides*

  13. candy-coated on Tue, 8th Nov 2011 1:09 am 

    After reading through the 1st paragraph I knew the piece would be a load of balderdash.

  14. dejane on Tue, 8th Nov 2011 1:53 am 

    I’m not so sure about this article. First you define diva as similar to a prima donna right? Then you tell us Beyonce is a diva. Yet Beyonce says a diva is a female version of a hustler.

    So hustlers can’t carry n call themselves divas prior to actually making it? Hawu vele I’ll wear my Mr Price until I can afford to wear True Religion or other expensive brands there are out there.

  15. dejane on Tue, 8th Nov 2011 2:00 am 

    Hai I’m not too sure about this article. First you say a diva is similar to a prima donna and give a definition to what it means. Then you make reference to what Beyonce’s definition of a diva is, which is totally different.

    B says a diva is a female version of a hustler right? So whilst I’m still hustling I’ll continue wearing my Mr Price until the day I’ve made my millions and can afford to wear more expensive brands.

  16. Azuree on Tue, 8th Nov 2011 2:18 am 

    @Dejane yesss I cudnt have said it better.. Mablerh didnt put much thot in2 this article.

  17. Tinky-winky on Tue, 8th Nov 2011 2:18 am 

    Kante Just Curious is it a blog about gossip, celebrities, and the entertainment industry of is it now about writers expressing what is on their mind? This article is so full of haterage and is so tasteless, I don’t understand why im not allowed to call my self Diva just cause I sit on the passengers seat in my BF’s car or just coz I shop @ Mr P…we get so many articles from this blog bashing on the average person, it has become such a yawn, yes I work 9_5 to put food on my sons table..I should qualify to be a diva..I work 8 hours a day in a cubicle to make money so I can pay for my sis tertiary fees…so I qualify as a diva…I can’t afford to buy a car coz I’m helping pay off my moms bond..so yeah I do qualify to be called a diva, I can’t afford expensive weaves because I have to send my grandmother money so they can get by…I deserve to be called a diva…evn if I buy a fake gucci bag its not gonna change the world…so I suggest u hush and sit down, go back to drawing board and figure a way to make JC interesting cause it is turning into a big Yawn!

    Regards,
    Tinky-winky The black Hannah Montana(Diva)

  18. Brown Shuga on Tue, 8th Nov 2011 2:21 am 

    Tinky Winky, sad to hear you label us boring just coz you disagree with Mablerh. We will miss you.

  19. Pinklips on Tue, 8th Nov 2011 2:44 am 

    Hayi noko this went far… I’m a Queen without a country and so far I have inspired many young girls in my neighbourhood to work hard and know that clothes and flashy life is not the only way to go. Being stylish has nothing to do with the price tag. Hayi mani sis khau buye ngeneno nono you went far! Why to living a normal life has to entitle to name calling!! Why can’t we appreciate sistas doing it themselves kulo 9-5 yethu! Yhuu sis mna ndise yi Queen Nangoku nge YDE yam. Moet yona andiyicingi noba ndinemali will rather buy Oros original yakhona ayimandi maan!

  20. Ms.Zie on Tue, 8th Nov 2011 3:14 am 

    Before I read this, I knew it was a MaBlerh article. Controversial as usual…

  21. sxylin on Tue, 8th Nov 2011 3:28 am 

    Its too hot; I can’t sleep! Mablerh! This dear is Zgrade hogwash! Use your writing skills to steer yourself in the right direction! This is the mother of all trashes and I feel like you are forcing your views on people hhayi man! I’m sorry but hello anyone is this guy’s outlook on life really like this?

    I have always wondered what makes people seem fired up to tell you where to get off! Now I just felt the urge nami yazi but ke….U have no clue what a DIVA is! You just missed it completely!
    And lamntana with the cheap weave and lipgloss is a diva in her own way!

  22. localceleb on Tue, 8th Nov 2011 3:32 am 

    A diva is a personal feeling, there’s no tried and true check list. You’re a diva if you believe it. Next!

  23. noma4 on Tue, 8th Nov 2011 4:06 am 

    *slow clap* for lorrelai (sp) well said my dear, *hands you a Bells*, can we leave our cheap weaves and heels out of this!!!

  24. sxylin on Tue, 8th Nov 2011 4:18 am 

    “We are honestly living in times where people find it easy to abuse titles that require hard work to acquire. We freely give out titles like “legend” and “diva”

    LOOL is this guy serious? ^ Mablerh kaze what level are you at in this materialistic world of yours! Always going on about “if people are not this they should do that! You seem to radiate negative energy ! @Teri-mo ur comment said it all! And then he goes and says beyonce defines DIVA in her song ! Such contradition!

  25. Jahara on Tue, 8th Nov 2011 5:04 am 

    I think that a DIVA is a woman who’s on top of her game,be it education, family, work…the best at
    what she does. A DIVA is always looking for ways
    to better herself. Is about getting her money her own way,whether employer or employee. To me a DIVA is a woman who is looked
    at by other people and they wanna know what is it that she is doing so right to be who she is.

    So to sum it up… Being a DIVA is about definin urself,& appreciatin ur journey to becomin the person you wanna be. Appearance can easily be altered, but we all know that ‘DIVA’ comes from within and any real modification you wanna make will also have to come from within. Always stay true to you and love the DIVA within.

    *perfectin the diva in me*

    Have a grrrrr day my fellow divas!
    Love,
    J

  26. KevCare on Tue, 8th Nov 2011 5:22 am 

    LoL…Nnete ya baaba! *hides*

    I’d like to add those women who rely on their “sugar pops” to live the highlife…yall aint Divas…workin hard for ur ish doesn’t involve boroko!

    Ladies, stop attackin n insultin, jus pull ur socks up n work even harder.

  27. golden diva on Tue, 8th Nov 2011 5:27 am 

    Kwaaaaaaaaaaaa *changes username*

  28. TheSushiQueen on Tue, 8th Nov 2011 5:55 am 

    Mablerh done gone and dissed the 9 to fivers who have their own hustle just because we sit in cubicles SMH hahaha!

    Hau mablerh the other children are calling themselves diva’s in the context of their own realities and playing fields so to speak lol! Maybe Diva needs to have different categories like music award shows, where u “own it” in your own individual categories..

  29. machips on Tue, 8th Nov 2011 6:10 am 

    Finally gave in and registered just coz of this article!! MaBlerh always hits the nail on the head! We thank you

  30. MissT@T on Tue, 8th Nov 2011 6:19 am 

    Kwaaaaaaaaaa @ golden diva!!!

  31. DexterSUPERIOR on Tue, 8th Nov 2011 6:19 am 

    Kwaaaaaahaaaaahaaaaa! Wabatshela Mablerh. LOL! Swagger is another abused word. I hope you address that one very soon.

  32. freckles on Tue, 8th Nov 2011 6:24 am 

    I just knew it was Blessed Blerh who wrote this! Him and Dumi always “schooling” people. Lately though, fat women label themselves as Diva’s, Queen B, D, J etc even Kimora Dee, Pee or See (Lee). So its like saying, you’re dripping swag when you’ve got half of Mr Price and Edgars on, Bronzing jewelry and R80 bucks sandals on. Some people enjoy making fools of themselves aneh??

  33. freckles on Tue, 8th Nov 2011 6:41 am 

    Mablerh and your social classing, is it all because you “hang” with Minnie “Minaj”? Kwaaaaaakwaaaaa! Honey, STOP please. Rather find ways to fund the removal of a double chin and leave our “Diva’s” hustling behind keyboards in a library somewhere asomblief!

    From today on, I am “freckles the god” better than these little titles of yours. Bow down kid!

  34. Eulane on Tue, 8th Nov 2011 6:45 am 

    1st ke ntsiki mazwai bashin 9 to 5ers nw this. If u didn’t rona ma 9-5 we run this world. look around u dude, take a long hard look. I hav neva refered to myslf as a diva i jst lykd da song. Bt if i wer 2 do dat i believe gore being a diva is a state of mind & being, so wat if i’m nt dat wat wat u describe, this is da 21 century & we dnt put ppl in labeled cubicles anymore. We stoped that in da 19 century *BOOM* u dnt have da copyrights 2 being a diva

  35. sliqdiva on Tue, 8th Nov 2011 7:54 am 

    Uyajwayela Mabler and guess what I aint changing my name after this!!!

  36. @JoneighGALAXY™||I Am Who I Am||Afrikan Star||No Limits Soldier||Observer||Hustler Imperial - Rainmaker||Dream Weaver||Global Citizen||Carpe Diem - Seize The Magic on Tue, 8th Nov 2011 7:57 am 

    True status is not some one night stand panacea of instant gratification. It can’t be bought cheaply / fraudulently at a dodgy street corner alley somewhere. True status can only be earned through having a superior work ethic, having a goal-driven world-view, espousing a achiever mind-set, not being content w/ the average and mundane, someone not interested in following the masses. It’s about setting your own standards of success, not some dogma imposed by the state, religion, friends, family, etc. It doesn’t matter whether society at large understands you or not, that’s irrelevant b/c you’re a diva / divo of your destiny and in a class of your own.

    It’s not for those who lack the above mentioned qualities. Abo’mahlalela must JBS / JSD. As I stated earlier on, the state of being a diva / divo can’t be assumed fraudulently w/o hard work, #FINISH&KLAAR.

  37. freckles on Tue, 8th Nov 2011 8:05 am 

    @JG, hardwork makes one a diva right? That’s so silly. What abt FB creator, who sits back and we are the ones “working hard” on his behalf? Prostitutes work hard, gardner, tsotsi’s heck even gold-diggers and cleaners. so re-phrase your statement. I get you want to sound insightful and smart, but come on!

  38. Billy_O on Tue, 8th Nov 2011 8:12 am 

    I live a res at Wits, we call it Medhurst- House of Divas. Not because we have money or are ‘fabulous’ but because of the academic excellence that is achieved within the res. Yes, we are still living off our parents but we are excelling in the one area that we can claim is ours: academics. So I believe in our own right, we are DIVAS.

  39. golden diva on Tue, 8th Nov 2011 8:24 am 

    @freckles, please just \_ kancane nje. JG didn’t say hardwork makes you a diva, he said you can’t just claim being a diva fraudulently without hardwork. He also said: ” through having a superior work ethic, having a goal-driven world-view, espousing a achiever mind-set, not being content w/ the average and mundane, someone not interested in following the masses. It’s about setting your own standards of success, not some dogma imposed by the state, religion, friends, family, etc. It doesn’t matter whether society at large understands you or not, that’s irrelevant b/c you’re a diva / divo of your destiny and in a class of your own” so you’re the one trying to be smart and insightful. K thanks bye.

  40. Jahara on Tue, 8th Nov 2011 8:39 am 

    oh,by the way @mablerh,cubicles are soo yesterday. Companies now have introduced open plans babe….only the execs have offices (huge offices) with the furnishings that are out of this world (i dont even think they deserve to be called offices)…not cubicles…*think empire state of mind*

    Oh,& the modern employee doesnt work 9-5 babe…ever heard of telecommuting? Yeah,they can work from home,they can work from the beach,they can work from a cruise ship,& still get paid at the end of the day babe…because they know how to utilise their skills & expertise & get the most out of it.

    9-5 cubicle…ha! *rollin my eyes*

  41. Senamile on Tue, 8th Nov 2011 8:48 am 

    Lol batshele Mablerh. All you self titled divas,boss ladys,vixens and ”modlers” i hope nizwile.

  42. MaBlerh on Tue, 8th Nov 2011 8:53 am 

    *Waves at those whose nerves I’ve tapped danced on by writing this piece* Nizoba right!

  43. manny on Tue, 8th Nov 2011 8:57 am 

    nazoooo….

  44. Ms.Zie on Tue, 8th Nov 2011 8:58 am 

    I once lived at Medhurst! Ain’t nothing diva about res! *sprints in opp direction*. I’m playing! Personally think being a diva is more attitude & less possessions/wealth/blah blah. Its in the way u carry yourself.

    Lemme end off with a quote by my fave ‘Diva’ Ms Mbau ‘Croissants with blue cheese darling! Opulence’. Random I know but thats what came to mind.

  45. MaBlerh on Tue, 8th Nov 2011 9:03 am 

    Oh and Freckles, musa ukuqina! If your dream of making it is hanging out with celebrities, it is not mine. Please try and be a street psychologist with hood rat theories. Awungazi and you most certainly don’t know reasons behind me writing what I write. That goes for the rest of you that have made up your theories about my materialism and other pycho mumbo jumbo!

    PS. Wena Freckles yeka ukubhema i-whoonga uhamba ubona ama-double chin angekho. Swine.

    NB. Don’t bother responding to this as uzobe usukhuluma wedwa. This is all the entertainment you will get from me.

  46. MaBlerh on Tue, 8th Nov 2011 9:04 am 

    *dont

  47. MaBlerh on Tue, 8th Nov 2011 9:09 am 

    *waves at those who found the humour in this article* Akuve kumnandi ukuphila a stress free life. Ngathi sengiyabona ngihamba ngicasulwa izinto ezibhalwa abantu kwi-internet. Yho!You guys will live longer. LOL.

  48. Mapakisha on Tue, 8th Nov 2011 9:26 am 

    @ —>not so sure about this article. First you define diva as similar to a prima donna right? Then you tell us Beyonce is a diva. Yet Beyonce says a diva is a female version of a hustler.

    So hustlers can’t carry n call themselves divas prior to actually making it? Hawu vele I’ll wear my Mr Price until I can afford to wear True Religion or other expensive brands there are out there.

    well said Dejane:)

  49. Lucy on Tue, 8th Nov 2011 9:28 am 

    I AM FINISHED!!!!!!

    how can you be a diva when you live in a campus residence…hahahha Mablerh uyageza yazi lmao!!!

    Lovely article i had a good chuckle at the office

  50. MaBlerh on Tue, 8th Nov 2011 9:35 am 

    Kudos to Lucy for having a sense of humour! Its rare in this place these days.

  51. freckles on Tue, 8th Nov 2011 9:37 am 

    @Golden diva, you’re an idiot. You just answered my question and its still “through hard work”. F*** golden diva, You’re demoted to plastic diva!!!

    @Mablerh, don’t forget that senile ppl who lack humor blog here. I personally think those who take offense are the same ppl calling themselves divas. Living in backrooms and rented flats, who don’t even have drivers licences.

  52. lolo on Tue, 8th Nov 2011 9:41 am 

    I for one get that the piece is meant to be tongue- in cheeck… satirical…I mean most of us who blog can do so thanks to our cubicles… so working in a cubicle aint no thang… it is pretty cool @ times, you know has some beneffits!

    Inact I can go so far as to say in 2011 the cubicle is the new boardroom… like fourty is the new fourty… there are several advantages to working in a cubicle that I’d like to point out to Mablerh…

    1.You get to take POWER NAPS… I have just woken up with ZZZZZZZZZZZZZ all over my spreadsheet… If I worked in open plan I would be in kak with my team leader … but because I’m in a cubicle I’m A OKAY :)

    2. Cubicles are nice & private, you get abuse company time by making 2 hour long phone calls to the Transkei & blog all day with impunity could go on but yithi ngilale… ngizovuka ngikutshele amanye ama rasons why ngithanda i cubicle yami!

    3.

    2.

  53. freckles on Tue, 8th Nov 2011 9:48 am 

    Mablerh, stop commenting on your own blog and go attend writing classes, mina ungazong phaphela ngoba I’ll pierce you with a needle to deflate you, then pack you in a suitcase thereafter throw you in the ocean, never to be seen or heard from again!!

    @Lolo, you’re back! No! Jokes, I’m glad u r

  54. Mapakisha on Tue, 8th Nov 2011 9:49 am 

    I love Beyonce – the Diva..

  55. Vesa on Tue, 8th Nov 2011 9:55 am 

    tltltltltltltl……sooo many feathers have been raffled! Lmao

    oh,by the way @mablerh,cubicles are soo yesterday. Companies now have introduced open plans babe….only the execs have offices (huge offices) with the furnishings that are out of this world (i dont even think they deserve to be called offices)…not cubicles…*think empire state of mind*

    In my company, everyone sits in an open plan including the CEO…it’s a new way of doing things! Plus space is limited

  56. Mapakisha on Tue, 8th Nov 2011 9:56 am 

    Lmao @ Lolo taking power naps.. I know all about waking up to AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA all over your monitir. Lol

  57. MaBlerh on Tue, 8th Nov 2011 9:56 am 

    Hahahahahahaha! Thanks for the laugh Lolo. My morning is made.

  58. sliqdiva on Tue, 8th Nov 2011 10:01 am 

    I’m I’m a diva, I’m I’m a diva LOL, kwaaak @freckles awumenze njalo.
    Mabler are u really pissed or are u pissed okokudlala??

  59. MaBlerh on Tue, 8th Nov 2011 10:05 am 

    @SliqDiva, it takes a lot to piss me off. I’m a very chilled person that surrounds himself with laughter. Don’t worry about me.

  60. mona lisa on Tue, 8th Nov 2011 10:08 am 

    lmao hay i knew from when i started reading this article was written by marbleh.the guy is very condescending though,it realy makes me wonder about the kind of life he is living to be such a judgemental person

  61. Lucy on Tue, 8th Nov 2011 10:17 am 

    hhahahahahahahaha diva ongena driving licence…LMAOOOOOO come on ladies, DENY? that some of your very friends dont even have it but iyi-diva in the club LOL

    really now i dont think this article was meant 2 offend anyone…actually there are some things i can look at within and see that maybe i shouldnt be calling myself some names cause of abc and maybe just push harder 2 achieve that title and live it..if you cant laugh at somethings that you possess as a person, good or bad then unenkinga…Blogs are not meant 2 stroke anyones ego’s or reassure you of i-lifestyle yakho..

    life is good when you can laugh at almost anything that someone humourously points out…

    *goes back to 9-5 in cubicle*

  62. golden diva on Tue, 8th Nov 2011 10:22 am 

    @freckles sounds like a sexually frustrated teenager. You keep contradicting yourself. Take a deep breath, get your reading glasses, a dictionary on standby, reread my comment, take some time to reflect on it… Yes, now u can reply.

  63. manny on Tue, 8th Nov 2011 10:40 am 

    HAAYI FRECKELEa I dont call myself diva-divo…..why do u guys take people who stay in backroom cheap ?its about having priorities ..I wont go and pat R4500 ku complex and have campchairs for a loungesuite and one set of bedding …It irks me when people start making judgements ka batho badulang ku ma backrooms ..yeah I leave in a backroom ,I dont pay rent…My family always has food ,my nephewes never miss a school excursion coz uncle manny always some extra cash to cover them ..oh and we never go without water and lights ..so before you judge try and put yourself in a persons shoes…oh and for the record..I have a drivers licence..its just a licence not a an honours Degree ..phew….
    @lolo -kwaaaaaaa at zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzon spreadsheets …cubicles are the future

  64. Beautiful-Butterfly on Tue, 8th Nov 2011 10:52 am 

    kwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa- you just had to kill me in the morning..

    Like your waves Mabhler *Waving to those attacking because they call themselves Divas and got offended by the article.

    kwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

  65. MaThandizinto on Tue, 8th Nov 2011 11:10 am 

    ‘ i just knew it was Mablerh who wrote this, why are u always negative bla bla bla .’

    I reckon its best 2 just skip the articles za mablerh if uzoqhamuka nama pre assumptions about his truth, what he said is not the gospel so some of yall need 2 chill. I dont agree with what he wrote 2day but its just an opinion piece, it shouldnt make a difference in your life unless u seek validation from da writer about how 2 live your life.

    We can either agree or disagree with him not attack, do u and let the writer do him. His view is just dat, his view, akabeke sbhamu on your heads trying 2 impose it on u, u have a choice 2 agree or disagree or remain on the fence.

  66. blunt on Tue, 8th Nov 2011 11:13 am 

    So Mablerh i guess Minnie aint No Diva because she wears Legit, which is the same as Mr Price!! *drops mic, walks away*

  67. Pana on Tue, 8th Nov 2011 11:15 am 

    Ever heard of pejoration? You must have heard it in the communications class.
    It’s words that change meaning with time? Diva, Gay, Top…
    I’m convinced nna MaBlerh ho re you’ve got crippled mentality.
    You get fascinated by white people, but look down on someone who gets excited by drinking a glass of Moét?
    No man, uyazihlaza.
    Worst of all, you think you the standard by which people should behave. Hay’maan!

  68. blunt on Tue, 8th Nov 2011 11:25 am 

    Did u check Bonangs episode of Top Shayela?? She rocks Lous Vuitons, Gucci’s and she proudly said Mr Price! And that girl right now is a true Diva, definition of a hustler…Let people call themselves whatever they wana call themselves! Who died and made u a “Caller”?!

  69. MaThandizinto on Tue, 8th Nov 2011 11:43 am 

    Minnie gets paid 2 wear Legit, uhlanganaphi nama views aBlessing? She didnt write the blog mos.

  70. dejane on Tue, 8th Nov 2011 11:46 am 

    Yho guys are kak funny.. Deathby its just a license not a honours degree

  71. blunt on Tue, 8th Nov 2011 11:53 am 

    Mathandizinto! Brikka Bova… He represents minnie mos..now hamba bova

  72. Dddivo on Tue, 8th Nov 2011 11:54 am 

    ((BATHONG))!!!!! Minnie o kena kae Mo???”Like really!!!!!
    Let’s not try to spite Mablerh ka unnecessary sh•t!!!Gosh!

  73. lolo on Tue, 8th Nov 2011 12:00 pm 

    I’m a diva right… but sometimes money is tight …even for Divas such as myself so last December this friend has a huge- ass garden wedding @ a country club in Centurion…I spend a fortune on my dress… I swear my dress cost me more than the GDP of some central African state… I wanted to buy shoes that were equally fly but hubby would not have it… he refused point blank to hand over his bank card…

    This was horrible… I really needed fly shoes… so I went to the Plaza & they had these kiler six inch heels that looked excactly like the ones I saw on Harpers & Queens magazine… but this pair cost a fraction of the price… just R159.00…

    I was like HAYI LA NGIYABANGENA…KUZONYIWA!

    Iyho azange izicathulo zingihlukumeze kanje… my toes were on fire… I was hurting… @ the church service I actually broke down & cried…people must have been thinking ukuthi I’m touched by the poignant vows exchanged… kanti my toes felt like they were on hot coals…At the service the darned heels kept sinking onto the lawn…

    at the end I thought

    HAYI YESSES ANGEKE NGIDLIWE YISICATHULO INGATHI SINGILOBOLILE LA …I took off my shoes & was barefoot for the rest of the wedding!

    So cheap heels … I can relate… Dang those things hurt!

  74. MaBlerh on Tue, 8th Nov 2011 12:02 pm 

    *laughs and waves* Lucy please come to my cubicle, grab a chair, so that we can giggle together.

  75. FunLover on Tue, 8th Nov 2011 12:07 pm 

    yazi kodwa Mablerh – you are not a diva also so whats the point to this article please share with us?
    Ufana nje no Bobby Motaung nje wena!
    Phela thina ama 9-5 sikupha umsebenzi masi blogga sifunda lana and wena uyasihlokoloza? Haai maan, staaaaadig!

  76. magesh on Tue, 8th Nov 2011 12:27 pm 

    would like to take this time to welcome u Jahara wam u been missed @ mablehr haaai ama diva wona saaaffaaa yiwo!!!

  77. AmeeraH on Tue, 8th Nov 2011 12:29 pm 

    *crawls out of silentville efake i-bulletproof* I think this should go to “Things that make us go TJO” yey abantu bavukelwa amaphika no shukela notswayi..kurough but ke at the end of the day everyone is entitled to their own opinion

  78. Juluis on Tue, 8th Nov 2011 12:33 pm 

    Mathandizinto! Brikka Bova… He represents minnie mos..now hamba bova

    kwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
    tjo! iv never shem!

    kanti u mabrrre kumbe mablrr ufanani vele mara?????????

  79. FunLover on Tue, 8th Nov 2011 12:39 pm 

    @Mablehr, ngithanda abantu abasakhayo maba vulimilomo yabo Ngicela uthathe ama-notes———->>>>

    http://www.facebook.com/pages/Claire-Mawisa/110464732368553

  80. MissAN on Tue, 8th Nov 2011 1:04 pm 

    LOL @ manny… o reng…Licenece is not an Honours degree???

    Anyways…I think @lorrelai,@Pana and @djane summed it well for me… At the end of the day,Beyonce had to work at being that Diva and I bet it all started in the mind…Konje bathini fake it til you make it…

    So I guess the alternative of reaching the Diva status is:

    1) Work a 9-5,chancs are you will never own a private jet
    2) Marry filthy rich,think Mabilu 15 000 000 wedding,but there will be the likes of @Mablerh to tell you its your husband’s money NOT yours
    3) Be self-made…. Guranteed.

    Guys…guys…stop being worked up by Blessing… his word is KING and takes baths in Moet…

    At the end of the day,all these Divas that are not really Divas according to @Mablerh’s gospel,are aspiring for a better life and if they cool with it…so let them be…

    I am yet to see anyone that doesn’t want the good life,unfortunately not all will ever taste Moet,wear LV,Gucci,bank with Investec,have a private banker,get a Brazilian weave…as long as Maslow’s basic needs are met…then you a D.I.V.A no matter who says what…

    Hello you sweet pumpkins…

  81. MaBlerh on Tue, 8th Nov 2011 1:06 pm 

    Funlover, i-mandate yami akuyona eyokwakha abantu. Ngila ukuzobhala into engiyithandayo with the purpose to entertain. Awuphoqelekile ukuthi ufunde engikubhalile. Woqala ubheke ukuthi kubhale mese wenza isinqumo sokuthi uyafunda noma cha! Ungazihlukumezi.

    Ngethembe ukuthi ngikuphendule kahle.

  82. sexymm on Tue, 8th Nov 2011 1:08 pm 

    Kwaaaaah,kodwa MaBlerh,nice article..

    How are you a diva when you still get excited by holding a glass of Moet? Tl tl tl..

  83. lolo on Tue, 8th Nov 2011 1:15 pm 

    I think some people have ceased to have a sense of humour… to them, if a piece is meant to be funny then the writer needs to be more graphic… punctuate each sentence with a kwaaaaaaaaa or a LOL…

    Again I think this piece is meant to be humourous, funny… We all need to seriously relax…I think some of us use this poor blog to vent instead of using it for its intended purpose which is for entertainment… I know this cause I’m occasionaly guilty of using this platform to vent aswell…which is sometimes not so good…

    So lets all breathe tuu, sihlekeni!

  84. Lucy on Tue, 8th Nov 2011 1:16 pm 

    LOL!!!!! so guys when you bring Minnie in a Mablerh article is it an attempt to hurt Mablerhs feelings or change his mind about what hes written maybe O_0.i dont get it..i think its quite unfair…anyway..

    #deatby Tira’s 5 bday party pics on Sowetan live..did anyone from JC attend so we can see more???

  85. Lucy on Tue, 8th Nov 2011 1:18 pm 

    typo :) #deathby

  86. MaThandizinto on Tue, 8th Nov 2011 2:13 pm 

    Bathong @Blunt why u hlokolozing moi for no reason, i asked a valid question nje. Could u not have answered my question and leave it @ dat. Haibo khawumekancane, kuyashisa kabi in the office 4 a thuking match awu phole nje, hay kabi.

  87. Pana on Tue, 8th Nov 2011 2:30 pm 

    I must admit shem MaBlerh you keep us talking and that should attract more advertisers for BS AND that is Marketing at it’s best – so ke ndiyibonile iplan yakho.

  88. MaBlerh on Tue, 8th Nov 2011 2:47 pm 

    Sorry MsAnn, point of correction, I bath in Louis Roederer Cristal! Get it right!

    *sits next to Lucy and Lolo and plays solitaire*

  89. realtalk on Tue, 8th Nov 2011 3:04 pm 

    kwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!! mara guys you need to lighten up, to everyone who’s throwin their toys around and been offended by this article need to take a chill pill like for really if le di diva and proud of it then why get angry about it be proud am sure a true diva wouldnt go on an try an explain themselves to someone who they dont know from a bar of soap they would just let him carry on like an idiot that you guys say he is so why care, afterall its his own opinion he is entitled to one afterall. :)

  90. sxylin on Tue, 8th Nov 2011 3:08 pm 

    Eish I only see the humor now; can I take my comments back? Yes ? No? :( I swear I’m not like @Freckles I just changed my mind *saw it from a diff perspective!

  91. Cutie on Tue, 8th Nov 2011 3:10 pm 

    Dear Mablerr

    I have re-read this article about 4 times, but I just can’t find the relevance of mentioning your “white fabulous” friends in this article. What has skin colour got to do do with fabulousity?

    Ozithobileyo

    Cutie

  92. Cutie on Tue, 8th Nov 2011 3:12 pm 

    @Lolo – Uthini na my “black” sister about cheap shoes….tjo I die.

  93. Over_dose on Tue, 8th Nov 2011 3:22 pm 

    *does naomi campbell walk & flicks weave out of silentville* I find this article very humorous, mara it sounds like being a diva is defined by material thangs, #deathby you still get excited by holding a glass of Moet!!!!!!!! kwaaa! for days..

    Nna I believe being a diva is about attitude and confidence do you ladies even ka di cheap bonding!

    *back to silentville*

  94. mamamia on Tue, 8th Nov 2011 3:26 pm 

    Funny thing is the peole taking such offense to mablerh’s article about divarism do not even have 2 coins to rub together come the middle of the month.

  95. Kusihlwa on Tue, 8th Nov 2011 3:29 pm 

    Kwaaaaaaah @Mablerh, stop commenting on your own blog and go attend writing classes, mina ungazong phaphela ngoba I’ll pierce you with a needle to deflate you, then pack you in a suitcase thereafter throw you in the ocean, never to be seen or heard from again!!
    I dont give a crap about the blog but I am dead from this comment….

  96. Lovetoyou on Tue, 8th Nov 2011 3:40 pm 

    *waves at all the humourless Mablerh haters* Hello!

    Nice one Mablerh, hehehe!!

  97. LadyM on Tue, 8th Nov 2011 3:45 pm 

    Funny thing is the peole taking such offense to mablerh’s article about divarism do not even have 2 coins to rub together come the middle of the month.—–> *falls off chair*
    YOH I DIE!!!

  98. TPZ on Tue, 8th Nov 2011 3:52 pm 

    Honestly see nothing wrong in the article,actually found it funny.Its ok to disagree but the way some people go on,they take things to heart and start insulting the writer.So if u call urself a DIVA and mableh tells u that u not a diva y shud u be hurt its nt about the title mos its how u feel.Are we offended cos maybe hs telling the truth…hay we need a sense of humour shame

  99. Fezzy on Tue, 8th Nov 2011 3:55 pm 

    Its a good Lelo doesnt want to give us a party. Baningi abazobuya nama blue eye nemilomo edumbile.

    Mina Im not offended by this article cos the word DIVA nje irritates me. The word doesnt define who or what you are, everyone must live their lives the way they want to, its not like you get an allowance if you are labelled as a diva. Akufi muntu futhi mangabe ungeyona iDiva leyo.

    Kodwa nami ngingathandake ukwazi nge “two white friends of mine”, ivele yaphelela emoyeni nje.

  100. Fezzy on Tue, 8th Nov 2011 3:57 pm 

    @TPZ…ditto. If u think u are a divo, then its fine, MaBlerhs article will not change that.

  101. Ms Android on Tue, 8th Nov 2011 3:57 pm 

    @ GOLDEN DIVA
    DDDIVO
    SLIQDIVA _This article was mean for you guys. Kwaaahaaaa
    *Hides behind my cubicle*
    Some of us ngekudala sagxothwa emisebenzini coz even now I’m busy blogging despite the deadlines, thanks to the cubicles.
    Cheers to all the DIVAS. *LOL*

  102. Sarafina on Tue, 8th Nov 2011 4:00 pm 

    Tjo people don’t get your knickers is a knot, high blood pressure will kill you. I guess the humour is not so lunch bar for others.

  103. Ms Android on Tue, 8th Nov 2011 4:02 pm 

    *OOPS bendithi “MEANT” ___ *hides again behind the cubicle*
    Ohhh bendigayini nje ngaphanle kwayo. kwaaaa!

  104. sliqdiva on Tue, 8th Nov 2011 4:23 pm 

    cheers Ms Andriod lol ;) , ake ngihambe siphelile iskhathi somlungu as for us abo 08-16:30 diva’s. i’m i’m a diva, i’m i’m a diva cheers ya’ll..

  105. Nandi on Tue, 8th Nov 2011 4:28 pm 

    Its nice to see you still got people talking Mablerh!!!

  106. golden diva on Tue, 8th Nov 2011 4:41 pm 

    Lol aibo tsek Ms Android, don’t know bout the other 2 divas but I’m changing my name soon, for I’m not worthy to be called such :(

  107. Chase on Tue, 8th Nov 2011 4:45 pm 

    le daai ding yama diva nama what what only applies makuza kubo cherrie nakuma gays nje.

    to us ama outie astraight we dont care whether u call urself idiva or iachaar as long as ikuku yakho imnandi thats all that matters.

  108. Kusihlwa on Tue, 8th Nov 2011 4:50 pm 

    kodwa wathathwaphi we Chase,dead,deader,deadest…kwaaaa……..

  109. Beautiful-Butterfly on Tue, 8th Nov 2011 4:56 pm 

    And Chase just made my afternoon

    “we dont care whether u call urself idiva or iachaar as long as ikuku yakho imnandi thats all that matters.”

    dead4days

  110. phlydivaZee on Tue, 8th Nov 2011 5:28 pm 

    I’m a DIVA! ‘Mablur’ won’t tell me nothing!

  111. Lela on Tue, 8th Nov 2011 5:33 pm 

    I just knew it was chase heheh. Kwaaa @lolo i can testify re cheap shoes as a result i have vowed that the day i become a diva i will neva wear cheap shoes again n i knw the feeling where u just break down n cry n wonder uba ibikukuzikhohlakalela kwantoni oku.

  112. Nalizo on Tue, 8th Nov 2011 6:54 pm 

    Chase, you are a Legend….I can’t stop laughing at your comment. Everyone in the office thinks I’m crazy and they want me to share the humour…pity I can’t share.But I’m rolling on the floor laughing.

    So Mablerh,were your white friends calling themselves DIVAS because they are fabulous and have a great sense of humour?

  113. lolo on Tue, 8th Nov 2011 7:40 pm 

    @Lela yhuu hayi sana uthetha inyani izihlangu zoqoqosho zibanga umsindo neenyembezi…but ke sizoba right malove,one day we will rock I Manolos ne Choos of this world!

  114. lorrelai on Tue, 8th Nov 2011 10:21 pm 

    @Lolo, weddings and cheap heels neh, I don’t even wanna go there. #painfulmemories I tell ya.

    You know what I blame this #Diva title on? Weaves, fake nails and those huge-ass-sunglasses that are sold on the pavement. No I’m being honest… But then again Lorrelai will let u call yourself whatever you wanna call yourself, if it makes u feel like a million dollars….”Swagg-dripping-divas”

  115. Babyluv on Tue, 8th Nov 2011 10:49 pm 

    Kwaaaa @lolo yazi wena ke go rata ka lerato la love… Tjo mara the comments are beta than the blog *loliwe 4 days* #deathby chase #PS My mom is a DIVA

  116. Miranda on Wed, 9th Nov 2011 4:56 am 

    Hi Billy_O….I like that: Medhurst -the house of divas. I used to stay there 2006/7 in my early stages of Chemical Engineering

  117. Mystique on Wed, 9th Nov 2011 7:46 am 

    The only thing i don’t get about this article is the need to mention “white friends”. Otherwise this is just an opinion piece that shouldn’t change how you choose to see / call yourself. Go ahead and rock lezozingubo zakho from your favourite chinese shop, it doesn’t change the price of bread

    One slinyana day we will all grow up and learn to critique the WORK and not insult the writer… One day… I still have hope

    Ningazoba serious la…

  118. Mthatha on Wed, 9th Nov 2011 11:01 am 

    Maybe I dont have a sense of humour but I dont find bashing others funny tu.
    MaBlerh or should I call you uncle Ruckus is a hater nje

  119. Koko on Wed, 9th Nov 2011 11:02 am 

    #DeathBy the article & all the 117 comments :)

  120. mnyamana on Wed, 9th Nov 2011 1:47 pm 

    @ Chase ngicela ungishade bandla yoh angikaze ngihleke kanje… U make JC ibe colorful… @ Kusi ngikwesakho this week but I think I chose the wrong week to be here kuyafiwa ukushisa

  121. Wild Island on Wed, 9th Nov 2011 2:47 pm 

    HAAAAAAAAAO???????….*continues smoking,,..

    reads on…

  122. sponza on Wed, 9th Nov 2011 4:30 pm 

    just had to logon and LMBAO @ Chase’s comment…heheheheh ayi uyakhuluma mfanakithi

    konake uBlessing uyayilwa impi yaleligama lika DIVA, ake niyeke ukumbangisa! LOL

  123. Fab Tee on Wed, 9th Nov 2011 6:14 pm 

    Kwaaaaaa…chase u crazy!

  124. Mizz_Rozay on Sat, 12th Nov 2011 2:59 pm 

    Diiirth by uChase thou u r too special *closin my coffin*

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