Fans of the Peru and Bala radio show will soon have to face life without the two old men. The comedy, which has been broadcast on Lotus FM for the past 17 years, is coming to an end.
But listeners will have until December to prepare for the departure of the two characters - as well as bid farewell to The Weekend Lift-Off, the show of which they have been a part.
Radio presenters Vikash Mathura and Ray Maharaj, who voice the characters, announced on Wednesday this week that they would begin saying goodbye to their fans through the national Peru and Bala Farewell Tour: It was Nice Like That, in July and August.
Mathura said the pair had decided to retire from radio after "a few years" of consideration.
"I wanted to make the announcement as far back as 2012 - shortly after I had completed my 20th year of broadcasting at the radio station. But I postponed my announcement because there were a few personal goals that I still wanted to achieve, like hosting a national tour, which we eventually did in 2013.
"I've had a blessed broadcasting career in both radio and television, dating as far back as 1991. But I've always said that a good broadcaster will know when to hang up his headphones."
Mathura plans to focus on corporate commitments and his family once he has left radio.
Maharaj, who plans to concentrate on business ventures, said: "It's been a memorable journey ... It's time now to concentrate on other matters and to move on.
"We've always wanted to end off the show on a high note - being the number one show on the station - ever since we started the show together."
The pair said they had never seriously considered working on other radio stations, although, said Maharaj, they had considered broadcasting on internet radio a few years ago.
"But it's hard work putting a show together and even the weekly three-hour show takes about 30 to 40 hours a week to script, research and put together.
"And it comes at a time in our lives when we want to relax and enjoy life and maybe travel the world."
He said some of his proudest achievements had been the stage show, cartoons, book and two CDs they had released as spin-offs from the show.
Another two CDs and a DVD are in the works for release later this year.
"Unfortunately, when we bid our final farewell to our fans, all Peru and Bala franchises such as the cartoons, concerts and radio features will also come to an end," said Mathura.
The tour will consist of 17 shows in five provinces, beginning in Durban on July 4 and ending in Johannesburg on November 29.
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