What with new presidents, home-made sex videos and petrol price hikes, for many the end of 2018 couldn't have come sooner.
For some, the best Valentine's Day gift ever was when Jacob Zuma finally resigned as president. But Msholozi returned later in the year to "evaluate the sphithiphithi [mayhem] of social media".
As the political gift that keeps on giving, Zuma not only joined social media, but also seemed to make a return to politics as an early Christmas gift to his supporters. The former president's name appeared on the ANC's list of members who could be heading to parliament after the 2019 elections.
While opposition parties may have been elated with Zuma's resignation, comedians weren't.
"When Jacob Zuma resigned, that left most comedians without jokes. I think it was one-thousand-eight -hundred-two-million-hundred-four-hundred-and-seventy jokes that were left behind when he resigned," said comedian Kraai du Toit.
But Du Toit received his Valentine's gift, Cyril Ramaphosa, with an open mind.
For Cape Town's Lindy Johnson, the new No 1 citizen was a welcome change. "When we got a new president, everyone's favourite thing about him was that he liked taking walks," Johnson said.
This year certainly wasn't all bad, especially after former Cape Town mayor Patricia de Lille cut ties with the DA and formed her own political party, called Good.
And she wasn't the only one who formed a political party set to contest in the elections. Disgraced former SABC boss Hlaudi Motsoeneng launched the African Content Movement.
Meanwhile, COPE leader Mosiuoa Lekota cried over land expropriation without compensation, found himself on the receiving end of EFF leader Julius Malema's wrath and teamed up with AfriForum to "protect private property".
Also weighing in on the year was political commentator, comedian and puppet Chester Missing.
"2018 was like Jacob Zuma: we're glad it's gone, it cost us a fortune and we'll remember it via weird and embarrassing videos. Ramaphosa walking was good, Juju's theories on Indian people were bad and Lekota making friends with AfriForum was unbelievable," he quipped.
One of the "embarrassing videos" Missing was referring to is the small-screen debut of former home affairs minister Malusi Gigaba, whose sex tape of his solo performance was leaked and went viral. The former minister is often referred to on social media as "Gigabyte".
In the viral video, he is seen performing a sexual act on himself and the only line in his "short film" is "Imagine this in your mouth".
Du Toit said: "This was also the year our country almost shut down. Literally there was no power, Eskom left us in complete darkness. It was so dark, even the picture of Gigaba was dark. But we don't joke about that. It was the naked truth - some people said they could see his power rise as they watched the video."
Power was something SA missed this year as Eskom ran out of coal and load-shedding was implemented. The power utility denied not having enough coal and said the rolling blackouts were due to generating capacity. Eskom may have left SA in the dark, but one state-owned enterprise that can't stay out of the spotlight is the SABC.
For Johannesburg comedian Virgil Prins, Eskom and the SABC were dishevelled state enterprises, a lot like grown men in public "with an unshaved beard".
There was only one man who could get SA through the presidential antics, the Guptas and the revelations at the state capture inquiry, and that was the late Nelson Mandela.
In honour of Mandela's centenary, presidents and dignitaries from around the world came to Johannesburg and pledged millions of dollars to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger. The Global Citizen Festival was a noble cause but most South Africans were only interested in the star-studded lineup.
"Zuma is gone, along with the money and the wasted time of South Africans. What he left behind were high petrol prices and tax rates," Prins reflected. "South Africans had no idea what to make of this, until Beyoncé and Jay-Z came. Sometimes you need a good groovas [party] in honour of Madiba to pull you through the grim."..