National Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula’s tweet has backfired terribly on him.
NATIONAL Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula’s tweet has backfired terribly on him.
On Sunday, Mbalula posted a photoshopped image of himself looking electrocuted and text stating “Minister of Electricity?” with the caption, “Ndimlo” which means “this is me” in Xhosa.
This “joke” comes after President Cyril Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation Address on Thursday.
During his speech, Ramaphosa addressed the current energy crisis South Africa faces and declared the crisis a national state disaster.
Ramaphosa also announced that he will be appointing a minister within his Cabinet to deal solely with the crisis.
While Mbalula might have thought it was funny, Twitter users were not having it.
Many called him out for already failing in his current portfolio and highlighted the state of South African roads and railways.
Others simply called him out for the audacity of even wanting the new job, with one tweep, @BonkoKhoza, straight out responding: “sir you are embarrassing [sic]”.
Mbalula, who has recently been elected as the secretary-general of the ANC, was also called useless alongside his party.
Tweeps also took offence to this as load shedding has become a painful experience for all South Africans, with many stating ministers are laughing behind the backs of Mzansi as they do not share the same experience of load shedding as its citizens.
On Sunday, Eskom announced the nation will be subjected to stages 3 and 4 load shedding until further notice.
