Cyril Ramaphosa with Jozini residents. Images via Twitter @NewzroomAfrika
WATCH: ‘Cutting ribbons for taps?’ SA slams Ramaphosa’s video
‘Instead of a newly constructed dam or water reservoir’, South Africans are embarrassed by Cyril Ramaphosa’s tap inauguration.
Cyril Ramaphosa with Jozini residents. Images via Twitter @NewzroomAfrika
Social media users expressed disappointment over the inauguration of a water tap by the ANC’s Cyril Ramaphosa over the weekend.
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‘PRESIDENT CYRIL RAMAPHOSA’S TAP INAUGURATION’
South Africans took to social media to mock President Cyril Ramaphosa’s ‘tap inauguration’ video, which was shared by Newzroom Afrika on X.
The video, which has now reached over 1 million views, shows Ramaphosa standing with a crowd while they turned on an outdoor water tap for the first time.
Cape Talk confirms that the president was overseeing the opening of the Bhekindoda Water Scheme in the Jozini Local Municipality in KwaZulu-Natal.
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SOUTH AFRICANS RESPOND TO PRESIDENT’S VIRAL VIDEO
@ZizinjaAbelungu: “President doing the work of ward Councilors. Cyril has been reduced to nothing in the ANC.”
@goolammv: “People close to Ramaphosa hate him. Why they make him do such crazy stuff is beyond me.”
@TheZingOne: “The president of a country with a GDP of about R4.6 trillion (per @StatsSA) presiding over the opening of a tap. A tap!”
@TsebisoMahlangu: “Imagine. Instead of a newly constructed dam or water reservoir.”
@okandhlovu: “The president is now officially opening tapes. Elections season is here.”
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