Thank you SABC for …
So, last Saturday saw the much anticipated ‘Thank You SABC Music Concert’ taking place at Orlando Stadium. Yes, that was the official name of the concert. Who was ‘thanking’ the SABC and what they were thanking them for wasn’t entirely clear.
The SABC even sent out a press release earlier in September stating it supported the concert that it was hosting, that would thank it. WHAT??
We weren’t the only ones who didn’t understand, if you consider the news reports surrounding the concert. No one attended. By no one, we mean it was a flop. And social media had a field day.
A few of our faves:
@JUST_KAYM: Security at #ThankYouSABC be saying "yah neh, we are the security, the crowd and the VIPs at the same time, talk about multitasking.
@SABC2too: All 7 of the people that pay their TV Licence have arrived. #ThankYouSABC
@SarahPeace6: Is the #thankyousabc concert being televised? Odd if it isn’t. Hlaudi televises himself at the opening of an envelope.
That’s what you get for thinking you can do anything.
Zuma has finally paid back the money… we think
Going on to better and brighter news, Jacob Zuma has paid back the money. Juju must be so pleased! Mind you, we all should be pleased. And we guess to a certain extent, we are.
However, the cynicism in our hearts (excuse us, we are journalists) refuses to die. Where did that money really come from? Or did he just get by with a little help from his ‘friends’?
Pointed questions aside, we know when to play nice.
And as many tweets asked, now that Zuma has paid back the money, what will the EFF chant in Parliament?
Hamba Steven Anderson, hamba
While it may seem the constitution isn’t always upheld in our beautiful country, this week saw a victory for all LGBTI citizens.
Steven Anderson, a US pastor, had his homophobic eyes set on South Africa. While Anderson, who condoned the deaths of those in the Orlando massacre, claimed he was not coming here to speak about LGBTI issues, South Africans were not having any of it.
After a petition to ban him from the country was signed by over 60 000 people, Minister of Home Affairs, Malusi Gigaba, announced that Anderson would, in fact, not be allowed to enter South Africa.
While Anderson’s supporters were shouting “Freedom of Speech”, they seemed to forget another part of our constitution. The
part where it says that prohibited persons include “a member of or adherent to an association or organisations advocating the practice of racial or social violence”.
As one of the first countries to have strict laws protecting LGBTI citizens, we don’t have time for outsiders to come here and spread more ignorance and hate. So, #ByeFelicia.
What South African Twitter wants, South African Twitter gets
South Africans on
Twitter never fail to come up with a trendy hashtag or two. This week, we were #blessed with #datamustfall, a hashtag that probably started out as a joke, but has gained enough traction to be taken seriously.
Unless you live in one of the few suburbs in SA that has fibre, or are connected to your work’s Wi-Fi, there’s a chance you’ve recently received the “You have 4.83MB remaining of your data bundle” SMS.
While many of the tweets are hilarious (see below), the hashtag made its point. So well, in fact, that the EFF is backing it, as well as Tbo Touch, who, at the time of publishing, was busy talking to eNCA on the subject.
While we wait and see what happens, we’ll leave you with a few of the best tweets...
@ANDI_LEBONA: *buys 1GB of data* *opens Instagram and likes 2 pictures* Service provider: you have less than 3MB of data remaining #datamustfall
@PhindiBlack: When you want to support the #datamustfall movement but you realise you don't have data...
@MatuduMatji: Vodacom has made “you have 4.21MB left” SMS more painful than break up texts #DataMustFall