The top two Twitter trends in SA on Thursday were Oscar Pistorius’s murder conviction and rugby coach Heyneke Meyer’s stepping down from the Bok top job. Down at number eight on the list was Black Jesus and, as it turns out, the three trends were related. STUART LEWIS rounds up.
For those who thought that Pistorius didn’t get the harsh sentence that he deserved or if you thought that there could be no hope of a transformed South African rugby team as long as Meyer reigned as coach, the melanin-imbued saviour was working overtime on Thursday.
Me to Black Jesus rn. pic.twitter.com/CtCi6sdFM3
— Madam Squash (@vuyolwetu_) December 3, 2015
Today Black Jesus was heard quoting Big Sean on Blessings : "So I'm going over time, on the overtime" pic.twitter.com/vIokZrOKKE
— Khanyi (@Da_K_Word) December 3, 2015
thank you black jesus so many trials(oscar pistorious) overcome today, thanks for Heyneke resignation RIBOSHANDE KELEMENDE FIRE FIRE!
— noluthando cebekhulu (@loot_winner) December 3, 2015
Today, Black Jesus be like:
#OscarPistorius | ✔
Heyneke Meyer | ✔ pic.twitter.com/GUz3K3Z5F8
— CURRENT_AFFAIRS_GURU (@ThuleCoupe) December 3, 2015
Of course, since he was handing out so many blessings today, some other local sports coaches were also named as necessary targets for Black Jesus’s intervention.
I don't understand y Black twitter is thanking Black Jesus for Heyneke Meyer! pray for Eric tinkler to resign @Orlando_Pirates
— Troubles (@Just_Troubles) December 3, 2015
Black Jesus please don't forget Eric Tinkler thankyou
— #TinklerSacked? (@Tsitsa9_9) December 3, 2015
Helen Zille also got a call out for her “gurrl feminism†comments earlier today.
Black Jesus must just make Helen Zille deactivate now. pic.twitter.com/uwhcGFw9cL
— Andingo Misswakho (@Sinesipho_) December 3, 2015
(Though Black Jesus may need a little help getting through to her.)
Satan and Black Jesus must team up to fight Helen pic.twitter.com/wAKc6CKt8i
— FormerlyKnownAsJ9 (@komkuierdashian) December 3, 2015
Of course, what we all really need is a little help with the Powerball.
I gotta play the Lotto this weekend. Black Jesus is handing out blessings pic.twitter.com/eEl5eTGPv8
— Gugulethu Mhlungu (@GugsM) December 3, 2015
Praise be to Black Jesus.