South African Minister of Sports and Recreation Fikile Mbalula used social media to its fullest potential in 2014, posting funny tweets and pictures that got him loads of laughs and followers. AAISHA DADI PATEL looks at a few recent posts with which Mbaks totally won the internet.
‘Minister of selfies, he is ever ready to show how its done.
When Steve Hofmeyr recently took puppet Chester Missing to court in the first ever case in South African history of a puppet being sued, Minister Mbalula pledged his support.
GOODLUCK for your hearing tomorrow Comrade Puppet @chestermissing pic.twitter.com/SzAwJflVIu
— RSA Min of Sport (@MbalulaFikile) November 26, 2014
He’s a party animal, and he will share it with the world.
#LastNightThings pic.twitter.com/oxNnKAYUt8
— RSA Min of Sport (@MbalulaFikile) November 27, 2014
Ever the joker, he played along with #TransformationTuesday.
I ported Nkosi yam “@Thato_Legend: You look different here @MbalulaFikile pic.twitter.com/DDFLqtEZJJâ€â€
— RSA Min of Sport (@MbalulaFikile) November 21, 2014
And he’s never shy when it comes to confrontation. He digs deep, as he proved in these exchanges with Sentletse Diayanko, the self-described, self-appointed ‘EFF supreme commander of the Twitter batttalion’.
Like EFF rejected you a seat in Parliament and deployed you on Twitter to obsess about ANC RT @Sentletse:@ But yu were rejected in Mangaung
— RSA Min of Sport (@MbalulaFikile) September 30, 2014
My category is like your EFF seat in Parliament, it's nonexistent RT "@Sentletse: In which category are you nominated? RT @MbalulaFikile
— RSA Min of Sport (@MbalulaFikile) November 30, 2014
And who can forget the time he reminded Julius Malema that he was the boss
And hey Karate Kid, don't forget I'm a Mr Miyagi to you @Julius_S_Malema. Phola
— RSA Min of Sport (@MbalulaFikile) September 30, 2014
Don’t mess with his judgement, or deny his credibility as Sports Minister. He knows what he’s doing. And if you think that he doesn’t, you must be high.
I am sure you're Nyaoped up @AndrewDaniels31: I'm sure @MbalulaFikile will demand for Shakes to be fired after qualifying without losing
— RSA Min of Sport (@MbalulaFikile) November 20, 2014
He proved in this vid from where he spoke in Parliament, that he is VIVACIOUS!
And ONLY Mbaks can post about twerking gogos and get away with it…
But as for his etiquette on social media? He said it himself.
Let's hope Timbaland's "It's too late to apologize" does not apply to this case on my TL
— RSA Min of Sport (@MbalulaFikile) December 3, 2014
Minister Mbalula takes his job very seriously. Why?
You didn't VOTE for us to rest "@chumz_mavuso: @MbalulaFikile when do you rest mnumza?"
— RSA Min of Sport (@MbalulaFikile) November 6, 2014
2014 was your year, mchana. You keep doing what you’re doing!
– Featured image via GCIS
