After a week of heavy news, #ZumaBookTitle was trending on Friday. We did you a solid and rounded up some of the best tweets.
Jacob Zuma hasn’t penned an autobiography yet but Twitter already has some ideas for his book’s title. It all began on Friday morning, when eNCA Morning News Anchor Uveka Rangappa asked if anyone would read a book written by Jacob Zuma about his life.
Would you buy a book penned by President Jacob Zuma about his life? pic.twitter.com/ThEToaMHjQ
— Uveka Rangappa (@UvekaR) September 15, 2017
Later Ryan Cummings, a popular Twitter personality and director of an Africa-focused risk management company, asked folks to weigh in on a potential title for such a book under the hashtag #ZumaBookTitle.
A trending #ZumaBookTitle hashtag is in order. https://t.co/i42WUtMNwf
— Ryan Cummings (@Pol_Sec_Analyst) September 15, 2017
Naturally, South Africans did what we does best and brought out all the shade. There were digs on his corruption charges.
The Secret Life of https://t.co/0T8ElBXywF #ZumaBookTitle
— Lester Kiewit (@lesterkk) September 15, 2017
Jay Z’s got 99 problems but he’s got nothing on JZ, whose problems tally up at about 783.
“783 Problems But #StateCapture Ain’t None” #ZumaBookTitle
— Phila J Madondo (@PhilaJMadondo) September 15, 2017
Some thought Zuma should focus on state capture alone in his book.
1000 ways to capture a state #ZumaBookTitle
— Guliana (@Aminoyollus) September 15, 2017
#ZumaBookTitle The South African Job pic.twitter.com/DpVmllTC43
— Mohale 🦠(@MoLeboko) September 15, 2017
There were some digs about the property the Gupta’s reportedly bought for Zuma in Dubai.
A must read
by: Dr JG Zuma
Long walk to Dubai #ZumaBookTitle #SASSA pic.twitter.com/1H6IRmlTWm— Siphiwe Shezi (@bhunuza) September 15, 2017
The presidential firepool clearly hasn’t been forgotten.
A Song of Lies and Fire pools #ZumaBookTitle
— Ridha (@Ridha89M) September 15, 2017
There was an attempt at a superhero mashup.
#ZumaBookTitle Gaurdians Of The Treasury
— Mbuso Mpungose (@mbusompungose) September 15, 2017
Folk even poked fun at the uh, “impeachment”.
My preferred #ZumaBookTitle – Jacob and the Giant Impeachment
— Ryan Cummings (@Pol_Sec_Analyst) September 15, 2017
If Zuma ever did write that book, we’d love to know how to keep laughing when things are falling apart.
#ZumaBookTitle “whatever happens,keep giggling” pic.twitter.com/Lv9Ncqkzhj
— 18 SEPTEMBER ðŸ¹ðŸŒ„ (@sharepart) September 15, 2017
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