ELECTION NEWS - President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday morning uploaded an initially strange-looking image to his official Twitter account, which led many to believe it had been hacked.
Every single word from what looked like an ANC message appeared to be censored.
However, minutes later, a second tweet made it clear the first one was intentional, and was possibly intended as a reminder of how the letters of detained or imprisoned struggle fighters had been censored during apartheid.
The ANC president was playing this apparent game with his followers in celebration of Human Rights Day, which takes place on the same day as the Sharpeville Massacre of 1960, an event that began to turn world opinion against the apartheid government.
Ramaphosa asked: “What are human rights?” but much of the responses suggested people are currently more interested in having uninterrupted electricity supply and other services, which a few told him the ruling ANC has been struggling to give them.
As the morning continued, the message from the president became clearer, as the blanked-out words appeared.
As the morning continued, the message from the president became clearer, as the blanked-out words appeared.
As the morning continued, the message from the president became clearer, as the blanked-out words appeared.
