947 radio personality Anele Mdoda tells Minister Gayton McKenzie to limit his engagement on Twitter.
“Dude. Stop answering. You don’t work for twitter,” she writes.
ANELE MDODA CRITICISES GAYTON MCKENZIE
The media personality Anele Mdoda was replying to McKenzie’s post about his trip to the 2024 Olympics in France, which cost taxpayers over R800,000.
“I attended six meetings in Paris before the start of the Olympics. I went to the athletic villa to greet our athletes, I attended opening ceremony and watch the hockey, gymnastic & sevens game. I opened Ekhaya village & watched the rest of the Olympic Games on TV. What joyride?” writes McKenzie.
The Citizen reveals that the minister recently revealed in a parliamentary reply that his department incurred a total cost of R804,597.71 for his trip to Paris.
It is revealed that his flights cost R215 976.36, accommodation was R113 271 while transport was R454 005.
R592.63 was paid by the department for insurance. McKenzie’s subsistence and travel allowance was R20 745.72.
South Africans took to Anele’s post to call out the media personality for the way she addressed McKenzie.
Social media user @Oracle5152 writes: “Calling a minister “Dude” is crazy.”
SOUTH AFRICANS: ‘CALLING MINISTER GAYTON MCKENZIE DUDE IS DISRESPECTFUL’
@ChefIrma: “But he does work for us, the South African public. He was attacked on X and he’s answering here. I see no problem.”
@ratshivhadelo: “Do you know character assassination? Many people fall because they were silent when media houses were writing wrong things about them.”
@Bra_Sporo: “Yeeer sies very disrespectful. ‘Dude’ tomorrow someone call you gap. Nywe Nywe Nywe block here and there with noise.”
@t_junction1: “Anele, stop replying. You are also not working for Twitter.”
@NombuleloPS: “You are very disrespectful. We appreciate him and his updates here on twitter. Get a life!”
@JoyLethabo8: “Long before GNU @GaytonMcK was always engaging South Africans on Twitter. Why must that change when propaganda is spread!”
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