President South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa was on Wednesday grilled on social media for ignoring Zimbabwe’s cry for help pertaining to the leadership and current ruling party actions.He has literally been quiet on the abductions,beatings,rape and other brutal actions on citizens regardless of the fact that Zimbabwe is a direct neighbour to his country.
Ramaphosa’s grill was triggered by a tweet he tweeted as a response to Beruit Lebanon’s a country that is far away from his and yet the harshtag Zimbabweanlivesmatter has had over 695k tweets specifically has had no response from him whatsoever.
The tweet in which the South Africa President is being questioned and insulted read <blockquote class=”twitter-tweet”><p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”>We have witnessed the massive explosions that took place in <a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/Beirut?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>#Beirut</a> yesterday. Our thoughts & prayers are with the people and Government of <a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/Lebanon?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>#Lebanon</a> as they deal with the aftermath of this disaster. We send our deepest condolences to the families that have lost their loved ones.</p>— Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 #StaySafe (@CyrilRamaphosa) <a href=”https://twitter.com/CyrilRamaphosa/status/1290920098040107009?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>August 5, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src=”https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js” charset=”utf-8″></script>
“Dear President Cyril Ramaphosa please read this article outlining what is happening in Zimbabwe.Your voice is needed.We have tried everything everything……….”read a tweet replying to his tweet.
“”This tweet has made me realize that the Zimbabwe president and the South African President are twin brothers and that Zanu Pf and ANC are birds of the same feathers.he SA economy Mr President cannot bear the massive humanitarian crisis fro ZImbabwe.Backyard is burning.”read another reply to Cyril.
“Sir you talk of Beruit but as AU chair you say nothing of the mess next door.Do Zimbabweans lives not matter to you.why do you ignore our cry.why is this being a none issue to you.do you not care sir.is this being a true brother Zimbabweanlivesmatter,”expressed another twitter user on the same tweet.
“Zimbabwe is burning here closer to home and it will immediately and directly affect South Africa.Say something.Mnangagwa is blood thirsty like he did in the 80’s.History will judge you for having ignored a crisis at your doorstep Mbeki style.”
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