Mbalula gears up for more Twitter fun

Minister of Sport Fikile Mbalula. Photo: Matthews Baloyi

Minister of Sport Fikile Mbalula. Photo: Matthews Baloyi

Published Oct 10, 2015

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Cape Town - It seems the Twitterverse can expect more “no holds barred” commentary from Sport and Recreation Minister Fikile Mbalula.

Not even an article in the Washington Post could dampen Mbulala’s spirits this week, after the US newspaper ran an online article about his tweets.

During the match between the Springboks and the US at the Olympic Stadium in London, the minister could not help himself but remind the US, via several tweets, who called the shots on the field, as the Springboks ran away with the match.

The author of the article described Mbalula’s comments as “trash-talk”.

His tweets ranged from pictures of chimpanzees through to satirical posts about US president Barack Obama.

But Mbalula has since hit back, saying that the paper had lost its sense of humour, as the tweets were innocent.

On Friday Mbalula added his two cents-worth on Bafana Bafana’s victory against Costa Rica. “Springboks streak of winning rubs off to Bafana Bafana well done Bra Shakes rekaofela @SAFA_net.”

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