Here is why #DeKlerkMemorialService is trending on Twitter

Twitter users chose to spend their Saturday afternoon hosting a fake memorial service for former president FW de Klerk. Picture: David Ritchie/African News Agency/ANA

Twitter users chose to spend their Saturday afternoon hosting a fake memorial service for former president FW de Klerk. Picture: David Ritchie/African News Agency/ANA

Published Nov 13, 2021

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Twitter users spent their Saturday afternoon hosting a fake memorial service for former president FW de Klerk.

A Twitter space was created by Twitter user @SeipsTheAunty, called #DeKlerkMemorialService.

The service, which lasted nearly three hours saw nearly 6 000 Twitter users join with the hashtag soon started trending.

Various Twitter users took the chance to jokingly offer tributes in Afrikaans, despite it not being their first language, which led to entertainment for many.

Random stories were shared by various users about imagined experiences they had shared with the former president. Some pretended that they had worked with him in the past, others claimed to be family, while some claimed to have been sent from

Twitter user @Lloyd_Itu was appointed as DJ of the Twitter space and played songs in between “tributes” at the request of various speakers.

Twitter user @Bigguy_tweets jokingly shared that food is being prepared for all those attending the memorial service and that they should not leave before they are fed. The post was accompanied by a picture of former DA leader Helen Zille.

— iNceku Yabantwana (@Bigguy_tweets) November 13, 2021

Another user thanked the host, saying this was the best Twitter space they have ever joined.

The space was concluded by playing various Afrikaans songs including the former 7de Laan theme song and Kaptein (Span Die Seile) by Kurt Darren.

Twitter users later joked that all of them are going to hell for having participated in the space.

— Gracie 💕 (@caresscarlitos_) November 13, 2021

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