South Africa’s police minister Fikile Mbalula is never shy of a chuckle or two on Twitter. What he is afraid of though are cauliflower burgers.
Taking to Twitter, Mbalula retweeted a Men’s Health citing KFC’s purported cauliflower-and-kale burger.
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Unveiled in February 2017 by the company’s UK and Ireland division, the campaign didn’t receive a positive reception, and the minister was also having none of it.
“Will arrest whoever made this !!” he writes.
Will arrest whoever made this !! https://t.co/0YOQye8urn
— RSA Police Minister (@MbalulaFikile) September 7, 2017
“Crime against foodminity,” he added.
The initial tweet coughed up over 800 retweets and 700 likes, as people discussed why Mbalula isn’t the minister of another department.
Why isn’t he the minister of comedy? pic.twitter.com/tn2p2azWHG
— _K-Master (@Khanya_M3) September 7, 2017
Others however didn’t appreciate the humour, citing the numerous cases of violence across the country.
Tonight’s violence in Sandton — involving Uber operators and metered taxi drivers — was seemingly in the collective consciousness.
Ubers are catching fire. Do something.
— zane. (@lelowhatsgood) September 7, 2017
How about dealing with the situation in Sandton right now? #taxiwar
— sɔɐɐsı ǝuuʎן-zzoᴚ (@_Call_Me_Rozz) September 7, 2017
How about arresting the taxi thugs in Sandton right now!?!
— Matthew Collier (@matt_collier77) September 7, 2017
Some agreed, suggesting that the minister didn’t quite read the room.
Your timing for this joke nyana is so wrong. There’s just a lot going wrong in jozi
pic.twitter.com/fyJra6bSYT — Ndikhwine (@king_ndique) September 7, 2017
And they might be right.
#Uber and #Sandton were among Twitter’s trending topics in South Africa Thursday evening.
