This must-read Sho Madjozi Twitter thread puts South Africa’s outrage in context

South African recording artist Sho Madjozi trended on Twitter after she posted a thread expressing her thoughts on the current turmoil in South Africa.

“The reason we have bad leaders is because we want bad answers,” said the singer in the detailed thread, referring to South Africa’s outrage over xenophobic attacks and gender-based violence.

The reason we have bad leaders is because we want bad answers. We want people to say “foreign nationals are completely innocent” or to say “foreign nationals are completely responsible for crime”.

— #LimpopoChampionsLeague (@ShoMadjozi) September 3, 2019

With protests erupting all over the country, South Africans are pleading with the government to do better for its people. Sho Madjozi believes that as a country, we have ourselves to blame for poor leadership because we don’t want to accept that “more than one thing can be true at once”.

The musician explained that while South Africa blames foreign nationals for crime, the country does not want to accept that its own people also contribute to crime.

She went on to note that “saying people are criminal BECAUSE they are foreign is Xenophobic”.

Even saying in some areas a lot of that crime is perpetuated by other Africans is true. But saying people are criminal BECAUSE they are foreign is Xenophobic. South African men killed Uyinene and Leighandre. South African men rape and murder and steal etc.

— #LimpopoChampionsLeague (@ShoMadjozi) September 3, 2019

The thread, which was posted on Wednesday, had many South African’s praising Sho Madjozi for her wise words.

State of nation address by Sho Majozi👌👌👌👌 https://t.co/N7PPu0viqf

— VOTE_EFF_2021 (@Musamathedi) September 4, 2019

If Articulate was a Person. Sho Majozi pic.twitter.com/ddb5457M3R

— Moteka Mosia 💭 (@Toolzzzz) September 4, 2019

That Sho Majozi thread is in the lines of what your President should’ve said yesterday but he decided to say a whole lot of nothing.

— ♊Tlou🐘🇿🇦 (@Thabang_Man_T) September 4, 2019

Sho Majozi deserves to be conferred with a PhD for this Thread. We are being Led here 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿. Truly insightful sis knows her story maybe must school our so-called scholars 🎓 https://t.co/qXUJ4f7D4L

— Don_Juano (@juano_don) September 4, 2019

This isn’t the first time the BET award winner got South African’s talking, however. Earlier this year she also trended after her song “John Cena” hit one-million views on YouTube.

As South Africa continues to fight for change, it is clear that we need more conversations like the one Sho Madjozi has started.

“Most people would much rather have a peaceful, happy and safe place to live. But people are disenfranchised and poor and we are all unprotected by the leaders we have chosen,” the singer concluded.

Most people would much rather have a peaceful, happy and safe place to live. But people are disenfranchised and poor and we are all unprotected by the leaders we have chosen. And that is the tea.

— #LimpopoChampionsLeague (@ShoMadjozi) September 3, 201

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