Samkelo Ndlovu lashes out over ‘blocked’ cultural topless picture
Rhythm City actress Samkelo Ndlovu has come out guns blazing against a topless picture of fellow actress Tsholo Maseko which was blocked from Instagram after being reported as reported as “offensive.”Last week Tsholo took to the streets topless to show off the beauty of the Ndebele culture during the filming of an upcoming production.The picture was posted by Samkelo to celebrate the cultural beauty of the picture‚ however‚ it was deleted by the social media platform.This angered Samu‚ who hit back‚ questioning how promoting culture could be offensive in a country that has 11 official languages.“Someone was offended by this picture? How? Because I‚ as a South African lady am offended. How can my culture offend you?I live in a country with 11 official languages. Different cultures with everyone you meet‚” Samu wrote.Samu added that the picture being deleted has left her saddened.“We are beautiful dressed in Western cloths and we are even more beautiful dressed in our cultural attire. It must’ve been an uncultured person who reported this because should it have been a half-naked sex symbol or pop star – they would have “broken the internet‚” so twisted man.”A photo posted by Tsholofelo Maseko (@tsholomaseko) on Apr 28, 2016 at 12:27am PDTas..
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