WATCH: Woman at centre of 'bakkie cage' saga speaks out

Linda Steenkamp‚ the woman who sat in a sheep cage at the back of a bakkie‚ went on camera to say she chose to sit there because it was extremely hot‚ she needed a lift and wanted to sit in the wind.

Steenkamp was photographed in the cage in the Eastern Cape and the image caused a stir on social media as people speculated whether the bakkie driver was racist or she had been locked up for committing a crime.

Steenkamp and the driver‚ Johan Erasmus‚ independently told TimesLIVE she was simply being given a lift and had elected to sit in the cage.

But not everyone was buying this story. Social media users seem divided, with some having gone as far as saying she was coached and made to rehearse her version.

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• I sat at the back because it was hot‚ says woman photographed in cageLinda Steenkamp‚ the woman who sat in a sheep cage at the back of a bakkie‚ says she chose to sit there because it was extremely hot‚ she needed a lift and wanted to sit in the wind.
• Woman in cage on bakkie – racist incident or storm in a teacup?The social media jury is out on the version of events that led to a black woman being transported in a cage on the back of a bakkie.