From American President Donald Trump to South African public officials, social media has been used by political top brass as a platform to interact with the public. It does, however, come at a price.
Ministers, premiers and mayors have often found themselves at the receiving end of backlash from the public due to their behaviour and conduct on social media.
Here's a list of some of the blunders that politicians have made on the Twitter streets. Or, at least, what got Twitter talking...
Tito Mboweni
Newly-appointed Finance Minister Tito Mboweni established his Twitter career way before he got his new gig. Mboweni recently asked Twitter users if he should hand over his account to government administration to tweet on his behalf.
Twitter was not impressed with the joke.