Winnie Mandela airport has a nice ring to it‚ say South Africans
DJ Tbo Touch and broadcaster Anele Mdoda are leading social media support for the call on the government to name Cape Town's international airport after Winnie Madikizela-Mandela.
The call for the renaming was made by EFF leader Julius Malema at the official funeral for the ANC Struggle veteran‚ just before he left the stage after a fiery speech vowing to keep her spirit of resistance alive.
"Can’t wait to fly from OR Tambo to Winnie Madikizela Mandela Airport in 2018‚" Tbo Touch tweeted.
Can’t wait to fly from OR Tambo to Winnie Madikizela Mandela Airport in 2018. Thank you @Julius_S_Malema this will be one amongst many legacy projects under @CyrilRamaphosa leadership. #WinnieMandelaFuneral
— Tbo Touch (@iamtbotouch) April 14, 2018
"In fact I am calling it Winnie Mandela airport from here out‚" Mdoda shared.
In fact I am calling it Winnie Mandela airport from here out !!!!!! Viva Julias Malema VIVA !!!!
— Anele Mdoda (@Anele) April 14, 2018
Many agreed with the notion.
"I'm driving down Robert Sobukwe drive rushing to Winnie Mandela International Airport" sounds just right‚" was one quip while another user somewhat cruelly implied the city's residents were experiencing the worst drought in living memory because they were not ruled by the ANC. One wag shared a false mock-up of a Wikipedia entry‚ already renaming the airport.
"I'm driving down Robert Sobukwe drive rushing to Winnie Mandela International Airport" sounds just right
— Mthembu kaNgobe (@SechabaKatutu) April 14, 2018
Winnie Mandela International Airport! A simple form of transformation in a province that desperately needs to be transformed. Brilliant idea @Julius_S_Malema. RT if u agree. #WinnieMandelaFuneral
— DJ Franky (@FrankySA) April 14, 2018
Winnie Mandela International Airport in the Mother City because she's the Mother of the Nation pic.twitter.com/wfkhmBiWxG
— #IAmWinnieMandela 🇿🇦 (@KatlehoMK) April 14, 2018
Cape Town rain is on its way now that you have Winnie Mandela Airport. Had DA been in touch with what is African...they would have done this sooner. Get ready for rain.
— Portia Gumede (@portiagumedesa) April 14, 2018
President Cyril Ramaphosa‚ in a moving eulogy‚ apologised for failing to properly honour Madikizela-Mandela in her lifetime. He committed that the ANC will bestow on her Isitwalandwe/Seaparankoe‚ its highest award of honour.