Outrage is building over an effigy of Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi that was placed outside the national education department's offices.
Lesufi, who has been criticised on social media for his perceived stance against Afrikaans language schools‚ says he is being harassed and threatened by rightwingers.
"These morons came to our offices to 'hang' me! We defeated your racists grandparents‚ you are nothing!‚" he tweeted.
"Yes‚ they proudly 'hanged' me‚" he said‚ in response to a question from a Twitter user.
Yes, they proudly “hanged” me https://t.co/OEBunqH8JR
— Panyaza Lesufi (@Lesufi) April 25, 2018
Lesufi swiftly gained support and encouragement:
Given this country’s history, the hanging of MEC @Lesufi’s effigy is extremely in bad taste and may border on hate speech. We surely can disagree without being disagreeable 😒 pic.twitter.com/bR9j5QSmUV
— Makhosini Mgitywa (@Makhosini) April 25, 2018
I guess their kids doesn’t want to attend primary school with us blacks hence this. Tell them we didn’t hang ourselves wen Afrikaans was imposed to us forcefully.
— Khumbudzo Munyai (@Khumbu_M) April 25, 2018
Shocking!! This harks back to the lynching of black people in the US, and the hangings of political prisoners in SA
— That so eh? (@steve_lawrie777) April 26, 2018
Wa bona 🤦🏾♂️ #Apartheid legacy! Aluta Continua ✊🏾 Cde Bra @Lesufi be strong and resolute! https://t.co/5nQuTZKQXn
— Thabang (@thabangtladi) April 25, 2018
