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‘Dear Americans: send us money, lions are chasing us’ — SA Twitter tries to pull a fast one

"If one American can send me $1,000 I will have dinner tonight," joked one user.

Kyle Zeeman

Kyle Zeeman

Digital Editor

The digital economy is growing rapidly. It already contributes 19% to South Africa’s GDP and is forecast to add another 4% by 2030, says the writer. Stock photo.
The digital economy is growing rapidly. It already contributes 19% to South Africa’s GDP and is forecast to add another 4% by 2030, says the writer. Stock photo. (Vadmary/1213RF)

Social media was a mess on Sunday after one local user asked Americans to “send us money in SA”, joking that we are dying of hunger and being stalked by animals.

The “request”, which claimed “lions are chasing us and elephants are eating us”, went viral.

Within hours it had garnered more than  30,000 likes, 8,000 retweets and more than 1,000 comments.

The user tagged Trevor Noah, saying the SA-born comedian “knows our struggles”.

Other users joined in , sharing “stories” about how hard it is in SA and motivating for foreign coins.


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