The ANC has received a cold clapback on social media after welcoming the arrests of Thabo Bester and Dr Nandipha Magudumana. Some suggested the party focus on its own issues.
The pair were arrested in Tanzania on Friday after Bester faked his death and escaped from Mangaung Correctional Centre in May last year.
In a statement shared on social media by ruling party secretary-general Fikile Mbalula, it said: “The ANC commends joint efforts led by South African and Tanzanian law-enforcement authorities which delivered positive results. ANC will closely monitor this case. We are invested in seeing Thabo Bester and his accomplices face the full might of the law.”
Some criticised the party, asking for reaction to the Phala Phala fiasco, while others blamed it for Bester's escape, saying it was under ANC leadership that he had roamed freely and undetected for months after escaping.
Here's a glimpse of the reactions:
Reaction on Phala-Phala please. Seeing that you've activated "reaction statements"
— Mac Miles😎 (@Mac_Miles_85) April 10, 2023
@RonaldLamola and the Commissioner and their deputies need to step down. This is a national travesty of justice!
— 🕸🇿🇦 Spider™🇿🇦 विशाल महाराज ॐ (@Island_Tribe17) April 11, 2023
@Min_JCS@PresidencyZA @CyrilRamaphosa @ParliamentofRSA #VoetsekANC #VoetsekANC #VoetsekANC
This is an own goal SG this whole saga proves how weak our South African laws are under our ANC government this Bester movie belongs to horror category with how the way he managed to skip the country, Guptaz did, Bushiri did, Watson did...mna nje in this case I thank Tanzania🇹🇿
— Bulelani Mpengesi (@Buja3D) April 10, 2023
You rather keep quite. Just don't write anything. Thabo left under Bheki Cele and Ronald Lamola's watch.
— DJ Sebata (@DSebata16) April 10, 2023
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