It's so shady - Hlaudi Motsoeneng's 'tree manifesto' fails to impress
Former SABC chief operating officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng is planning to launch the "best manifesto SA has ever seen" - but some social media users say he is off to a bad start by addressing his followers from under a tree.
Perhaps he was trying to emulate that other famous philosopher, Hippocrates, who famously and successfully used a plane tree as a classroom for his medical students.
Whatever, the president of the African Content Movement chose to promote his party manifesto launch that will take place on April 6 while peering out from dense foilage.
"South Africa, this is the time for our future," he says in the video, before promising an "action manifesto, an implementation manifesto".
"We are not talking about the words, we are talking about action, we are talking about implementation. What I know in my life is only action and implementation, vision and plan. I have a plan for this country, to turn around the lives of our people."
@ACMServants President #Hlaudi Motsoeneng invites all South Africans to our Movements Manifesto in Durban, Curries Fountain Sports Development Center. #ACMPlanOfAction #VoteACM pic.twitter.com/2GBr4JbjhZ
— #VoteACM African Content Movement (@ACMServants) March 26, 2019
Social media was filled with reaction to the video, with many questioning why Motsoeneng had chosen to make his pledges under a random tree.
Here are some of the best reactions:
Wait for it... Whatever Hlaudi smokes is really potent. I want to have this confidence when I grow up😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/vpfoOqqnM4
— Thanduxolo Jika (@jikat) March 27, 2019
So someone was able to keep a straight face and while recording that video ya Hlaudi?! Ok! pic.twitter.com/a1ZKnaxZc0
— Constitutional Black (@nthabiseng_ms) March 28, 2019
Haha listen to Hlaudi. Presenting his Manifesto Plans under the tree. Satane atla a re leka tumelo 😂😂@MbalulaFikile @EsethuHasane_ pic.twitter.com/Ygx5FfinkT
— HUMA (@HumaHumas_) March 27, 2019
Hlaudi must come buy furniture and stop wasting money on silly campaigns https://t.co/XRNTDnNH7m
— #SinuousLinesDesign (@Sentletse) March 27, 2019
I need Hlaudi in parliament. Parliament is no longer providing enough comedy content. https://t.co/9B74wANO2E
— Dr Nhlakanipho (@DrMkhize4) March 27, 2019
He's not under a tree.
— Lackadaisic Al (@EugeneA24459776) March 28, 2019
It's just partly hlaudi
I have so many questions about that Hlaudi video.
— Mbuyiseli (@Lwazi_Somya) March 28, 2019
1) Why is he under a tree?
2) Why didn't anyone realise that the video is getting more and more incoherent as he continued to speak?
3) Who decided that type of video would be a good idea?
4) Why is Hlaudi over excited?
TBC
Hlaudi telling us that he will be launching the greatest manifesto in the history of South Africa, but he doesn't even have a proper conference facility.
— Dr Sanele B. Gumede💎 (@SaneleBGumede_) March 28, 2019
He is in the bushes taking a video of his press release using a Mobicel. Poor Quality Video vs Running The Country pic.twitter.com/IZSq8rdDVg