In this week’s satirical news, Mandela is making a huge comeback.
Following the hashtag, BeMoreMadiba, which trended recently for Mandela Day, political parties are using the premise to garner votes for the August 3 elections. The Democratic Alliance has already used the former state president in their ads and posters, calling on people to honour Madiba’s legacy by voting for change. Others were quick to point out that Madiba viewed the DA as a whites only party and have accused them of stooping to new lows to attract voters. Realising that this could just work, other political parties have started their own hashtags which they’re hoping will also catch on.
The Minority Front, in an attempt to win back the Indian vote, have turned to their former party leader for inspiration. #BeMoreRajbansi has now been started as a result.
What it means to be more Rajbansi is unclear at this stage but thoughts are that it involves wearing a ridiculously fake wig and bribing voters with breyani, vegetable breyani that is, meat is expensive nowadays.
The EFF were about to launch #BeMoreMalema but after much deliberation, realised that Julius Malema wasn’t the best person to idealise. The ANC didn’t think that far ahead and have still launched numerous hashtags, including #BeMoreZuma and #BeMoreBraJacob.
The characteristics needed to be more Zuma may not appeal to everyone but include, and are not limited to, stealing tax payers money to upgrade your house, having numerous criminal charges against you and taking a shower to get rid of diseases. The hashtag hasn’t gone down well with all residents but they soon changed their minds once they were handed free ANC T-shirts from the Mayoral vehicle.
Another hashtag that has made the news in recent weeks is #BeMoreHlaudi. Launched by the SABC, it was a way of encouraging people to get behind the quest to make everything 90% local. #BeMoreHlaudi encourages people to fake their qualifications and get a high power position, act like they live on their own planet and run their companies like a dictator.
The hashtag hasn’t garnered much attention because all journalists at the SABC have been banned from using Facebook and Twitter.
