Former President of South Africa Jacob Zuma has finally joined popular social media platforms Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, because he hears “many people are talking about [him]”.
Zuma’s first tweet is a video of himself saying: “Hello, everyone. I have decided to move with times to join this important area of conversation because I hear that many people are talking about me. I felt it is necessary that I should join in and be part of the conversation.”
On Thursday Zuma was ordered to foot his own legal bill and pay back the state funds he used to fight all his civil and criminal cases in the past 10 years. The judgment was handed down in Pretoria and holds him liable to pay legal fees to the value of R15- to R32-million.
Twitter users are questioning whether he joined social media to start a go-fund-me campaign to help him pay off his legal fees.
This what locals had to say to him…
Good morning Mzansi
Thank you for the warm welcome, I look forward to engaging with you. pic.twitter.com/sr1MhSNf0F
— Jacob G Zuma (@PresJGZuma) December 14, 2018
This is false https://t.co/b7zzCIRbeC
— Jacob G Zuma (@PresJGZuma) December 14, 2018
Ubaba is going to see that we’ve been using him as a meme. pic.twitter.com/Y37rSKwD7e
— mapaseka_p (@Mapaseka_P) December 14, 2018
@PresJGZuma ubaba has 13,9 k followers and followers 0 legend?? pic.twitter.com/2WsNAKk8sR
— I follow ASAP ☺ (@bonganib13) December 14, 2018
uBaba entering these Twitter streets like…. pic.twitter.com/LsONj9kP5U
— Ryan Cummings (@Pol_Sec_Analyst) December 14, 2018
I’m sure took ubaba a good 10mins to type those 3 words??? #ZumaJoinsTwitter https://t.co/GdR4Bgu0rf
— The_!nciner8or? (@sihlangukp) December 14, 2018
uBaba is going to have more followers than you pic.twitter.com/WZ6dHRZ69w
— Mngani ka Mngani (@JabulaniKhesa) December 14, 2018
Picture: Twitter