Mzansi Unimpressed by President Cyril Ramaphosa's ‘Water’ Challenge Video: “Bathong, Cupcake”

Mzansi Unimpressed by President Cyril Ramaphosa's ‘Water’ Challenge Video: “Bathong, Cupcake”

  • President Cyril Ramaphosa did Tyla's Water challenge recently during a conference
  • A video of the president with two women and a man on stage doing the challenge was shared on social media
  • Many netizens weren't impressed with Cyril Ramaphosa doing the Water challenge, saying this won't win him votes in the 2024 elections
Netizens were unimpressed with Ramaphosa dancing to the 'Water' challenge
President Cyril Ramaphosa did the 'Water' challenge and Mzansi is not impressed with the video, saying his stunts won't win him votes in the 2024 elections. Image: Roberta Ciuccio
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President Cyril Ramaphosa left many netizens unimpressed with a recent stunt he pulled. This was after Ramaphosa showed love to Tyla after she won the Grammy Award on Sunday, 4 February 2024.

President Cyril Ramaphosa does the Water challenge

The President of South Africa found himself making headlines on social media recently after he was roasted by a journalist on X. Recently, Ramaphosa stunned netizens as he joined in on Tyla's Water challenge.

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The news and gossip page MDNews posted a video of the president with two women and one man on stage during a conference dancing to Tyla's hit song Water and wrote:

"President Cyril Ramaphosa dancing to 'Water' by Tyla."

See the post below:

Netizens aren't pledging their votes

Shortly after the video went viral, many social media users showed their disappointment in the president. See some of the comments below:

@nduduzolahloma said:

"Lo baba wesudu ngathi unokuhamba lamaphathi oP.Diddy."

@TshepoTC11 wrote:

"Domkop of a President."

@Woolf__sa mentioned:

"Broer in the suit is doing the most."

@CalliePhakathi commented:

"That man in a suit is twerking just a lil too hard."

@__T_touch responded:

"Zuma would have done this better. I'm just saying."

@Ora_lee2 replied:

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"Bathong, Cupcake."

@Nwankumi shared:

"If Cyril provided basic services, he wouldn't need to dance to get our votes... mxm."

@CalvinHlogie tweeted:

"Loyo must start by giving us that 'Water' because he's busy dancing while his people are struggling from jobs and water crisis."

Cyril Ramaphosa refuses to divulge ministers' performance assessments

Previously, Briefly News reported that Cyril Ramaphosa refused to reveal the names of ministers who were not performing. This was after the Democratic Alliance's application to release Cabinet ministers' performance assessments was rejected.

Ramaphosa asserted that they will remain confidential because they could be used as a political tool. South Africans were livid and called him a cover-up specialist.

Source: Briefly News

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