Home Affairs Minister Leon Schreiber Mistaken for ‘Mr Bones’ Actor Leon Schuster: “Oh! Schucks”

Home Affairs Minister Leon Schreiber Mistaken for ‘Mr Bones’ Actor Leon Schuster: “Oh! Schucks”

  • Leon Schreiber's appointment as the new Minister of Home Affairs has sparked confusion among South Africans, with many mistaking him for comedian Leon Schuster
  • Social media reactions are filled with hilarious comments and jokes about the mix-up
  • Fans humorously imagined Schuster as a minister, making light of the situation with funny scenarios and comments

South Africans are already making hilarious jokes about the newly appointed Minister of Home Affairs, Leon Schreiber. Many social media users are confusing the DA Member of Parliament with veteran actor and comedian Leon Schuster.

Minister Leon Schreiber mistaken for Leon Schuster
Home Affairs Minister Leon Schreiber is being mistaken for Leon Schuster. Image: Deon Raath/Rapport/Gallo Images via Getty Images and @pmcafrica
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However, fans noted that they thought the new Minister of Home Affairs, Leon Schreiber, who replaced Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, was popular comedian Leon Schuster.

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Social media has been awash with hilarious comments from South Africans who are confusing Leon Schreiber and Leon Schuster.

@Toscallo said:

"Eish...my eyes almost deceiving me by showing me "Leon Schuster appointed home affairs minister ""

@DanCorderOnAir wrote:

"Some South Africans thought the new Home Affairs minister was Leon Schuster, not Leon Schreiber. Can you imagine Leon Schuster being Home Affairs minister? Next time the system is offline, we just get a press statement saying "Oh shucks, I'm gatvol"

@Lethu_ofcoz added:

"Leon Schuster is the new Minister of Home Affairs. Strategic move by the DA."

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@Ntabise26197326 wrote:

“Leon Schuster, I hope he will do better with the issue of these foreigners.”
@ChadThaDonDon commented:
“I thought Leon Schuster was sick. How is he a Minister?”

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Privie Kandi (Entertainment Editor) Privilege Kandi is an entertainment news editor (joined Briefly in 2022). A Journalism and Mass Communication graduate from the Christian College of Southern Africa (2016), she has been in the arts and entertainment industry for six years. Privie has worked for the Zimbabwe International Film and Festival Trust as a communications officer and a writer and TV producer for lifestyle and entertainment channel CME TV. She passed a set of trainings by Google News Initiative. You can reach her at privie.kandi@briefly.co.za.