South African Electrical Engineer Gets Paid 5 Months Late, Mzansi Trips Over His R374k Bank Balance: “Flex”

South African Electrical Engineer Gets Paid 5 Months Late, Mzansi Trips Over His R374k Bank Balance: “Flex”

  • An electrical engineer was complaining about a late payment, but people zoned in on his bank balance
  • A Twitter user told Briefly News that it was a friend who owed the money and that he doesn't care what others think
  • Some were glad the man got his money, but others were only focused on his nice bank balance

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Owning your own business comes with a lot of stressors, like getting people to pay. This man was shocked when he got paid five months after the project was completed.

Twitter user @Yanga_Co was not afraid to flaunt his bank balance
Mzansi people honed in on this man's bank balance, forgetting what the actual post was about. Image: @Yanga_Co/Twitter
Source: Twitter

Electrical engineer shares late payment story on Twitter

Twitter user @Yanga_Co, is an electrical engineer who was left high and dry for five months. Sharing proof of payment, he explained that it took five months for him to receive this R28k payment.

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“I did house wiring for this other guy, quoted him including material in Nov 2022, and he only paid me today after five months ♂️”

Mzansi man spills the tea on the late payment issue

Briefly News got in touch with Twitter user @Yanga_Co to find out a bit more about the story. Turns out, it was a friend of his.

“I did house wiring, quoted him including the material, I own an electrical company, and a friend delayed my payment.”

We also asked him how he feels about the people claiming this post was a bank balance flex, and he gave a straight-cut answer.

“I just don’t care what people think, most wished they were in my shoes with that balance.”

Mzansi people have mixed feelings about the post

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Some felt all the man was doing was flexing his bank balance, while others were glad that he eventually got his money.

Read some of the comments:

@SyaEbroteni said:

“How big that house is? I wired a ten-room house for R16000 back in 2020 and they complained. I ended up charging 10K because I was desperate.”

@Aviwe_ii said:

“This tweet is not about the R28k and the guy.”

@Lebzit said:

“This tweet is definitely about the available balance."

@_WiseySA said:

“At least he paid you…. some people don’t get paid even a cent.”

“Sbwl": Mzansi reacts to guy flexing his remaining bank balance

In related news, Briefly News reported that another South African guy has opted to flex his bank balance on social media and is receiving hilarious reactions from scores of locals. The Twitter account holder headed online to post a screenshot of his balance.

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@Yanga_Co captioned his snap, saying he's craving an expensive drink, Jägermeister, and some cider. Looking at his balance, the man has R382 000 in his account. Some people are baffled as to why locals post their balances, but many are now trying to convince the man that they are his siblings.

At the same time, they say he looks handsome, while others say they can’t even count the staggering amount of money.

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Denika Herbst (Editor) Denika Herbst is a Human Interest writer at Briefly News. She is also an Industrial Sociologist with a master's degree in Industrial Organisational and Labour Studies from the University of Kwa-Zulu Natal, which she completed in 2020. She is now a PhD candidate at UKZN. Denika has over five years of experience writing for Briefly News (joined in 2018), and a short time writing for The South African. You can reach her via: denika.herbst@briefly.co.za.

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