Johannesburg University Student Shovelling Sand in Suit Goes Viral on TikTok, Leaves Many Confused

• A Johannesburg student was filmed shovelling sand into a dustbin while wearing a suit and top hat, causing social media users to speculate on his reasons
• Some netizens suggested that the student's behaviour was a result of the heavy academic workload and pressure faced by university students
• Others responded with jokes and banter, with some suggesting that the student was doing a performance art project

A Johannesburg student had social media users laughing out loud after he was captured on video engaging in a rather absurd activity.

A video posted by @bonolomakoala shows a student dressed in a suit, top hat and face mask as he uses a spoon to shovel sand into a dustbin.

Watch the video below:

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University students typically have a heavy academic workload, with multiple classes, assignments and exams to juggle, all while trying to maintain a social life. This can be especially challenging and even drive one to the edge from time to time.

This could explain the student's amusing behaviour, but maybe he was just doing a drama practical, as some netizens suggested.

South Africans confused and amused by student's behaviour

While some netizens tried to make sense of the student's sand-shovelling act, others responded with jokes and banter.

saadiqa petersen palekar said:

"Somebody explain."

Nomakhosi.iii said:

"Bathong."

Cocktail_Monate1 commented:

"The pressure plus the stress we go through here makes the lecturers happy."

bethany Leaman said:

"It's probably a 2nd-year doing their project for performance art."

A responded:

"Guy is from performance art and representing the 1652 struggle (done this for 16 min 52 sec)."

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sbiziwegwala replied:

"Lecturers looking at you like, 'Yaaaah, this is what I want'."

Burglar drops TV and returns to stomp on it in failed robbery

In another story, Briefly News reported that a video of a thug who was caught red-handed in the middle of a house robbery has gone viral on TikTok.

The amusing CCTV footage shared by @mister_sanguy shows the unidentified man standing on a table as he unmounts a flat-screen TV placed on the wall.

A few seconds into his act, a woman appears in the scene and fights the thug off in an effort to try to get hold of her TV, which lands on the floor. The thief runs out and back into the apartment to stomp on the TV before running off again.

Source: Briefly News