“Tactical Awareness”: Helen Zille’s Braamfontein Prank Amuses As SA Weighs In on Bodyguard
- Jozi Pranks filmed a street prank in Braamfontein, Johannesburg, featuring someone dressed as DA leader Helen Zille
- The prankster wore a distinctive DA-branded jacket and was accompanied by a minder as they approached unsuspecting pedestrians
- South Africans who watched the clip could not stop talking about the bodyguards and one very noticeable detail
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A Johannesburg prank channel had South Africans in stitches after pulling off a cheeky stunt on the streets of Braamfontein. The video, posted by Jozi Pranks on 4 August 2026, featured Helen Zille in a Democratic Alliance-branded jacket being scare-pranked by a person dressed as a bush on the side of the pavement.
Her bodyguard quickly steps and moves her aside, before they both realise the harmlessness of the prank.
Within a day of being posted, the reel was attracting hundreds of comments, with viewers weighing in on everything from the bodyguards to the shoes.
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Mzansi Reacts to the prank
South Africans on the page, could not help themselves:
Samkelo Zikhali said:
"Tactical awareness on these bodyguards 🔥🔥"
Vusi Malaza wrote:
"When she sees this video on social media"
Sbonelo Smangaliso was sceptical:
"This was staged. Her reaction is unnatural"
Scara Tebogo warned:
"If you look carefully, the bodyguards are armed; one day ishlahla siyophuma igazi (the tree will come out blood), camera ibheke phezulu (camera will turn upside down). Choose who u prank"
Sello Moeti laughed:
"Bodyguards are overprotective over a bushman prank 😀"
Lungelo Nyamakazi added:
"I see the prank, but I can't get over the sneaker size 🤣"
More Briefly News stories on pranks
- An American woman's hug prank on her husband went viral after his stunned, almost tearful reaction to a stranger embracing him left millions of viewers laughing and debating whether he looked scared, guilty or simply shocked.
- Content creator Malcolm Wentzel's attempt to prank Thembi after she slept over to look after his dogs hilariously backfired when she answered his loud wake-up call by dancing to the music instead.
- A South African TikToker’s playful prank on a Pick n Pay cashier, where he tried to pay for juice in an unexpected way, left the cashier confused and Mzansi viewers laughing at the wholesome interaction.
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