“He Couldn’t Bribe Them”: Malume in Soweto Gets Soaked by Kids in Spring Fun Despite Participating
- A man tried to navigate his way through a Spring water celebration in a South African township on 2 September 2026
- The video, posted by TikToker @kagisosibusiso, showed the moment the crowd turned on him despite his attempts to join in
- South Africans online could not stop laughing at malume's failed plan to outsmart the kids having a blast in Soweto
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A man's attempt to outsmart a rowdy group of kids during Spring Day did not go according to plan. The video, posted by TikToker @kagisosibusiso on 2 September 2026, showed a packed street celebration in what appeared to be a South African township, with a large crowd running and cheering around a car and a man making his way through the street.
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The clip quickly caught fire online for the best reason. Malume, as the older man became known in the comments, tried to work his way through the Spring water fun. His strategy, whether dancing or simply playing along, was meant to help him pass through unscathed. It did not work.
According to viewers, it was not even the kids who got him first. One commenter pointed out that it was an older man in a red T-shirt who delivered the first soaking. The crowd followed. Malume never saw it coming.
The energy in the video by @kagisosibusiso captured everything that makes South African township street celebrations what they are: spontaneous, communal and completely merciless when it comes to these kinds of moments. Watch the moment malume's plan falls apart:
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SA jokes about malume's Spring Day
South Africans in the comments could not get enough of the clip:
@Lothbrok said:
"They betrayed him 😭😭💔"
@Limpopo Chronicles wrote:
"He was trying to manipulate them 💀😭😂"
@skynet noted:
"Malume didn't see it coming 😂😂😂😂"
@munyai ndivhuho added:
"No one is above the program 😂"
@Mmatlou Dhludhlu said:
"He thought he would pass in that way"
@Mosito shared:
"It only took that one child to spoil the fun malume was enjoying, this kids will give you chest pains 😂"
@pnp put it plainly:
"You won't bribe these kids with a dance, malume. They only have today's day only."
Other Briefly News stories about Spring Day
- A video featuring a taxi driver furiously chasing young pranksters during South Africa's Spring Day celebrations.
- South Africans were stunned as a Gauteng neighbourhood transformed into a chaotic battlefield of laughter and water on Spring Day.
- A Spring Day prank took an unexpected turn when a young man found himself trapped on a bus after attempting to douse passengers with water.
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