Mzansi Has a Lot to Say About Kids Dressed As Prisoners for Career Day #ThaboBester: “This is So Wrong”

Mzansi Has a Lot to Say About Kids Dressed As Prisoners for Career Day #ThaboBester: “This is So Wrong”

  • Mzansi citizens were fuming over a video showing a few kids who went to career day dressed as convicts
  • Twitter account @pmcafrica shared the video, highlighting all that was wrong in that situation
  • Many people came forward to express their disappointment in the parents who allowed this

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The Thabo Bester saga has almost become a fashion statement in South Africa, and a lot of people are fuming over it. So, when kids were seen wearing prison outfits for career day, things got a little heated.

Twitter account @pmcafrica shared the video, highlighting all that is wrong in this situation
Twitter account @pmcafrica shared the video showing the small children dressed as convicts, and it made people furious. Image: Twitter / @pmcafrica
Source: Twitter

Crime is crippling Mzansi, and the Bester case is just another headshaking moment for our citizens. Children need good role models to look up to, and it seems we are failing them.

Video shows schoolkids dressed as prisoners for career day

Widely followed Twitter account @pmcafrica shared the video in horror, shaking his head at what he had just seen.

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He captioned it:

"This career day is not make sure. Nazoke sesiqalile (South African history) theory and practical #ThaboBester.”

Mzansi citizens express their disappointment in children dressed like convicts

This video had a lot of people fuming. While some thought it was funny, many felt this is why our country is crumbling. Children shouldn't even know the Bester case, let alone be dressed like convicts.

Read some of the comments:

@koko_matshela said:

“This is so wrong.”

@DR_CEO_ said:

“I’m not sure about the young Thabo Bester in an orange uniform.”

@kagisoKB_72 said:

“No wonder science and engineering is a rumour in SA.”

@Puselet36155302 said:

“Parents, what are they doing to their kids (the ones in orange). I'm disappointed.”

@LordMahase said:

“The sad part is that some people find this funny, while others see nothing wrong.”

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Boy shows up as navy officer for career day in school, drips with cuteness as mom shares photos

In related news, Briefly News reported that a young boy dripped with cuteness and swag after showing up on career day at his school sporting a Navy officer's uniform, and his photos have gone viral.

The child's mother, known on Twitter as @chefbanke, shared impressive images of her boy in the Navy uniform and gushed over him.

Sharing the images of her son on her feed, the proud mother said:

''Career day at my baby’s school, and he showed up like this.''

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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.