Cyril Ramaphosa’s X Account Recovered After It Posted Inappropriate Content
- President Cyril Ramaphosa's account was allegedly compromised after it shared an inappropriate video
- This was after his account posted a video montage of women wearing revealing clothing in sequence while he was conducting an executive meeting in the North West
- Although the content was removed and the Presidency issued an explanation, South Africans were not convinced
Tebogo Mokwena, Briefly News’ Deputy Head of Current Affairs, based in Johannesburg, South Africa, has covered policy changes, cabinet reshuffles, the State of the Nation Address, parliamentary proceedings, and politician-related news, as well as elections, at Daily Sun and Vutivi Business News for over seven years.
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NORTH WEST — President Cyril Ramaphosa's X account was compromised after it posted a video of women in revealing clothing on 12 September 2025 while the president was in the North West during an executive meeting.
The Presidency posted a video on its @PresidencyZA X account explaining that the video, which was deleted, was the result of a technical glitch. The video was a mash-up of different videos, each showing women in revealing outfits and one showing the exposed breast of a doll. X user Mightie Jamie uncovered the now-deleted video. Click on the X link to view it.
The Presidency explained that the glitch was allegedly caused by a cross-feed, which superimposed images on posts from the handle. According to IOL, the videos were reported to show Ramaphosa addressing officials during his Joint National and North West Provincial Executive meeting.
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Read the X statement here:
Social media accounts that were hacked
In June 2024, the South African Broadcasting Corporation released a statement after Radio 2000's X account was hacked. They urged South Africans to disregard posts as it worked to recover the account. The account's name was changed to Tesla News.
Musician Samthing Soweto's X account was also hacked in January 2025. The vocalist announced that he lost his account after a hacker posing as a Michael Jordan fan page accessed his account and deleted his posts.
South Africans questioned the glitch
Netizens commenting on X doubted that the account experienced a glitch.
The National Union of Metalworkers South Africa's spokesperson, Phakamile Hlubi-Majola, said:
"Your social media team was drunk tweeting, and you blame it on a glitch."
Malome joked:
"You understand that you have to select the image in your gallery and then click post."
Thembi asked:
"Can Cyril successfully run something, anything? That time he took the State Security Agency into his office!"
Tersfees said:
"This man can't even run his X account."
Sticksters said:
"Let's be honest here. There is zero chance that he has ever looked at or probably even knows he has an X handle."
Ramaphosa backs anti-corruption body
In a related article, Briefly News reported that Ramaphosa supported the establishment of an anti-corruption body. This was after the National Anti-Corruption Advisory Council made the recommendation.
The council submitted a final report after the end of its three-year term. Ramaphosa, commenting on the recommendation, said that the body would be called the Office of Public Integrity and Anti-Corruption (OPIAC).
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