Mzansi Amused by “Russian Soldier” With Zulu Weapons After US Ambassador’s Accusations Against SA

Mzansi Amused by “Russian Soldier” With Zulu Weapons After US Ambassador’s Accusations Against SA

  • No matter the situation, South Africans always find a way to find the humour and this time people had jokes about the US ambassadors' accusations levelled against the country
  • An obviously edited photo was shared to poke fun at the American ambassador, Rueben Brigety who claimed the was confident the government traded arms to Russia
  • The picture was hilarious as it reflected how most people felt after seeing the news about South Africa and Russia

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People had jokes following accusations that South Africa sold arms to aid Russia against Ukraine. The public was up arms as people shared their opinions about whether or not it could be true.

Mzansi makes fun of US allegation that SA supplied arms to Russia
South Africans had jokes after the US accused the country of giving Russia arms. Images: Getty Images/Pool/TikTok/@ripleyswildride
Source: UGC

Others are convinced that the country does not have the necessary resources to assist Russia such as the TikTokker who made fun of the accusation. The funny pictures attracted hundreds of comments from many who think South Africa has no arms to trade.

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South African humour imagines what weapons were allegedly sent to Russia

A post by @ripleyswildride shows a clearly edited picture of a Russian soldier in a run-down city while holding a Zulu shield and spear. The video was jokingly captioned:

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"BREAKING NEWS‼️. Russian Soldier spotted with South African weapons."

Mzansi laughs at Rueben Brigety's allegations against South Africa

People love comedic gold during serious times, and this video was perfect. Mr Brigety's comments left a sour taste in SA's mouth as the rand plummeted after his inflammatory statements as reported by Farmer's Weekly. Some peeps mocked the US ambassador saying the video was his evidence while most marvelled at the typically Mzansi sense of humour.

gwinya commented:

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"Love South African humour."

Thandiwe commented:

"I've just forwarded this to the US ambassador Allegations confirmed."

FunnyPeople_ commented:

"Did you guys know that we're number 37 in the world in arms dealing. Lol... We can't be selling shields and spears."

Steven commented:

"Ya'll playing with fire."

user3865353821471 commented:

"PROOF."

Khido❤❤k commented:

"Haibo guys when did Shaka Zulu sponsor them manje."

FunnyPeople_ commented:

"Did you guys know that we're number 37 in the world in arms dealing. Lol... We can't be selling shields and spears."

Steven commented:

"Y’all playing with fire."

“Don’t rub it on our face”: Cassper jokes about fixing loadshedding, SA fuming

Briefly News previously reported that Cassper Nyovest has been slammed for making a distasteful joke about loadshedding. Eskom has implemented Stage 6 loadshedding and many people have been left without electricity for days and some can't even access the internet.

Cassper Nyovest took to his timeline to share pics of himself and a couple of his friends rocking bright colours. They were seemingly attending a party at the time.

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Taking to Cassper Nyovest's comment section on the micro-blogging app, the majority of his followers slammed him for not being able to read the room.

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Rutendo Masasi (Human-Interest editor) Rue Masasi is a Human Interest and Entertainment writer at Briefly News who graduated with a BA (Hons) in English from Rhodes University in 2018. Rue also has 2 years of experience in journalism and over four years of experience as an online ESL teacher. She has also passed a set of trainings by Google News Initiative. You can reach her via email: rutendo.masasi@briefly.co.za