The African National Congress's secretary-general, Fikile Mbalula, came under fire after he called a late ANC member his daughter. Many criticised him.
This was after Mbalula posted a picture of an ANC member who had passed away, calling her his daughter, politician-related news and elections at Daily Sun and Vutivi Business News for over seven years. Do you have a hard news story you would like to share? Email [email protected] with CA in the subject line.
Fikile Mbalula incurred the wrath of South Africans for calling a dead party member his child. Images: Darren Stewart/Gallo Images via Getty Images and Aaron Amat, Fikile Mbalula, came under fire after calling a deceased member of the ANC his daughter. Many were upset that they thought they were sympathising with him losing his real daughter.Cameron Peters said:
“You have us out here writing long messages of condolences directed to the wrong families. We are even confusing ancestors because of how you talk.”Mbalula, in a video, explained that some members of the ANC obtained qualifications without matric certificates because of a Recognition of Prior Learning .
Netizens roasted him for defending party members, but others explained that the RPL is a legitimate way of obtaining qualifications without matriculation.
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