Video of Cyril Ramaphosa taking a selfie with citizens during his morning walk has divided SA.
A video of President Cyril Ramaphosa stopping for a selfie with citizens has been criticised and applauded.President Cyril Ramaphosa has divided many South Africans after a viral video had him trending on social media over the weekend.
In the video, Ramaphosa can be seen taking a morning walk before he was approached by a group of women wearing face masks in Rosebank, Johannesburg. The women greeted Ramaphosa with their elbows — an alternative to handshakes amid the Covid-19 pandemic — and then asked the president for a selfie.He and the women can also be heard exchanging jokes before the president jokes: “I’d rather be arrested with you”.
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