Fikile Mbalula is being accused of being tone-deaf and insensitive after Covid-19 'joke'
Fikile Mbalula upset some people with an ínsensitive remark when he spoke on the amended lockdown regulations for the transport industry.Fikile Mbalula is getting backlash on social media for what was perceived as an insensitive Covid-19 “joke”. The transport minister gave an update on amended Covid-19 regulations during the economic cluster briefing on Thursday.
At the time of his address, SA had 324,221 confirmed Covid-19 cases and 4,669 deaths related to the virus. , “this is a slap in the face to everyone who passed away from the virus and the survivors who fought tooth and nail to survive Covid-19. Families are grieving because of this thing. So insensitive.”
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