Cape Town – South African Sport, Arts and Culture Minister Nathi Mthethwa faced backlash on social media after tweeting what many saw as an “insensitive tweet” on the day of the funeral of famous rapper, Rikhado “Ricky Rick” Makhado.
Ricky Rick, 34, passed away on Wednesday last week. He allegedly hanged himself, according to TrueLove.
On Tuesday, he was laid to rest in a private and intimate burial ceremony.
Mthethwa tweeted on the same day that he and his department were at Tshwane’s Kgosi Mampuru Museum to officially launch the Human Rights month.
The tweet included images of the minister standing in front of lynch ropes.
According to SA History, the museum is South Africa’s only prison where executions took place.
“Earlier today, we were at Kgosi Mampuru Museum in Tshwane in the Gauteng province to officially launch Human Rights Month. As an integral part of our programme we embarked on a tour of the Kgosi Mampuru Gallows Museum, a national heritage site,” wrote Mthethwa in a tweet.
Earlier today, we were at Kgosi Mampuru Museum in Tshwane in the Gauteng province to officially launch Human Rights Month. As an integral part of our programme we embarked on a tour of the Kgosi Mampuru Gallows Museum, a national heritage site. ?? #HumanRightsMonthLaunch pic.twitter.com/FQlg0CzjJZ
— Min. Nathi Mthethwa (@NathiMthethwaSA) March 1, 2022
Mthethwa’s tweet was not well received by some social media users, who chastised him for being “so insensitive”.
Mthethwa closed his comment section in response to the backlash.
Take a look at some of the Twitter reactions below:
Nathi Mthethwa just further exposed his uselessness & emptiness. NOT TODAY! https://t.co/6e8efmXYDo
— S’thembiso Thethwayo (@SL_Thethwayo) March 1, 2022
I swear this is a deliberate move by Nathi Mthethwa, who knows this may be pettiness for not being invited to Ricky Rick funeral as Min of Arts & Culture https://t.co/Y0dCNxBocF
— Щandile (@FanFan_Mkhize) March 1, 2022
Dear Minister Nathi Mthethwa, some of us are going through a lot and one of our homies just committed Suicide Jo & Wena you posting such.. ah bra yaka what’s wrong with you!? Couldn’t you wait until tomorrow or some other time when we’re bit healed ?? Ya noo https://t.co/q7b5IFoqTD
— Masego’s dad 9 feb. (@illythehost) March 1, 2022
Nathi Mthethwa is a primary example of our Government not being in touch with the realities of the masses of this country. Riky Rick was right when he said we are on our own, they are proving him right even in death. So insensitive sies
— MaZwide (@Malwande_udumo) March 1, 2022
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