A Banting diet for politicians? If that's the case we have to go way beyond carbs and sugar.
News broke on Twitter today via Beeld newspaper (Netwerk24.com) that Julius Malema had a bit of an altercation with a security guard at the Emoyeni conference centre in Parktown.
The altercation started when the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader apparently refused to have his briefcase pass through the security scanner. The security guard, who is rumoured to be part of the ANC, then exclaimed, “So you think you are a king?” before apparently proceeding to push him, causing him to fall.
Malema was at the conference centre in Parktown to meet with Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa – this was also revealed on his own Twitter account earlier today.
News of the apparent altercation obviously took to Twitter like wildfire, and it didn’t take long before Netwerk24’s pics went viral.
Beeld’s news editor Pieter du Toit also shared the pic, and got a hearty laugh from Juju himself.
But is he okay? And what really happened? Was it a case of an old school smackdown, or did the commander-in-chief just lose his footing?
Juju responded that he was in fact okay … but did not confirm the details of the “event”.
In Malema’s corner, supporters were out in full force…
Some were a little dramatic about a bit of a fall. But what can we say, he really is loved.
Of course many Twitter users were not so concerned about his wellbeing. Many were quite glad that he had “fallen” saying, among other things, that it was “lekker man, lekker”.
Other Twitter users wanted to know exactly what kind of tactics were used to floor Juju…
And then of course, there were those who called for a Bells … for the security guard of course…
For the moment, all you can really do, is grab your popcorn, watch your Twitter feed and hope that Juju’s meeting finishes soonest so we can hopefully get the story straight from the horse’s mouth.
Even if it is 140 characters at a time. – Mail & Guardian