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<\/a>Jessica Leandra tweet<\/p><\/div>\n
Upon further investigation, it was found that it wasn’t the first time Leandra had expressed unsavoury views.<\/p>\n
After receiving a huge amount of complaints for her tweets, Leandra issued an apology – but FHM had already stripped her of her Modelbook 2011 title, and she lost her sponsorship with Quick Trim SA.<\/p>\n
Tshidi Thamana<\/h3>\n
Not one to learn a lesson from others’ mistakes, South African “actress and model”, Tshidi Thamana caused major upset with some racist tweets of her own.<\/p>\n
In response to Jessica Leandra’s ill-thought-out racist ranting, Thamana fired back at Leandra – and all white people – with her own views.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Tshidi Thamana tweet<\/p><\/div>\n
The old addage “two wrongs don’t make a right” rang true, as Twitter users hit back at Thamana with the same zest as they did Leandra.<\/p>\n
As a result of the whole fiasco, both models ultimately met up to make peace and restore their damaged social media images.<\/p>\n
SA Presidency<\/h3>\n
The official Twitter account for the South African presidency caused a bit of a stir on Twitter when the account manager slipped in a bit of a personal quip.<\/p>\n
<\/a>SA Presidency tweet<\/p><\/div>\n
The response to the tweet was largely negative, with most South Africans telling the presidency to focus on more important things.<\/p>\n
While president Jacob Zuma may have indeed been a bit bummed that he was missing Idols, the presidency was quick to follow up and notify its followers that the views expressed were not of Zuma or the presidency.<\/p>\n
McIntosh Polela<\/h3>\n
2012 saw the “high profile” Molemo “Jub Jub” Maarohanye murder trial come to a close after 2 years in the courts.<\/p>\n
Maarohanye was charged and convicted of murder and several other charges for killing 4 students after losing control of his vehicle while drag racing in 2010.<\/p>\n
After being found guilty, McIntosh Polela, spokesperson for the the SAPS special task team, the HAWKS, couldn’t resist tweeting about the case.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Macintosh Polela tweet<\/p><\/div>\n
Polela’s tweet marked yet another occasion in 2012 when silence was probably the better option, as it drew a lot of negative attention from the local Twittersphere.<\/p>\n
Polela’s Vaseline tweet effectively got him fired from his position – though it remains unconfirmed that it was the primary reason for his suspension.<\/p>\n
Lance Witten<\/h3>\n
Tragedy struck the Linkin Park concert in Cape Town after an advert tied to scaffolding collapsed on a crowd at the show, injuring 19 people and killing a young woman.<\/p>\n
It didn’t take long for the cruelty of the Internet to catch up and start making light of the situation.<\/p>\n
While jokes about the tragedy soon started circulating, it was ENews Channel Africa sports anchor, Lance Witten, who faced public rage for his insensitive tweet about the event.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Lance Witten tweet<\/p><\/div>\n
Witten, initially unapologetic about the tweet, did ultimately express regret, and was abruptly suspended from eNCA.<\/p>\n
He has since returned to air after receiving a written warning, and was ordered to attend social media training. Perhaps the same should be applied to everyone else featured here.<\/p>\n
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