‘Male Twitter’ is really not impressed with Buti Manamela

Black Twitter’s days are over – now it’s time for Male Twitter, according to Deputy Minister in the Presidency Buti Manamela, who this weekend produced a tweet that left some men upset. The deputy minister took to Twitter to ask a simple question: “What kind of a man are you who cannot cook?”

What kind of man are man are you who can't cook?! 😎🤓

— Buti Manamela (@ButiManamela) February 4, 2017

Here are some of the responses he got:

“The kind of man that paid lobola” – a response the minister said was an excuse, as he had also paid lobola, yet he cooked for his wife.

“Real man, not gay, no offence to gays.”

Manamela told the follower he had already offended them.

“I know so many real men, gay or not, who cook the best meals. Got nothing to do with your sexuality,” he said, further asking if the follower thought Somizi cooked because he was gay.

“I can’t cook umfazi ekhona (when the woman is there). Never.”

“Different choices for different folks. I don’t cook because I have a wife.”

While some said they did not cook because it was a woman’s job, some told Manamela to “just cook and shut up”.

The minister said his question was simply meant to expose the chauvinism and patriarchy that still plays out in society today.

“It’s the idea that men can’t cook because they have wives, sisters or mothers – that’s scary and used as an excuse,” he wrote.