Capitalist Party’s Pillay slammed for calling Winnie Mandela a ‘cougar blesser’

While the nation observed the first anniversary since South Africa lost Winnie Madikizale-Mandela, founding member and chair of the Capitalist Party of South Africa Kanthan Pillay had something entirely different in mind.

The purple cow leader has come under fire for his tweet in which he refers to advocate Dali Mpofu as a “Ben 10” and Madikizale-Mandela as a “cougar blesser.”

The only thing more surprising than Pillay’s utterances is the fact that DA MP Phumzile Van Damme came to the defence of Dali Mpofu, the national chairperson of the Economic Freedom Fighters, and Madikizale-Mandela, an ANC veteran.

While some social media users have expressed their personal disdain for the EFF as an organisation and stated that they saw no problems with what Pillay said due to this contempt, others have agreed with Van Damme’s point.

Pillay’s mentions have been flooded with request for him to delete the tweet, retract his statement and “show some respect”.

Pillay also directly received the majority of the backlash for his statement directly to his own account.

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