WATCH: Mandela lecture’s funniest moments
Politicians have always lied, said Obama, but now they just lie on top of the lie when caught.
Barack Obama. Image: Twitter/@maabane2020
The annual Nelson Mandela lecture, delivered this year by former US president Barack Obama, took place on Tuesday at the Wanderers Stadium in Illovo, Johannesburg.
Barack Obama’s lecture to commemorate Nelson Mandela’s birthday was inspirational, according to many who watched the lecture.
The lecture saw business mogul Patrice Motsepe, alongside President Cyril Ramaphosa, address scores to celebrate the great former statesman, Madiba.
On a lighter note, we have compiled moments that amused most listeners.
The first was when Obama took centre stage.
In a quirky delivery, the former US number one did not disappoint. Obama said he found it funny that some political leaders seemed to reject the concept of objective truth.
“People just make stuff up,” he said, leaving the Wanderers stadium in stitches.
“Politicians have always lied, but it used to be if you caught them lying.
“They’d be like, ah man. Now they just keep on lying.”
Former President Obama: “We see the utter loss of shame among political leaders where they’re caught in a lie and they just double-down and they lie some more.” pic.twitter.com/EOazEOIq9C
— NBC News (@NBCNews) July 17, 2018
The second moment is a video where people attending the lecture filmed Democratic Alliance leader Mmusi Maimane and said they were at the lecture for the real Obama, not Obama-lite, referring to Maimane.
The video shows some attendants laughing at the DA leader’s expense.
I got this a bit late. It looked like Maimane was cutting the line and people started hackling him. Then they were like, “We’re here for the main Obama.” 😂🤣😂🤣 pic.twitter.com/AapzUwL9KR
— Khaya Dlanga (@khayadlanga) July 17, 2018
The other was a Twitter reaction to a photo of UDM leader Bantu Holomisa. Holomisa was with radio personality Redi Tlhabi in the photo, posted by Tlhabi.
An amusing reaction was a tweet referring to Holomisa’s infamous fish blunder.
The general and I @BantuHolomisa 😂😂 pic.twitter.com/3hozcmORuz
— Redi Tlhabi (@RediTlhabi) July 17, 2018
I wanna make a fish joke sooooo bad..
Great https://t.co/OmR5GUNuJK pic.twitter.com/jtZswIb0U8— Wise Tha Don (@rich_dux) July 17, 2018
— Lux (@Luxolo_Fatman) July 17, 2018
The reactions were in reference to Holomisa’s iconic blunder on eNCA, when he bungled the old saying, ‘give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day …’ The mistake was due to an alleged, possibly intentional, blunder by the autocue machine.
