AKA’s tweet about Bonang’s alleged abuse backfires

AKA found himself on the wrong side of Twitter after tweeting about the scourge of domestic abuse that has gripped South Africa.

Social media ran riot on Tuesday with allegations that young model Lebo Mathuloe had been stabbed to death by her “white boyfriend” in North West.

However, North West police spokesperson Colonel-Lieutenant Sabata Mokgwabone said police were investigating the incident, saying Mathuloe allegedly stabbed herself several times with a knife in the early hours of Monday at Pecanwood Estate.

Mokgwabone said Mathuloe was certified dead by a doctor at the golf course in the estate at about 6.30am on Monday.

A seemingly disappointed AKA criticised South Africans for having apparently laughed at his girlfriend Bonang Matheba’s abuse story in her book, while they were quick to cry about domestic abuse whenever reports of a murdered woman emerged.

Social media users were quick to defend themselves against a man who they accused of seeking attention in the worst possible way. One group said his tweet was a PR stunt, making way for Bonang’s book, possibly set to hit the stores again soon following its recall because of grammatical errors.

“But why do we have to support rubbish? Because she’s black? Nah fam. The book was rubbish. She should just take a L and move on with her life,” said one.

Others said AKA had missed the whole point about his girlfriend’s book, as no one complained about the abuse story, except for Euphonik, who had instructed Bonang to remove his name from her book. People were complaining about the errors. In fact, some claimed to not have understood the story because the grammar was that bad.

“How do you laugh at something you can’t understand? She should’ve read her book before us. Nobody laughed at her abuse,” said another.

Others analysed his tweet and came to the conclusion that AKA also laughed at his girlfriend’s book. AKA said: “… we laugh at her,” in the tweet, implying he was also one of those who laughed.

Some, however, defended him on this one, saying he was being “man enough” by including himself to show maturity and compassion.

“When #MenAreTrash was trending, we were so offended when ‘good men’ isolated themselves. Saying isolating yourself from the problem is a problem on its own,” one argued.

The rest asked why AKA was still talking about the Bonang saga when everyone had moved on.

“Mara mfethu we thought of thinking and thinked that we passeded that book topic, why bringd it back? Huh? [sic],” asked one.

These were some of the reactions on Twitter: