‘Ding dong the witch is dead’ tweet leaves SA fuming

A Twitter troll using the handle @Dakeb_MCFC referenced a song from the Wizard of Oz movie after the Wicked Witch of the West is slain to celebrate the passing of anti-apartheid icon Winnie Madikizela-Mandela.

The late freedom fighter often divided opinion and continued to make enemies right up until the end, particularly among more conservative whites the world over but particularly in South Africa.

An engineer describing himself as a Manchester City fan living in England was one of the most immediate examples of just how strongly Madikizela-Mandela was alwatys disliked by some.

He wrote, quoting the Wizard of Oz song: “Ding dong the witch is dead. Good riddance to the evil.”

http://twitter.com/Dakeb_MCFC/status/980808237002960898

The tweet predictably saw an instant response, with certain Twitter users even going so far as to make death threats to the man.

He did get some support too, though, while some black users advised that black people should not expect white people to celebrate Mama Winnie as she was very obviously never on their side.

Totally agree. Evil despicable woman. To hell with her.

— Winston Smith 0x 💉 🇿🇦 M🇺🇸💪A (@Andrew__Grant) April 2, 2018

Dakeb defended his position by referencing the murder of Stompie Seipei and other alleged blots on Madikizela-Mandela’s record.

https://twitter.com/Dakeb_MCFC/status/980823291924492289

Dakeb denied that he was racist and claimed to have done “humanitarian work” in South Africa. Presumably, he is a South African, or a former citizen, because he said that he had voted in the referendum to emancipate blacks in the country in 1992.

http://twitter.com/Dakeb_MCFC/status/980850817044504578

Despite the avalanche of protest he received, he at one point even called her “an evil murdering bitch”.

Here are some of the angry responses his tweet has received:

https://twitter.com/sammy_matlaila/status/980826771263295488

Please help us find this guy @SAPoliceService pic.twitter.com/mkLIFp3VC7

— Flo (@Flowezee) April 2, 2018

https://twitter.com/Lele_Mkhundlu/status/980815889649061888

https://twitter.com/MsViwe/status/980814396355170312

Mara why @dakeb_mcfc pic.twitter.com/vZuozUMPzo

— just khathu🇿🇦 (@khathu1mad) April 2, 2018

Just don’t find yourself in South Africa! Ever cause we won’t forget this!!

— Nyuswa (@Zulu_Gent) April 2, 2018

https://twitter.com/Akani_Shimange/status/980860613378310144

You're responding to every response shared here,could it be perhaps attention you're seeking? pic.twitter.com/P1oa3gkKxi

— Xhosa ✊ (@vusi_vuci) April 2, 2018

You are a joke, go look at yourself in the mirror. You show your high degree stupidity. You are an embrassment to your own self.

— Segodi (@segodithomas) April 2, 2018