ICYMI: Zuma was fast asleep as Gigaba delivered the mid-term budget speech
It didn't escape anyone's attention that the one person who should have been paying the utmost attention was catching up on some rest.
Zuma taking a nap while Gigaba addresses parliament yon Wednesday 25 October.
While Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba delivered his first budget speech in parliament yesterday, President Jacob Zuma was dozing off and at times fast asleep.
The mid-term budget speech took place yesterday in Cape Town. This was Gigaba’s first official budget address since becoming the head of the finance ministry six months ago.
On Twitter, people couldn’t help noticing how out of it the president seemed. He was seated in front of ANC chief whip Jackson Mthembu, who had an animated look on his face.
Comedian John Vlismas took a jibe at Zuma and came up with his own meme to sum up the situation.
When You Have Stolen Everything, No Need To Hear The Speech About How Bleak The Economy Looks. pic.twitter.com/caj3VCkcYs
— John Vlismas (@fortyshort) October 25, 2017
The responses to Vlismas’ tweet were funny.
That’s a good look for prison.
— Safferland (@safferland) October 25, 2017
Unfortunately for South Africa, he woke up.
— Simon Page™ (@Simpags) October 25, 2017
https://twitter.com/phoenix123456/status/923186132204113920
Another comedian, Chester Missing, also weighed in on Zuma’s nap. Referring to the nuclear deal with Russia, he said Zuma “was downloading instructions from Moscow”.
He's not asleep. He's downloading instructions from Moscow. pic.twitter.com/hP3B54jUkf
— Chester Missing (@chestermissing) October 25, 2017
Zuma wasn’t the only MP sleeping though.
Meanwhile…#MTBPS2017 pic.twitter.com/emy9whda7I
— XOLI (@Mbhele_Xoli) October 25, 2017
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