Mpofu gets a side eye from Malema after tweeting about his ‘mistress’

All he wanted to do was promote his son Sizwe Mpofu-Walsh and former 702 presenter Redi Tlhabi’s books, Democracy & Delusion and Khwezi, respectively, but EFF national chairperson Dali Mpofu’s choice of words left social media users in stitches.

Even EFF leader Julius Malema noticed the mistake and gave his colleague a side eye.

Taking to Twitter on Wednesday, Mpofu said whenever he walked past a bookstore, he bought one of the books for someone.

“Home town decision… Supporting the son and the ‘mistress’/teacher,” he said.

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— Julius Sello Malema (@Julius_S_Malema) September 20, 2017

While some of his followers, including actor Rami Chuene, asked the advocate to buy the books for them, some just could not ignore the fact that Mpofu had said he was also supporting his “mistress”.

“What do you mean mistress @AdvDali_Mpofu? There are two meaning to that word, which one are you referring to?” asked one.

We do know the advocate was not referring to his side-chick obviously, but we would advise him to choose his words more wisely next time – Twitter is always watching.

Another said Malema had given Mpofu the side eye because he was “jealous”.