South Africans roast government over Russia statement

South Africans were far from impressed when government released a statement on Thursday asking “Russia to remove their troops from Ukraine immediately.”

As far as netizens are concerned, a country that has failed in basic governance has no business intervening in international conflict.

Many pointed out the ANC-led government cannot even control the war brewing within its own ranks, which was recently labelled as a ‘national security threat‘ by the panel of experts probing the July unrest.

Another Twitter user reminded government that it failed to win wars closer to home.

Here’s a collection of the best responses:

Others employed creative ways to disguise South Africa from provoking Russia.

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