Twitter has no chill! The best tweets about the upcoming #Sona2017
Before the State of the Nation Address even started, Twitter already had questions.
FILE PICTURE: Baleka Mbethe Speaker of the National Assembly, Cape Town. Picture: GCIS.
South Africa government know how to waste money. Paying Twitter to trend the #SONA2017 hashtag?? It would have trended by itself for free 😊
— Ulrich Janse van Vuuren (@UlrichJvV) February 9, 2017
Usually events like Sona start trending within minutes of airing on all the major television networks. It’s expected that thousands of people around the country will share their opinions on Twitter using the hashtag, sona2017, leading it to the top of the trends list. But the Presidency opted to take matters into its own hands, paying Twitter to promote the hashtag.
We’ve table up the funniest tweets that have gone out so far using #sona2017
https://twitter.com/SimoMoroe/status/829664642578407424
It's better than Days of our Lives, Bold and the Beautiful, and even more amusing than Isidingo. It all happens tonight! It's #SONA2017
— Mandi Strimling (@MandiStrimling) February 9, 2017
GUESS WHO'S READING NUMBERS TODAY!!! #SONA2017 pic.twitter.com/3Dkti7AlGC
— Caleb J Schroëter (@calebjschroeter) February 9, 2017
https://twitter.com/M_Irfaan_I/status/829662446801543169
Waiting for #SONA2017 like… pic.twitter.com/iAgWOsg6AW
— Brent Janse van Vuuren (@BrentJvV) February 9, 2017
https://twitter.com/missbhala05/status/829583007539400704
Speaker: Hon Malema u have crossed the line ✋
Juju: line? i dont see it,show me the line i crossed.😂SANDF: pic.twitter.com/PT1BdHyXLj
— 🕊Ntukulu wa N’wa-Magezi (@Nwa_Hlayiseka) February 8, 2017
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