Twitter tells Ian Neilson to ‘bring back’ De Lille’s mayoral chain

Following his brief stint as Cape Town’s acting mayor, social media has wasted no time in making fun of Ian Neilson wearing the mayoral chain.

The hashtag #BringBackTheChain was trending.

De Lille had her position guaranteed as mayor until at least the 25th of May, when part two of her legal challenge of her expulsion as a DA member will be reviewed.

The Western Cape High Court suspended her termination of membership on Tuesday and ensured that she is still the only recognised mayor.

Neilson, however, had already been hard at work picking his own mayoral committee and planning how he was going to run the drought-ravaged city.

He’s going to have to wait a little longer now.

Some even mercilessly compared Neilson’s stint as mayor to that other famous “weekend special”, Des van Rooyen.

Take a look at some of the tweets below:

Twitter to Neilson: #BringBackTheChain https://t.co/vzNOFvY6dB pic.twitter.com/whjkV6GHOQ

— Jacaranda News (@JacaNews) May 15, 2018

#BringBackTheChain

Who wore it better?

RT for Aunty Pat and like for 'Weekend Special Mayor' pic.twitter.com/Go55V5j571

— Tumi Sole (@tumisole) May 15, 2018

This dude stole the chain and now it will be expropriated without compensation. Twitter etla go bolaya 🎃🎃🎃#BringBackTheChain #PatriciaDeLille pic.twitter.com/PAYGtjEVFH

— Mduduzi Seakamela (@MduBeernong) May 15, 2018

If there is one thing that was done illegally in this whole mess in the City of Cape Town, it was this power hungry mkhulu acquiring that mayoral chain. It must go back. #BringBackTheChain

— Sivuyile 🇿🇦🇨🇮🇺🇬 (@Sivu_Mtsi) May 15, 2018

https://twitter.com/neozaneozaMda/status/996427835614081029

#BringBackTheChain
Weekend special 2.0 pic.twitter.com/9IvcLJ6DbC

— Tähti Asteriski (@mqondisibryan) May 15, 2018

#TheChain! pic.twitter.com/F7kPHTcG1o

— Floyd Shivambu (@FloydShivambu) May 15, 2018

https://twitter.com/Manee_kaNgwazi/status/996440712760692736