EFF student leader places dead rats at Mandela statue
Many have called the actions 'disrespectful' but the EFF argue the dead rats was to prove a point about living conditions of the poor.
PRESIDENT of the Economic Freedom Fighter Student Command Peter Keetse placed a number of rats, both dead and alive at the feet of Nelson Mandela statue in Sandton City. The incident occurred on Mandela Day.
The plaque at the feet of the statue read ‘Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela-A celebration of Hope’.
Keetse explained to TimesLIVE that he placed the rats at the statue’s feet to illustrated the poor living conditions of the people of Alexandra whose lives hadn’t changed since 1994. He then followed up the gesture by tweeting a photo of the statue surrounded by shacks calling it the legacy of the ANC government.
The Legacy of Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela embodied in the ANC Government! pic.twitter.com/i9UBsP0Rzz
— EFF Students’ Command (EFFSC) (@EFFStudents) July 18, 2017
Twitter didn’t take well to the news with many calling the EFF ‘disrespectful’.
https://twitter.com/SomeoneWakeUp/status/887658498166861826
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