Metro FM presenter Unathi Msengana has been suspended after a Twitter spat with a fan.
It is alleged that she was suspened from her breakfast show, The First Avenue, after she responded to a Twitter message from a 19-year-old student Palomina Jama.
It is alleged that on 24 August, Jama posted on the trending hashtag #UnathiBeLike, that was created to give examples of how Msengana’s logic apparently failed.
Jama tweeted, “Wife gets beaten by husband. Unathi: Why didn’t you become a lesbian? You married him knowing men can be abusive.”
Msengana then responded to Jama, “Because I don’t need an audience like you. Let’s…..directly. You need validation, I don’t. Your abuse stops now.”
It is further alleged that Msengana then went on to use profane language toward the student.
SABC spokesman Kaizer Kganyago denied that Msengana had been suspended, saying that freelancers do not get suspended.
He added, “She was not scheduled to appear on the show until she had appeared before management.”
Kganyago pointed out a meeting will be held to discuss Msengana’s tweets, but at this stage a date has not been confirmed.
Questions were sent to Msengana’s publicist Jani Roodt and comment is awaited.
Read the tweets below:
Unathi: @ThisIsPalo Because I don’t need an audience like YOU. Let’s…..directly. You need validation I don’t. Your abuse STOPS NOW 12:08 AM – 25 Aug 2015 from Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Palomina Jama@ThisIsPalo
@unathimsengana must I twitpic? You want to insult me in a private space? Let people see who you are. Do it here. Let them see you!
