Death threat – #ThuliMadonsela trends on Twitter
JOHANNESBURG – Twitter users express their views about the hair-raising tip-off received by the Public Protector.
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Trending for more than a day and making national news is the shocking plot to end the life of the Public Protector, Thuli Madonsela.
Twitter erupted yesterday after news was released to the public that there a hit has been placed on Madonsela.
It has been reported that the tip-off was received from an unidentified informant on 1 April, who explained to the Public Protector that a Western Cape gangster was paid to find a hitman to kill her.
See what the Johannesburg Twittersphere had to say about the death threat to one of South Africa’s most beloved public figures:
https://twitter.com/Mel_Mzansi/status/729555604897972224
This threat on Thuli Madonsela's life really upsets me….for doing her job? This leading by intimidation is so wrong. SA is like Zim now.
— Serendipity (@Phenomenal_Mpho) May 9, 2016
Thuli Madonsela is the best PP this country will ever have, now they want to kill her, i smell ANC
— Lucky Motsumi 🙏🏽🇿🇦🕯️ (@DatsME_L) May 9, 2016
Brave lady, Thuli Madonsela. We salute you! (If you don't agree with Zuma's corruption, watch your back!)
— Elizabeth Bennet (@MyMKS61) May 9, 2016
Its shocking and concerning to hear the plot to assassinate our #PP mam'Thuli Madonsela.
— Capricon boy (@nicholasndoro) May 9, 2016