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Twitter: Sizwe Dlomo and Vusi Thembekwayo on plagiarism issue

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Last updated: June 17, 2017 10:14 pm
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Twitter has once again seen the fight of top dogs, as motivational speaker and businessman Vusi Thembekwayo got into a heated twit with Top entertainment guru Sizwe Dhlomo.

The heated exchange was as a result of Vusi Thembekwayo using some of the twitted opinions of Sizwe Dhlomo in a live video post he made on Facebook.

Sizwe shared his opinion in a twit that was posted about the taxi industry strike which nearly crippled the province on Thursday. In this tweets, Sizwe mentioned that taxi owners should formalise their industry by offering insurance and creating their own dealerships, effectively cutting out the middleman and building more wealth for themselves and the country.

sizwe tweet

Few minutes later, this video was recorded Live on Facebook

After the Video, Sizwe Dlomo posted this tweet without referencing anyone :

This guy posted my entire thread as his thoughts… 👀

— Sizwe Dhlomo (@SizweDhlomo) June 16, 2017

Not sure if this is meant for me chap but My researcher actually did a desktop study on #TaxiStrike for me to present @TheIconoclasts_

— Vusi Thembekwayo (@VusiThembekwayo) June 17, 2017

Let me tell you why I don’t believe that @VusiThembekwayo, because this is not the first time you’ve done something like this.

— Sizwe Dhlomo (@SizweDhlomo) June 17, 2017

The extended exchange of opinion and reason was buttressed when Vusi went on to Facebook to record a retaliation video in which he called Sizwe a “little gal”.

Many on Social media found the act of Vusi Thembekwayo as unprofessional and a little bit of a stretch from the image that has been portrayed for many years. Others took offence by the feminist reference used in Vusi’s video and believe he could have acted more of a person running a R400 million business as he claimed when he said

I had managed a R400 million business while Sizwe Dhlomo was spinning discs at YFM

Social Media users had different opinions about the issue:

 

@VusiThembekwayo I just googled u now to check ur background. Damn man why did u waste ur time on Sizwe. Ur work is phenomenal. Respect

— Thato Rula (@lesilorula1) June 17, 2017

So Vusi Thembekwayo plagiarized Sizwe’s tweets as his own words on TV for national viewing pic.twitter.com/CjAxhw9rhD

— SisiMadlisa (@sliez0) June 17, 2017

@VusiThembekwayo the speech you made was it your speech or you were reading @SizweDhlomo ‘s tweets? pic.twitter.com/MVnP5DJmZq

— The Instigator (@AmBlujay) June 17, 2017

 

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So vele Vusi LIKED @SizweDhlomo ‘s tweets 😂 pic.twitter.com/rptKCZ2WC9

— scrumptious. (@Ontee__M) June 17, 2017

Sizwe Dlomo thinks we breathes flavoured air,I’m glad Vusi told him off
Also good thing that Vusi apologised about referencing “little girl”

— Bongiwe Mabena (@Iambo_bo) June 17, 2017

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Vusi made his live video on Fb on 15/06/17 at 08:15 and Sizwe did a thread on Twitter on 15/06/17 at 09:41.. I don’t think Vusi stole his 💬

— L O V E 💎 (@Leratom_xo) June 17, 2017

Vusi later took to twitter and offered an apology for the feminist comment he made

 

Ladies, my unreserved apologies https://t.co/vsvcuj76MJ

— Vusi Thembekwayo (@VusiThembekwayo) June 17, 2017

Some users are still waiting for Sizwe Dlomo’s Video

Sizwe Dlomo akabambisane nathi phela kusamnandi…He can’t just dissappear like that it’s his turn now to do a live video pic.twitter.com/5jus4snQdF

— FLEX 4 #VUZUHUSTLE (@MpumeleloM) June 17, 2017

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