JOHANNESBURG – South Africa’s Minister of Finance Tito Mboweni, nicknamed ‘Tweeto’ for his knack of being a regular on Twitter, has left a bad taste in some people’s mouth with his latest tweet.
It all started after the minister returned from a trip to Rwanda recently, where he posted a picture of an informal settlement in the Johannesburg CBD, with the following caption: “Yesterday, December 26, 2018, I decided to drive around the Johannesburg CBD. It was filthy and embarrassing. I came across these shacks in the middle of our city. This morning I arrived to a clean and beautiful city of Kigali, Rwanda. What a contrast! [sic]”
Yesterday, December 26, 2018, I decided to drive around the Johannesburg CBD. It was filthy and embarrassing. I came across these shacks in the middle of our city. This morning I arrived to a clean and beautiful city of Kigali, Rwanda. What a contrast! pic.twitter.com/VGewkVntba
— Tito Mboweni (@tito_mboweni) December 27, 2018
All of us have a responsibility to keep our towns, cities and the countryside clean and habitable.Leadership matters but also our individual and community responsibility is key.If we don’t throw dirt around and the municipalities collect rubbish regularly we can achieve a lot.
— Tito Mboweni (@tito_mboweni) December 27, 2018
That wasn’t well received as users pointed out that as an official minister in the Cabinet, he should be posing such questions to his colleagues and helping with solutions to a problem that has been ongoing for years.
Yesterday, December 26, 2018, I decided to drive around the Johannesburg CBD. It was filthy and embarrassing. I came across these shacks in the middle of our city. This morning I arrived to a clean and beautiful city of Kigali, Rwanda. What a contrast! pic.twitter.com/VGewkVntba
— Tito Mboweni (@tito_mboweni) December 27, 2018
Yesterday, December 26, 2018, I decided to drive around the Johannesburg CBD. It was filthy and embarrassing. I came across these shacks in the middle of our city. This morning I arrived to a clean and beautiful city of Kigali, Rwanda. What a contrast! pic.twitter.com/VGewkVntba
— Tito Mboweni (@tito_mboweni) December 27, 2018
The clean city of Kigali https://t.co/yvX99fsMxy
— Tito Mboweni (@tito_mboweni) December 27, 2018
— Tito Mboweni (@tito_mboweni) December 27, 2018
Some of you asked: where in the map is your Rwanda. Here it is.. My Rwanda!! pic.twitter.com/8WuhWTjWOk
— Tito Mboweni (@tito_mboweni) December 27, 2018
Today is muganda Day in Rwanda. It’s like members of the community come out to clean their environment and discuss and debate community issues. Few cars on the roads and streets. Great idea.. #VisitRwanda
— Tito Mboweni (@tito_mboweni) December 29, 2018
Today is muganda Day in Rwanda. It’s like members of the community come out to clean their environment and discuss and debate community issues. Few cars on the roads and streets. Great idea.. #VisitRwanda
— Tito Mboweni (@tito_mboweni) December 29, 2018
Spot Rwanda in this map? pic.twitter.com/SGN3hA3kpa
— Tito Mboweni (@tito_mboweni) December 29, 2018
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