It’s been a difficult time for race relations in South Africa. The murder of AWB leader Eugene Terreblanche set in motion a bizarre chain of events. We saw swastika waving racists take to the streets of Ventersdorp. A sinister outburst on local network ETV by AWB Spokesman Andre Visagie who threatened his fellow panelist and then, hours later in front of a bank of TV cameras, ANC Youth League President Julius Malema abused BBC Reporter Jonah Fisher calling him a bastard.
All of these incidents immediately made an impact on social networking sites, the video clips quickly went viral and were soon being spoofed to hilarious effect.
Last night I was filming people queuing to buy world cup tickets. After telling people I was filming for the BBC every single person quoted Julius Malema at me jokingly calling me a “bastard” and “a bloody agent”. I think it says a lot about South Africans how quickly they have been able to laugh about all of these incidents and turn them into something funny. In this blog I’m bringing together all of the related video and audio clips, starting with the original incidents themselves and then the spoofs.
The Original ETV studio row:
Jonah Fisher being abused by Julius Malema:
A remix of the Andre Visagie showdown set to MC Hammer:
A video message for Andre Visagie:
Click here for a house remix of the Malema outburst – very funny
My favourite: Hitler discovers that the AWB have cancelled their “machete race war”
