Kamogelo Olaitan
Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla, former president Jacob Zuma’s daughter, has been slammed for comparing Thuli Madonsela to a gorilla.
Zuma-Sambudla was responding to Madonsela’s tweet on Sunday morning where the former Public Protector wrote: “When you know you are made in the image of your Creator you know your worth enough not to allow anyone or anything to define your value.”
Zuma’s daughter responded to the tweet with a picture of Madonsela next to a gorilla seemingly comparing her to the animal.
Many angry online viewers demanded that she take the picture down.
Mmusi Maimane, One SA Movement leader called the remarks blatant racism.
“This is demeaning of a fellow human being. A violation of Thuli Madonsela’s dignity. Her grace in response does not legitimise this. Regardless of who utters this, racism is racism. I hope you will have the courage to withdraw, apologise and delete,” Maimane wrote.
Another Twitter user @Rakgdi-M wrote: “We don’t support this, particularly from a black woman to a black woman, my advice is to remove it.”
But Zuma-Sambudla did not back down and said she would not apologise for her tweet.
“They can all kiss my a**. Including Helen Zille and Mmusi Maimane,” she wrote.
Image source: @News24
