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'I will not collapse the SA economy'
27 May 2014 at 10:06hrs | Views
A twitter account with a handle @NhlanhlaNeneZA which purports to be South Africa's new Finance Minister, Nhlanhla Nene, says that his brains did not fallout when he fell off the chair and he will not collapse the SA economy.
The account with 3603 followers has tweeted 17 times and has a picture of Nene on its profile.
One of the tweets says: "My brains did not fallout when I fell off that chair. I won't collapse the SA economy. Have faith in me, fellow South Africans."
In 2008, a video clip of a chair breaking under Nene, Parliament's then finance committee chairman, during a television interview made world news.
The clip was viewed over 279,000 times on YouTube and his fall made it to the BBC and the Telegraph's websites. The video also did the rounds on facebook and Twitter, and was the subject of debate on radio talk shows.
Nene was being filmed in an interview on SABC2's "View from the House" when a cracking sound was heard, but he continued talking. This was followed by another cracking sound and he fell to the floor, scrabbling at the table briefly, as the chair collapsed under him.
The account with 3603 followers has tweeted 17 times and has a picture of Nene on its profile.
One of the tweets says: "My brains did not fallout when I fell off that chair. I won't collapse the SA economy. Have faith in me, fellow South Africans."
In 2008, a video clip of a chair breaking under Nene, Parliament's then finance committee chairman, during a television interview made world news.
The clip was viewed over 279,000 times on YouTube and his fall made it to the BBC and the Telegraph's websites. The video also did the rounds on facebook and Twitter, and was the subject of debate on radio talk shows.
Nene was being filmed in an interview on SABC2's "View from the House" when a cracking sound was heard, but he continued talking. This was followed by another cracking sound and he fell to the floor, scrabbling at the table briefly, as the chair collapsed under him.
Source - timeslive
