The daughter of former President, Jacob Zuma, seems to be fearless. There have been calls for her to be arrested as she was inciting violence in most of her Twitter statements, but nothing has been done to bring her to account for those posts. Instead, other people who posted similar Twitter posts were arrested by the Hawks.
On Saturday, more arrests of people who used social media to ‘incite’ violence were arrested by the Hawks. One of the suspects who were arrested is Sphithiphithi Evaluator, who goes by the handle, @_AfricanSoil. The suspect is a 36 year old woman who is due to appear in court today. She has been using her Twitter account to lash out at Ramaphosa’s government for ill treating Zuma. According to some, the arrest of Sphithiphithi could spike a national shutdown.
We See You @_AfricanSoil …. We Are With You Today And Await Your Return To Continue Your Evaluation Of Sphithiphithi….We Also Can’t Wait For The Bombs You Were About To Drop And Shake South Africa. #IamSphithiphithiEvaluatorToo pic.twitter.com/xA8yQcQeyf
— Dudu Zuma-Sambudla (@DZumaSambudla) August 30, 2021
Duduzile Zuma once again took to Twitter in support of the arrested Sphithiphithi. “We See You @_AfricanSoil …. We Are With You Today And Await Your Return To Continue Your Evaluation Of Sphithiphithi,” Duduzile wrote on Twitter, adding that she can’t wait for Sphithiphithi to be released so she can shake South Africa with the bombs she was about to drop. What Duduzile is doing may be dangerous as she seems to be still inciting violence. Maybe she has some kind of privilege because the police are not doing anything to her even though she had been making provocative statements on Twitter, especially during the free Zuma violence.
Meanwhile, supporters of the arrested Sphithiphithi have slammed President Cyril Ramaphosa for being a ‘dictator’ who is depriving people of their right to freedom of expression. Ramaphosa has been apparently targeting every person who is in support of the convicted former President. Under #FreeSphithiphithiEvaluator, angry South Africans are saying that “Ramaphosa is a bully, Hawks are useless they can’t arrest corrupt govt officials but are able to arrest a revolutionary like sphithiphithi evaluator. This is a clear target on Zuma supporters, let us speak out.”