Junk status! South Africa downgraded – and Twitter is fuming at financial misery
As the nation officially goes down in the world’s estimation (anyone surprised?), the Twitterati were all fired up and fuming.
What an unpleasant image, on so many levels.
Dear Mr. President. Congratulations. You did it. We are finally #junkstatus. pic.twitter.com/yxTfvPN4pN
— Living Depression (@SU2Depression) April 3, 2017
And another!
No jobs. No water. Inflation. #junkstatus but our gov priorities are finding more ways to shove their heads further up the Gupta’s rectums
— Red. (@Red__Mos) April 3, 2017
Certainly not a bloody sage leaf!
SA #downgrade to #junkstatus thanks to a stupid president with the IQ of a dried leaf
— Public Protester (@Pasco_e) April 3, 2017
#TheStruggleIsReal
I need new glasses, have delayed because it’s expensive. Now it will be more expensive and I will delay until they fall apart #junkstatus
— Clare Hendry (@Clare_Hendry) April 3, 2017
Smoking to forget.
That dagga judgment came at the right time – with so much going on, we need something to numb the pain. #junkstatus
— Smangele Mzizi (@MziziSmangele) April 3, 2017
Unfortunately not.
That Standard & Poor’s report of our credit rating to junk status is a lie only our @PresidencyZA that has hit the #JunkStatus
— Book van Riebeeck (@comrade_zima) April 3, 2017
We’ve already been struck down, sadly.
When the Zuma brigade inevitably start explaining away the #junkstatus as the work of white monopoly capital pic.twitter.com/KrCZ8oCsjp
— Sociopath (@luti007) April 3, 2017
Bring back the man with the labels!
#junkstatus pic.twitter.com/dL1pgUO8SD
— Lesiba (@lesiba_knox) April 3, 2017
Or is it all just one whacking great conspiracy?
The west are running scared. They saw that the markets did not react as haphazard as most thought, so they used the agency…???? #junkstatus
— Bongani Mabena (@bongarogue) April 3, 2017
Yeah, you get the gist.
#junkstatus @MYANC you failed South Africans and South Africans this is our time to do what we did to the apartheid government.. #SAUnite pic.twitter.com/o0TdDb2gCv
— Thabi Langa (@Deepethics) April 3, 2017
Mmm. Emergency wine.
Sad day for me ..First @LionsRugbyUnion coach leaving the club , now SA just been downgraded to #Junkstatus … pic.twitter.com/QELnoY8i24
— Moore (@mobhiza) April 3, 2017
We are on about Allister Coetzee here, right?
Just think about it, because of 1 selfish man, we ALL suffer. We ALL have to now deal with the consequences of his actions #JunkStatus
— Mfana KaMamphela (@LiamKarabo) April 3, 2017
Turn it on its head, even.
Zuma will not find anything wrong with this #junkstatus.
At all. pic.twitter.com/AooXM4ywbJ
— KING II???????? (@Schoomy_25) April 3, 2017
Well you can’t say he wasted any time in getting started.
Well done @mgigaba you have succeeded with radical socio economic transformation – #junkstatus
— bk (@xaviNiniesta) April 3, 2017
Will a Kagiso Rabada hat-trick do it?
South Africa need something special to recover from this #junkstatus
— Pheladi.M (@Masemola_P) April 3, 2017
… but is he kind to dogs at least?
Zuma worse than Hitler #junkstatus
— ig: adrxano #MUFC (@adrxano) April 3, 2017
*Blaming it all on Mandela because it’s fashionable alert!*
Between the years 1990-1994 too many comprimises were made by the ANC. We are now haunted by decisions made in those years. #junkstatus
— Neo Ruby Gana (@rubygana) April 3, 2017
Fake news. Oh yes.
ANN7 BREAKING NEWS: “President Jacob Zuma provides nation with extraordinary recycling opportunity.”
— Mike Stopforth (@mikestopforth) April 3, 2017
Not a chance.
How I wish we could overlook our political differences & implement a strategy for a winning nation #downgrades #junkstatus
— Godfrey Madlalate (@GM_Madlalate) April 3, 2017