Stupid Tweet About Saturday’s ‘SlutWalk’ Lands Minister In Hot Water

Around 2 000  people participated in the Cape Town leg of the international anti-rape SlutWalk campaign on Saturday. Unfortunately, Public Enterprises Minister Malusi Gigaba speculated on Twitter whether he “might get lucky” at the march, in which many women wore deliberately revealing clothing to make their point.  Way to go, Malusi.

Gigaba faced a torrent of criticism after this particularly stupid throw-away remark to Science and Technology Deputy Minister Derek Hanekom on Twitter:

“@Derek_Hanekom No, let’s talk about the slut walk. Now, I wanna attend as an observer. Might get lucky.”

It seems Malusi didn’t know what the Slut Walk was all about.  He apologised two hours later after having “found out” what the intention of the movement was – namely, to challenge the notion that women make themselves vulnerable to  sexual assault when they wear skimpy clothing.

His spokesperson, Makhosini Nkhosi, yesterday stated that the comment was made “in jest” and “as a result of a misunderstanding”.

Bad joke, buddy.

[Source: IOL]

[Image: Statesman]