Fikile Mbalula to take legal action against Somizi Mhlongo over lockdown 'joke'

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Transport Minister FikileMbalula is set to lay a charge against TV personality SomiziMhlongo for peddling fake news about the nationwide lockdown. lockdown

Cape Town - Minister of Transport Fikile Mbalula is set to lay charges against TV and radio personality Somizi Mhlongo at the Sandton police station on Friday morning for alleged contravention of the government's lockdown rules.

This comes after Somizi claimed in a video on social media that Mbalula had told him President Cyril Ramaphosa would extend the nationwide lockdown. According to a tweet, Mbalula wants Somizi to be charged with Contravening Government Lockdown Regulations as published under the Disaster Management Act on fake news peddling and misinformation peddling.Minister Mbalula will be at Sandton Police Station Friday morning to report the contravention of the Government Lockdown Regulations as

 

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The relevant part was true. Dropping a name is not what the regulations had in mind. Doth the gentleman protest too much?

MbalulaFikile minister flip flop... stop talking about doing it and do it or shut the hell up...

Why does he have to make a big media circus out of this whole incident

Instead of slapping him with a charge, why not just let them slap each other and then kiss and make up?

Mbalula is a straight men he/she must know that. We are not advertising here.

The next 21 days is going to be very long. I wonder who else is going to fall on their sword 🤔

This would make an epic reality TV show. Come on DStv can you imagine these two having a go at each other. Fikile is going to wish he never opened his useless trap. Somizi for the win. Take him down Somz

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