Omigosh! With all the talented black designers at hand - David Tlale, Errol Arendse, the Sun Goddess duet and Gavin Rajah to name but a few, Mrs. Jacob Zuma - MaKhumalo - had to go and wear this outfit. Eina!
It's not even traditional - which, had it been, would have averted the charge of it being a capital fashion offence. This is a tasteless fusion of disastrous proportions and it angers me because it unnecessarily exposes her to ridicule.
The ANC should have started yonks ago helping this (evidently) wonderful, down to earth woman get her ducks in a row for higher office. Etiquette, meet and greet, fashion sense, a crash course in English - a thousand things that would have been done as a routine in a developed economy. Why do ANC egos always get in the way of doing things right first time? Terrified to ask the colonialists? They've been there, ya know.
To unleash this self-effacing and matronly woman (in open sandals in 10 degree temperatures) at a high profile event like Msholozi's first State of the Nation Address is unfair, unkind and unacceptable. The 'look' if it can be called that, must have people around the world snickering up their condescending sleeves.
Get help - and fast. This must not be allowed to happen again. MaKhumalo deserves better.
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