Proudly South African footage captured at one of the #ZumaMustFall marches on Friday is going viral on social media for all the right reasons.
Pretoria, South Africa – Thousands of protesters demanding the resignation of President Jacob Zuma took to the streets in pickets, marches and human chains across South Africa on Friday, the 7th April 2017.
Many were protesting for the first time in civil action sparked by Zuma’s Cabinet reshuffle, which saw the finance minister Pravin Gordhan and his deputy Mcebisi Jonas fired. The rand fell against the US dollar, and S&P and Fitch downgraded the country’s credit ratings to “junk status”.
Bloemfontein, Durban, Mbombela, Port Elizabeth, Johannesburg, Pretoria, and Cape Town were the main centres of marches.
The Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, an ANC government employee, put the number of marchers at around 60 000 countrywide although the official Cape Town count is already sitting on 110 000 and Pretoria over 40 000.
Our very own GoodThingsGuy, Brent Lindeque, captured footage of the Pretoria march which has already been viewed over 200 000 times on Facebook, gathering over 500 comments and 9ooo shares in less than 6 hours.
“South Africa, you make me so flipping proud & I am thankful for the hope that you restored in our beautiful country today.”
“I’m not amazing in videography but I grabbed my camera and tried to capture some of the action in Pretoria… it was an incredible experience & I hope that you can feel some of the ‘gees’ that I felt.”
“Thanks to Nick Jordaan and the boys from Rubber Duc for the epic soundtrack.”
“Zuma step down, now.”
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The video has been inspiring South Africans from around the globe, making everyone proudly South African by seeing the incredible unity.
Jemma Serrurier commented: “This is it! Message of the day! Full of love and compassion and just being South African. I implore all my FB friends to like and share! This is who we are! Thula Sizwe, ungabokhala
uJahova wakho uzokumqobela.”Susan Botha added: “This proves that there is only a handful of idiots who cause the problems. .. South Africans, in general, are interested in living in peace.”
Sue Gordon posted: “Such ubunthu and optimism comes through in this video – I’m proudly South African just watching it. Hats off to Nick Jordaan and Rubber Duc for these great lyrics and the arrangement. Let’s sing it out loud!”
Curtis Hunt said: “Thank you for this. As a South African living abroad, it makes me beam with pride to see my fellow South Africans, from all walks of life, come together for a common cause. Alone we are weak, but together we are strong!”
Watch the video below:
You can also watch the Facebook version by clicking here if YouTube is blocked in your country.
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