SABC puts foot in mouth on Twitter
The SABC has apologised for a tweet that used offensive language in a post that was tweeted on its official online news page.
A tweet about the plans to invest R4-billion on a presidential jet for President Jacob Zuma was retweeted by the SABC's Twitter account with the words ' What the F****.'
The news outlet then removed the post online.
In a tweeted apology, the SABC said the post was tweeted by someone without the authority to be using the account.
Meanwhile, there's been an outcry on social media over reports of that R4-bllion could be spent on a new jet for President Jacob Zuma.
Many people have Tweeted that the cash could be used to deal with a number of other issues facing the country, for instance to manage the shortfall of the 0% increase in varsity fees.
See what has had social media abuzz below.
Did you see the recent tweet posted from SABC News Online in response to Zuma's R4 Billion Jet? pic.twitter.com/ZxEx6YsubF
— Complimentary Brkft (@comp_breakfast) November 10, 2015See the apology the SABC tweeted below.
SABC News would like to apologize for an earlier tweet that had profanity. The was done by someone without authority to be on our account.
— SABC News Online (@SABCNewsOnline) November 8, 2015Last week, international clothing retailer H&M issued an apology after receiving backlash for racially sensitive comments posted on their Twitter feed.
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