SABC puts foot in mouth on Twitter

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.  

See the apology the SABC tweeted below. 

Last 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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