Afrigather South Africans on social media are calling out the “hypocrisy” of others who’re celebrating Botswana Olympic sprinter Letsile Tebogo, who received gold within the 200m race on Thursday, 8 August. This, after seemingly celebrating finalist Chidimma Adetshina’s early exit from the Miss SA pageant
The 23-year-old lady introduced her determination to withdraw from the competitors, citing issues for her security and well-being.
Over the previous few weeks, Chidimma has made headlines over her African parentage, which features a Nigerian father and an alleged Mozambican mom.
The Miss SA finale takes place on Saturday, 10 August, on the SunBet Area in Pretoria.
HYPOCRISY? SA CELEBRATES BOTSWANA’S TEBOGO AFTER SHUNNING CHIDIMMA
On Thursday, Chidimma Adetshina introduced her determination to step down as a Prime 10 finalist on the Miss SA pageant.
This adopted weeks of struggling xenophobic and Afrophobic feedback on social media and even being labelled a “Nigerian.”
Chidimma’s announcement got here shortly after Minister of Residence Affairs Leon Schreiber’s assertion of a preliminary investigation that claims her mom might have dedicated fraud and id theft when registering her start.
Simply hours later, Letsile Tebogo of Botswana would win gold within the males’s 200m race on the Olympics.
The reception of the 2 Africans by social media customers has been polar reverse compared.
On the X platform, many South Africans celebrated fellow “African” Tebogo, a few of which earlier condemned Chidimma as a non-South African. Some even tried to take credit score for having a “Tswana” heritage.
Congrats Tebogo! You made the Tswana folks, together with these residing in South Africa proud.👏
— P_MAX (@DDT_PM) August 8, 2024
Others referred to as out the hypocrisy of the scenario.
@CMogoeng: “Tebogo Letsile did it for Botswana, not South Africa. We don’t get to be xenophobic and Afrophobic at the moment after which tomorrow declare different folks’s glory as a result of we’re in an excellent temper and it fits us“
@MR_K_R_B: “Claiming Tebogo after successful Gold on the identical day after disowning Chidimma doesn’t look good on us.
@Melo22Taro: “Making Chidimma resign from Miss SA when she grew up right here as a baby (unbeknownst of her mom’s actions) and glorifying a Botswana Olympian gold medalists as if he’s South African (clearly not) all inside this week is a few humorous sh*t.”
@angrybird_c: “South Africans are hypocrites. They’re fast to point out help for Botswana’s Tebogo due to his win however couldn’t let Chidimma full her Miss SA run. It’s disgusting.”
‘JUST A MEDAL’
In the meantime, Letsile Tebogo has turn into the primary African and athlete from Botswana, to win gold within the Olympics 200m.
Tebogo beat the likes of Noah Lyle, a favorite who later claimed to have contracted Covid-19.
The common-or-garden 21-year-old claimed that whereas he appreciated the reward, he was unfazed by the moment fame.
He mentioned in a press convention after the race: “It’s not a dream come true to me. A medal is only a medal – however what I went by. I might say the medal is a bonus to all people, however personally, it’s not a dream come true.
Tebogo devoted the victory to his mom, who died in Might.
He continued: “’It’s not a giant deal to me. It means lots to the group behind me. After we heard about my mother’s passing, I used to be grateful for them – as a result of personally, I believed my profession was over, however they made positive I took each day because it got here and made positive that I got here right here with a more healthy thoughts”.
