Baddies Enter SA Parly | Tinubu Falls
Jasmine Petersen, 22, and Cleo Wilskut, 20, will be among the politicians who will be sworn in as MPs on Friday
Baddies Enter SA Parly | Tinubu Falls
The Patriotic Alliance (PA) leader Gayton McKenzie is beaming with pride after appointing a 20-year-old and 22-year-old to represent the party in parliament for the next five years.
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Jasmine Petersen, 22, and Cleo Wilskut, 20, will be among the politicians who will be sworn in as MPs on Friday — and elect the president.
McKenzie has been gushing on social media about the party’s move of appointing young people in parliament, saying at their age he was facing imprisonment.
“I went to jail at age 20; they are going into parliament at age 20. We are breaking generational curses in our race,” he said.
“My best friend once asked me, ‘You have everything you want, why are you going into politics?’
“I said, ‘I am going into politics to make sure that my past doesn’t become the future of our youth.’”
Baddies Enter SA Parly | Tinubu Falls
Across various social media platforms, the appointment of Petersen and Wilskut has sparked a wave of both enthusiasm — and scepticism — for youth leadership and representation in South Africa’s political arena.
Meanwhile, a video of Nigerian President Bola Tinubu slipping and falling during an official event has gone viral, eliciting a flurry of reactions across X (formerly Twitter).
The 72-year-old president was seen slipping and falling as he climbed the steps of a vehicle that was supposed to transport him around Eagle Square in the capital, Abuja, during a ceremony marking 25 years of democracy in the country. Tinubu had to be assisted back to his feet.
One of the president’s aides, Dada Olusegun, took to X to describe the incident as a “mild misstep,” stating that Tinubu was able to continue with the rest of the program without any issues.
