Julius Malema defends Chidinma
EFF leader Julius Malema weighs in on the Miss South Africa saga involving contestant Chidinma Vanessa Adetshina.
The beauty queen has made it to the top 13, but some South Africans have exerted lots of energy in ensuring she gets disqualified due to her Nigerian and Mozambique roots.
Chidinma was born in South Africa, but the cyberbullying and hated kicked her out of Twitter.
In a recent interview, Malema was asked about his perception on the issue, his response favours Chidinma.
Julius Malema says the 23-year-old deserves to compete in the pageantry as she is not her parents.
“Your citizenship is determined by where you were born, if she was born here she’s South African it doesn’t matter. Chidima Vanessa Onwe is not her parents she’s herself so why do you want to say she’s from Nigeria or from Mozambique she was born here,” he said.
“We cannot punish people on the basis of where their parents come from. I’ve not followed the debate I don’t know if she’s South African or not but I would guess @Official_MissSA would have done the necessary due diligence,” he added.
“Your citizenship is determined by where you were born, if she was born here she’s South African it doesn’t matter. Chidima Vanessa Onwe is not her parents she’s herself so why do you want to say she’s from Nigeria or from Mozambique she was born here” EFF President Julius Malema… pic.twitter.com/FGIH2ZXC6Y
— News Live SA (@newslivesa) July 26, 2024
