Unathi Msengana suspended over 'F**k you twice over' twitter comments
Metro FM Radio and Television personality Unathi Msengana has been suspended from her show 'The First Avenue' with immediate effect.
The national broadcaster, SABC took the decision to remove Msengana from the show following her Stellenbosch University comments on Twitter.
SABC spokesperson Kaizer Kganyago said that Msengana was not suspended for her comments and questions on air, but for things she tweeted her listeners after the show.
"There was an engagement that was out of our control that happened on Twitter... the discussion started continuing on her Twitter page which is outside of our control but it has got an effect on us.
"(She was suspended) not necessarily because she works for us but it is also because of the topic that was on air on our platform," explained Kganyago.
Twitter battalion came down hard on Msengana following her interview with Stellenbosch University industrial engineering student, Anelisiwe Mdube where the student was sharing their experiences with the varsity lecturing them in Afrikaans.
Mdube stated that although the university claims to be multilingual, most lectures are still conducted only in Afrikaans.
Msengana, asked Mdube whether or not the students had read the universities language policies.
When the student tried to explain that it was not made clear that she would be lectured in Afrikaans.
Msengana would allegedly not hear of it.
The matter then escalated as people took to social media to voice their disappointment in the way Msengana handled the issue. The twitter hashtag #UnathiBeLike trended on Twitter.
This is the hashtag that lead to more trouble for Msengana. A private DM (direct message) conversation between herself and a twitter follower was made public where Msengana allegedly calls a young women a Psycho B***h.
" We are saying we are discussing with her about that part because it then affects us bad," Kganyago said.
"We are saying we are not putting her on air until we have had discussions with her on this matter."
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