Following the video clip taken at The Boulders, the Midrand mall where shopper and cultural activist Thando Mahlangu was pilloried by the centre manager for wearing Ndebele traditional attire, self-appointed culture experts went into a frenzy.

It was not the first time Mahlangu was humiliated for wearing what represents him as a Ndebele person. In 2018 he was kicked off the Gautrain for dressing in a manner deemed “inappropriate”, as The Boulders manager also charged. ..