Cassper backlash after his Mzansi tweet misfires

Cassper Nyovest may have been living his best life overseas last week, but Twitter brought him back down to reality over the weekend after he claimed his travels had taught him that Mzansi is only good at dragging each other down.

Cassper has been a target of hate for several years and reflected on this while travelling back into the country on Saturday. In a tweet he wrote: “White people live comfortably in the most expensive parts of the world. America and Europe. They are 400 years ahead. We are supposed to be catching up‚” before suggesting that Mzansi only put each other down.

Cassper deleted the tweet but still made his feelings known through another tweet with a similar message.

“I travel the world. I’m blessed enough to sit in first-class & business lounges & I often find myself being the only black person there. The 400 years of slavey thing just hit me now. We are sooo behind&the only thing we are extremely good at for now is pulling each other down [sic].”

Cassper saw flames for the comments, with many labelling him “ignorant and fake humble”.

Eastern Cape-born songbird Simphiwe Dana got wind of the mess Cassper had left on social media with his tweets and took to Twitter to address him.

“Babe, you need to stop. You’re one of the most loved artists in SA. This doesn’t make sense coming from you. Ignore the hate and focus on the love.”

One Twitter user, who goes by the name MaAfrika said: “I am a Proud Tsibipian but that tweet Cassper made about blacks pulling each other down pretty much hurt/disappointed me simply because I’ve saved and I am ready for Durban and he’s out here like that [sic].”