Mzansi tweeps want to know who ‘owns’ $300m worth of SA mines
WHEN Twitter user @Jon_Stoic posted a video clip of random strangers being asked what they do for a living, it raised eyebrows, particularly among South African folks.
Sharing the clip with his followers, he captioned the post, “Chad here owns $300-million (about R5.26 billion) worth of South African minerals and lives in America, he says his biggest issue is the civil rights of South Africans”.
In the clip, Chad nonchalantly says he’s the heir to a company based in South Africa and inherited “like a 40% stake about two and a half years ago”.
His friend, asked what she does for a living, revealed she is a college student, but on the side, sells pictures of her big toe.
Chad, on the other hand, said he’s worth “roughly $300m”.
“You’re worth $300m?” repeated the interviewer, to which he responded, “In equity and the company, yeah”.
Without missing a beat, he said to Twitter and the rest of the world that he lives in Santa Monica and rents an apartment for $15K a month.
But that’s not even the best of it. When asked to check how much money was in his chequing account, Chad said, “$7 326 000”.
And the worst part about being an heir to a mining fortune?
“Civil rights issues,” he said with a deadpan face.
The post immediately went viral and was viewed more than 280K times.
Once Mzansi tweeps caught a whiff of it, it was tickets for Chad.
“Firstly, people are just okay with revealing this type of info to complete strangers,” commented someone.
To which @Jon_Stoic responded, “Maybe he thinks Africans don’t see these videos”.
The interesting part is that “Chad” isn’t actually his name.
“Chad isn’t even his first name, I just gave him that coz he is a typical Chad lol, don’t know him,” wrote Jon.
Obviously, a debate ensued, with many doubting Chad’s story was even real. The big question was: Who is Chad, and can he please expand on his “civil rights issues” comment?
Whether Chad was telling the truth or not, his comments genuinely piqued our interest.