Twitter users exchanged words over Hillary Gardee being found after 24 hours while Amahle Thabethe, 8, went missing in 2019 and has yet to be found.
@ThamsanqaMando1
The daughter of a politician was found within 24 hours. Unfortunately, she was murdered. The child of a poor mom is still missing since 2019. If they can prioritise all missing persons, Amahle would be found like the daughter of a politician.
@hi_ndamu
Fact is, we are not as equal as we would love to be. Famous people will always get more retweets and reaction. Keep posting for Amahle, and those who want to help in her search will help without you emotionally blackmailing people. Your timeline, your choice.
@breezymak
Let’s not do the competition thing. We have been posting Amahle, praying for her return, and we will continue to do so. The “not a politician’s daughter“part is unnecessary. A family is mourning the loss of their child, and we pray it is not the same for Amahle’s family.
@s_afinest
When Amahle disappeared without a trace, 7 Seshego women were slaughtered, there were no politicians and gender specialists talking about it. Now an EFF highprofile daughter has been kidnapped, all of a sudden GBV is thrown around by journalists like confetti. @Ayandi07684809
Amahle Thabethe’s been missing for 3 years y’all, not even 1 politician posted about her but let’s all stop what we are doing and look for Gardee’s daughter.
@Wakavo_As
I’m so disappointed at all the people trying to confuse others over the issue of #Hillary and #Amahle’s disappearance. This is not politics. SA supported Amahle’s family on all sides. We can still tweet about her without involving someone else’s name.
@paballo_patsa
You were not forced to look for Gardee’s daughter or spread awareness of her disappearance. A family is in mourning. When Amahle went missing,Twitter went into overdrive looking for her, even today, people still tweet about her. This is not a competition.
@BbeCupcake
I suggest you wait for your own child or sibling to go missing, then you can politicise it and say “because she’s not a politician’s daughter”. For now, hands off Amahle – not with Amahle, don’t even think of using her to push your agenda. She has a family that loves her, respect them.
@Ms_Essence2
Keep posting for Amahle, no one is stopping you. Your comparison is actually insensitive to both families.
@Ruraltarain_2
Poor Amahle was never “important enough”. You will be denied justice and media coverage, no matter how young you are! You will be denied political elites’ attention because your mommy/ daddy don’t have political lineage! Sorry, you are not Hillary Gardee.