
Only in SA: Cyril, Juju and Mmusi sing All I Want For Christmas'A clip of Cyril Ramaphosa and other politicians' singing' Mariah Carey's All I Want For Christmas' is spreading some viral festive cheer.
by Cornelia Le Roux
22-12-2022 16:35
in Entertainment
A clip of South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, left, Julius Malema, top right and Mmusi Maimane singing' Mariah Carey's All I Want For Christmas' is spreading some viral festive cheer. Images: AFP
If South Africans had to add their wish list to Mariah Carey's Christmas hit All I Want For Christmas, it would be a bottomless pothole. Electricity would be nice. Not to mention cheaper petrol; state medical facilities where one does not lose a leg when you were booked to have your tonsils removed, a job or two, less talk and more walk from Bheki Cele and his force; medical parolees who do not dance the night away and tee off with great gusto on the gholf course and so the list goes.
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Lest we forget: What about an end to the perpetual state of corruption and looting of the state coffers? That would be REALLY nice
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All we want for Christmas? Electricity, please Eskom! Image: Adobe Stock Festive cheer and jeer: Cyril & Co's rendition of All I Want For Christmas' An edited clip of Ramaphosa, Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema, former Democratic Alliance (DA) leader Mmusi Maimane and other members of Parliament singing Mariah Carey's Billboard topper All I Want For Christmas Is You, has gone viral on TikTok for all the right reasons!
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How's this for a bit of a festive Thursday Throwback? TikToker @neale_wp (Neale de Vries) has dusted off a 2018 clip from News24. His must-watch clip features South African politicians' speeches which have been cleverly edited to make the 1994 hit song.
ALSO READ: Mariah Carey's All I Want for Christmas Is You' tops Billboard
Watch: The politics of All I Want For Christmas' @neale_wp Good one @News24 #funny #christmas #southafrica #africa #song #comment #like #share #4u #foryou #watchtotheend #dontskip
original sound Neale De Vries --
ALSO READ: Ndlovu Youth Choir puts amazing spin on All I Want For Christmas is You'
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All we want for Christmas is electricity! TikTok users have been lapping up the now viral video clip with many surprise, surprise joking about the load shedding crisis, saying all they want for Christmas is electricity
ALSO READ: Prince of Darkness: Eskom worker shares dark arts' video [watch]
Marylin commented: Brilliant editing, all we want for Christmas is electricity .
Avril Albetti: Editing, I take my hat off.
Ethiano69: It's the Baby' for me lmao .
Nita Erasmus77: Doesn't matter how bad SA gets, SA is just something else taking bad times and turning them into a laugh .
Personally, all I want for Christmas is a multimillion-dollar couch like Cyril's Phala Phala one
Halloween costume 2022: the money under @CyrilRamaphosa s couch pic.twitter.com/DrGek7hilB
The Kiffness (@TheKiffness) October 30, 2022
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