South Africans have taken to social media to voice their displeasure at President Jacob Zuma's shock announcement to remove Nhlanhla Nene as finance minister and within 24 hours, the hashtag #ZumaMustFall was trending while a Facebook page to organise a peaceful march had been set up. A Facebook #ZumaMustFall event was created on Thursday to announce a peaceful march to the Union Buildings in Pretoria on December 16 at 10:00. In the short time it has been created, 3 500 people have confirmed attendance with 5 500 Facebook users indicating they were interested.
Meanwhile, some expat South Africans took to social media to not only voice their concerns but to also express their awe at the drastic fall of the rand. Some even mockingly commended Zuma for the move. Zuma made the shock announcement late on Wednesday after removing Nene as finance minister and replacing him with the relatively unknown David van Rooyen. The rand subsequently dropped to a record low. Analysts and political commentators have described the move as Zuma’s riskiest with foreign and domestic investors rethinking the South African market, News24 reports.
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