Auxtin85:
Zulu men

motymop:
But, this is ridiculous.

Can he dress like that to a job interview or a business meeting where he suppose to sign a deal of 200 milion rand.

A classic case of attention seeking.

Nowadays, even mad people cover up.

light099:



Such magnificence.

Hey TMKsouth kindly create a thread showing full South African tribes, their outfit and traditional building styles.

Thanks.

SarkinYarki:
Your ancestors used that dressing in the Bush so take it to bush please

TMKsouth:
'I left the mall heartbroken'

(Video) https://twitter.com/thandomahlangu_/status/1374712963106504705?s=20

A casual trip to a Johannesburg mall on Wednesday turned into a nightmare when Ndebele activist and author Thando Mahlangu was allegedly hounded out of the shopping complex by a man who described himself as the mall owner.

His sin, apparently, was that he went into the Boulders shopping centre wearing Ndebele traditional attire. The Ndebele are one of South Africa's minority ethnic groups.

In the video clip, the man tells Mahlangu that there is a right of admission and that he doesn't condone Mahlangu's outfit and he must leave.

The man continues to tell Mahlangu that the mall is a public place and he is dressed indecently, while Mahlangu responds by saying he is dressed in African attire.

“You are telling me I'm not supposed to wear African [clothes] in Africa,” Mahlangu says.

“I'm saying this is a public place ... I'm not allowing that here, this is my mall ... right of admission is reserved,” the man responds.

Mahlangu's girlfriend can be heard telling the man that “this is Africa then you can't tell someone what to do, what to wear, at which mall”.

“I left the mall heartbroken and even now as we speak, I'm still not fine emotionally.”

The centre management said in a statement:

“The Boulders Shopping Centre would like to apologise unreservedly for the incident that took place at Clicks.

“The centre would like to clarify that it does not deny entry based on appearances and clothes. It is unfortunate that the incident that occurred inside Clicks is being viewed as intolerant towards other cultures and clothes.

“We take this opportunity to once again apologise to those who feel hurt by the incident. The decision was taken in the interests of other shoppers and employees of the mall,” said the centre management.

However, comments on social media were mostly supportive of Mr Mahlangu and called for African attire and practices to not be suppressed in South Africa.

illicit:




I feel u but there's nothing cultural about this man....



Is the culture in his sole custody

Other people who originally shared the same culture and origin with him has moved on, he is just stagnant....


If I should decide to go around nude today because our ancestors were actually like that, will you permit that? if I was ur son

SmartPolician:


Stop making such analogies

A mall is not a job interview.

At the mall, this man is a customer and customers are king.

Being a Zulu, people ought to appreciate him for taking a bold step to preserve his culture.

There's something wrong with the black man.

illicit:
My problem with him is that he refuses change....

His forefathers have reasons for dressing like that then, such reasons no longer apply

Culture has never been static

illicit:



If the larger society deems his dressing inappropriate then he has no choice than to comply....

He might have even be insane

bkool7:


What he wore there is an African attire worn for certain purposes and situation. That's a Zulu attire worn to war.
So what message is he sending to other shoppers?

He even came with an arrow!
That's obviously a weapon

TMKsouth:


Had there been no colonisation "Nigeria" wouldn't exist either. Think about it.

Anyway, most SA tribes don't wear animal skins, e.g.

Pic 1 - Basotho
Pic 2 - Xhosa
Pic 3 - Venda
Pic 4 - Ndebele

BLoomfrancs:
Lol. he wear peteri dey go mall This one na own goal. Nothing cultural about that shit. Barbarian dey form cultural man

Righteousness2:
Oga ask yourself!
If a lady had dressed this Manner, what would you have called her?
All things are Expedient but not all things are Needful!

No Matter what u claim you represent, if the above photo is what he wore , then he is naked and it's disgusting.

bkool7:


What he wore there is an African attire worn for certain purposes and situation. That's a Zulu attire worn to war.
So what message is he sending to other shoppers?

He even came with an arrow!
That's obviously a weapon

illicit:
My problem with him is that he refuses change....



His forefathers have reasons for dressing like that then, such reasons no longer apply



Culture has never been static

illicit:
My problem with him is that he refuses change....



His forefathers have reasons for dressing like that then, such reasons no longer apply



Culture has never been static

IronGalaxy:
He's not Zulu but Ndebele

FreeSpirited:
You big fool. An Eurocentric Big fool for this statement. Africa is indeed lost. Europe mores and definition aren't the ideal of morality and decency. We have our own ideal, conscience and values..which obviously you have lost. You are indeed lost

Valkrie:
I read comments here and I shake my head...its only the blackman that what to be European more the Europeans.!! Culture is culture and it's a way of life...there is no modernity to it...!!

buymyride:
i love south Africa a lot, it’s [b]just the people’s behaviour that pisses me off. [/b]Aside that, SA would have been the best place in the world for me. Been there once in 2020, I plan on visiting again sometime this year too. Beautiful place to be

illicit:
My problem with him is that he refuses change....



His forefathers have reasons for dressing like that then, such reasons no longer apply



Culture has never been static

illicit:


Those people are entertainers, artists....


On a norm, they dress differently and properly


What they wore in that pics is just props and costume