Months ago, when Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini’s spokesperson went on a profanity-laden defence of her boss, a jokester posted this comment on social media: “If Bathabile does not drink, then what is she on?”
It was an unfair comment because if someone or their confidante denies a vice, you have to take them at their word, unless you can prove otherwise.
What made the unfortunate comment even more unfair was that it was entirely based on Dlamini’s favourite facial expressions, which have led people to believe that she is no enemy of enhanced liquids.