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Somizi Reacts to Zimbabwean TikTokker Ndoyisile Losing Thousands of Followers in Just 1 Day

2025-01-16

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Somizi recently shared his thoughts on Ndoyisile's fall from grace. The popular South African-based Zimbabwean-born TikTokker landed in hot water when he said that people from Thembisa were crowding the Mall of Africa. He said: "I think people who make the Mall of Africa full are people from Tembisa. Don’t you guys have a mall in Tembisa? People are just gallivanting and occupying the mall for no reason, and it’s so uncomfortable for us who are here who are claustrophobic." ...

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