06 Jul 2017

The first thing your favourite local celebs ever tweeted

Cape Town - Boity Thulo, Minnie Dlamini, Jessica Nkosi and Cassper Nyovest - everybody had to start somewhere.

Twitter has a website where you can look up anybody's first ever tweets. How cool?

Here's some of our favourite celeb Twitter debuts. Be warned, it was a time of Blackberries and typing in alternating caps.

1. Boity Thulo

i just joined twitter...feel like clown, its like the in thing. i was a facebook addict...i think ima go into rehab with twitter.lol! ('o',)
— Boity Thulo (@Boity) June 6, 2009

2. Minnie Dlamini

Hello Twitter people i finally got it lets see what the hype is all about lol
— Minenhle Dlamini (@MinnieDlamini) July 27, 2010

3. Thando Thabethe

is gonna have a chilled out dae:)
— Thando Thabooty (@Thando_Thabethe) May 20, 2009

4. Jessica Nkosi

I'm finally on twitter :-). Yey**
— Jessica Nkosi (@JessicaNkosi) November 11, 2010

5. Lalla Hirayama

tired..... going to the land of LA-LA-LA ..off to dream about being at a mj concert, cant believe i'll never see him perform live.... rip mj
— Lalla Hirayama (@Lalla_Hirayama) July 1, 2009

6. Maps Maponyane

Planning my towards making a difference.
— Maps Maponyane (@MapsMaponyane) October 28, 2009

7. Babes Wodumo

Hello world ??
— Bongekile simelane (@BABESWODUMO) May 21, 2016

8. Cassper Nyovest

i told maself that id never tweet until i buy a blackberry but i just couldnt help maself
— Abuti Fill Up (@CassperNyovest) August 26, 2010

9. Karlien van Jaarsveld

Ek voel soooooo oud!! Ek is amptelik 25, die dinge van i kind is verby...haha
— KarlienvanJaarsveld (@KarlienVanJ) December 21, 2010

10. Terry Pheto

just joined twitter...
— Terry Pheto (@TerryPheto) November 6, 2009

11. Siv Ngesi

@itskarma_bitch SiV should be in number 1
— Siv Ngesi (@iamSivN) June 12, 2011

12. Amanda du Pont

Chillin in the beautiful South Africa, waiting for a call from Hollywood! It's time to see some African Actresses!!
— Amanda du-Pont (@AmandaDupont) May 4, 2009

13. K Naomi

****Just Got Onto Twitter...But Really Trying To Figure Out Why Guys Hav The Audasity 2 Hit A Chic****
— K Naomi?? (@KNaomi_N) June 22, 2009

14. Samkelo Ndlovu

waiting for a revelation....
— Melanin Monroe (@SamkeloNdlovu) October 13, 2009

15. Khanya Mkangiso

Mos Def is suuuuuuuch a kEwL duDe! Met him 2 days ago!
— Khanya Mkangisa (@KhanyaMkangisa) April 11, 2009

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