Siv Ngesi finds himself in the midst of a social media statue storm

Cape Town – ICYMI it was announced on Wednesday that the Rhodes statue will be removed.

South Africans have had strong opinions about this whether for it or against it and Siv Ngesi is no different. What he had to say however, has caused the Twitter sphere to declare war! #SivNgesiMustFall

It started out with this tweet…

And then the world stopped and went ballistic!

Here is what some of them had to say to Siv…

WTF Siv, this is so irresponsible of you mxim RT @iamSivN: Yes #RhodesHasFallen but you are still a Kaffier in many of their eyes!"

— Gabi Mbele (@TheGabi) April 9, 2015

@iamSivN is the human equivalent of armpits. Literally no one is proud of him. Try hard coon

— MELI (@MeliLumko) April 9, 2015

"@iamSivN: Rhodes has fallen , now poverty must fall!" the only thing that needs to fall is you after getting shot in the head

— MELI (@MeliLumko) April 9, 2015

I low key wanna fight that Siv guy

— DancingFatGuy (@YaredtheGuy) April 9, 2015

#SivNgesiMustFall #SivNgesi #RhodesHasFallen pic.twitter.com/ojj5x6IHBp

— #MadeInRSA (@blacktweetSA) April 9, 2015

If @iamSivN accepts all the "fight" challenges on Twitter today! pic.twitter.com/Asd4Ul5PzG

— Mark Palmer (@MarkPalmerComic) April 9, 2015

Entertained by the disappointment of his fans, Siv seems to have no shame and even replied and retweeted the mean things people said.

Rhodes has fallen , now poverty must fall!

— Siv Ngesi (@iamSivN) April 9, 2015

I have been in trouble on Twitter before and I have apologized because I was wrong! I am not retracting my statement this time! voetsek

— Siv Ngesi (@iamSivN) April 9, 2015

Many of you Attack me like you protest! Let's deal with the issue at hand and not be petty and pointless!

— Siv Ngesi (@iamSivN) April 9, 2015

Why shoot me ?That would be too fast.Why don't you necklace me? Then I will suffer and you can watch! https://t.co/A8LqQF8KZn

— Siv Ngesi (@iamSivN) April 9, 2015

You better not start Somthing you can't finish buddy! I would clean the floor with you and live Tweet it! Back down https://t.co/DDEl8KbOfo

— Siv Ngesi (@iamSivN) April 9, 2015

This made my day #SivNgesiMustFall! pic.twitter.com/cAyUghbJex

— Siv Ngesi (@iamSivN) April 9, 2015

PFA Cape Town good for you ?Or maybe you want home ground advantage ? We don't have a cage but we have a boxing ring https://t.co/sM7m9nOXr3

— Siv Ngesi (@iamSivN) April 9, 2015