Papa Penny Breaks Silence on Viral Parliament Video: βI Donβt Have To Speak Perfect Englishβ
MK Party legislator Papa Penny has responded to a viral video of him struggling to pronounce English in Parliament. Papa Penny topped trending charts after a video of him having a hard time pronouncing English went viral on social media. South Africans, including veteran broadcaster Gareth Cliff, weighed in on the video and now Papa Penny has broken his silence.
Papa Penny responds to viral Parliament clip In an interview with TshisaLive, Papa Penny gave more context on what went down during the sport, arts, and culture portfolio committee session. The MK Party member of parliament, born Gezani Kobane, told the publication that he had written the questions in his mother tongue, Tsonga.
He clarified that he can speak English but heβs more comfortable speaking Tsonga.
The Milandu Bhe hitmaker argued that he does not need to speak English fluently and said he saw nothing wrong with his conduct during the sport, arts, and culture portfolio committee session.
βThe issue is not that I canβt speak English, itβs just not my home language, Iβm not English. I don’t have to speak perfect English because Iβm not English.
I donβt see anything wrong with whether Iβm able to speak English or not, but Iβm more comfortable speaking my own language,β Papa Penny explained.
He said the incident had served as an eye opener for him. Papa Penny told the publication that he has resolved to speak in Tsonga during parliamentary sessions. βIn future I wonβt speak English in parliamentary meetings, Iβll speak my own language. I want to use my language in parliament as we have 11 official languages,” he said.
Papa Penny defends Floyd Shivambu in hilarious clip Musician-turned-politician Papa Penny stood up for former MK Party secretary general Floyd Shivambu. This comes after Shivambu was demoted as the uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK Party) secretary-general.
The former reality TV star revealed in a TikTok video that Shivambu had every right to visit Prophet Shepherd Bushiri during Easter weekend in Malawi.
In the video, the Xitsonga artist argues that Shivambu has a right to go wherever he pleases. “I want to put these things clear of SG Floyd Shivambu. He never do anything wrong to his private life. Anyone can go wherever he wants in the holidays,” Papa Penny said.
Papa Penny wants to have more children Meanwhile, Briefly News reported that Papa Penny revealed his plans to have more children despite having 30 kids.
He noted that he was only married once and most of his children are from the extramarital affairs he has had over the years.
He argued 30 children is not too many and he would have more in the future if God permits. The singer also revealed that he comes from a big family. His father reportedly had 27 wives and 94 children.
