Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba had a number of people fooled when he presented his medium-term budget policy statement to parliament on Wednesday.
His eloquence, coupled with not referring to his manual presentation caused many to wonder how he managed to memorise an 8,000 worded presentation, figures and all.
Not to say, it's an impossible feat.
Is #malusigigaba freestyling his #MTBPS17
— Namedi Phatudi (@Namedi1) October 25, 2017
#MalusiGigaba so he memorized the whole speech 🤔🤔🤔 wow
— Amo Moloto (@am_moloto) October 25, 2017
It turns out, however, that those mysterious green plants were hiding the not-so-visible teleprompters.
Of course, there were those who felt Zuma could learn a thing or two from how Gigaba presented his speech today:
#MalusiGigaba presentation skills 💯
Ngathi he is programmed
— scelo mafuleka (@sc3loz) October 25, 2017