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Vusi goes viral: 'Covid-19 is but the coffin after govt killed businesses'. LISTEN!

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He is not afraid of speaking his mind and, you could say, as a professional public speaker, his mouth is his fortune. Vusi Thembekwayo, who has appeared on TV as a Dragon's Den SA judge, once told Forbes he will do for talking what Muhammad Ali did for boxing. This past week Thembekwayo put his money where his mouth is and used the real victims of Covid-19 to swing a punch at the government in a colourfully worded Facebook live video that went viral and got #VusiforPresident trending on Twitter. – Fadia Salie Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

6 Jul 2020 10AM English South Africa Investing · Business News

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