PEOPLE OF THE YEAR 2023
Kant of the Year runners-up: Matthew Lani and Tom Curry
Be careful what you say because words can trip you up.
“Dr” Matthew Lani
Fake it till your ass is dragged off to jail. This is what happened to Tik Tok “doctor” Matthew Lani, who was hauled off the wards of Helen Joseph Hospital with his stethoscope still around his neck for impersonating a doctor. Lani rose to social media stardom dispensing advice as if he were Chris Barnard. All it took was a stethoscope. He appeared on national television and was interviewed for an episode of Unpacked with Relebogile Mabotja. Charges of identity fraud and impersonating a doctor were withdrawn, but Lani has now really been unpacked and qualifies most certainly for the title.
Tom Curry
Everyone knows in South Africa that people who are not mother-tongue speakers of English do not resort to the word “c#nt” in a moment of heat. It is just not done. P#es, yes, that does slip out and even Jou Ma Se P#es. But tetchy England flanker Tom Curry accused Bok Bongi Mbonambi of calling him a “white c#nt” in the 2023 Rugby World Cup semifinals, despite many attempted explanations about multilingualism. DM
This story first appeared in our weekly Daily Maverick 168 newspaper, which is available countrywide for R29.
They both deserve it.
Once again DM got it right….Kants of the year, as well as our own heroes
In this kantry, would calling somebody a white kant qualify as more, or less, of an insult than calling them a black kant?
Asking for a colored friend.
Only in SA 🙂
A kant of any colour or hue .. remains a kant … just ask Emmanuel .
Emmanuel would be most pleased with this posthumous recognition … coming as it is almost exactly three hundred years after his debut … and notwithstanding Bongi’s immaculate or is it unsurpassed linguistic prowess .. which makes Kant’s categorical imperatives pale into insignificance !