Elon Musk offends South Africans with ‘God Bless America’ tweet

Elon – also the CEO of Twitter – was born in Pretoria in 1971 to businessman Errol Musk and former model Maye Musk. 

And South Africans were quick to remind him of it.

Notorious Twitter troll Chris Excel: “What about South Africa?”. Media mogul Bonang Matheba added: “You must come home.”

What about South Africa.. pic.twitter.com/E6xu3sVBYM

— ChrisExcel (@ChrisExcel102) July 5, 2023

Here’s what others posted:

@vendavendor: “Your ancestors are from South Africa.”

@russiamcdonald: “The homeland made you strong. And instead of making South Africa strong, you left.”

@john39388040: “Oh yea, you didnt make any money from SA, so God shouldn’t bless SA.”

@nateadams5k: “No blessings for daddy’s slaves?”

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WHEN DID ELON MUSK MOVE TO USA?

Although he is now a US citizen, Elon Musk has South African roots.

The “Chief Twit” attended Pretoria Boys High School – a prominent English/Afrikaans school in the metropolitan of Pretoria (now Tshwane).

After his parent’s divorce, Elon Musk left SA with his mom and siblings Tosca and Kimbal to emigrate to Canada. They later moved to the US.

Errol – who still lives in SA – speaks both English and Afrikaans fluently.

Maye, originally from Canada, also states that she is fluent in Afrikaans. She shared on Twitter earlier this year: “I am English speaking and fluent in Afrikaans because I did my first Master of Science degree at an Afrikaans University, as the only English student.”

Elon Musk was raised in a predominately English-speaking household, although his dad insisted that he is “partly Afrikaans.”

According to Errol, their family’s move to Pretoria – an Afrikaans suburb – was met with great hostility on his end. Although both his parents have strong Afrikaans roots, Elon was unhappy as he could not form friendships and relationships with Afrikaans people.

In a video on his YouTube account, he said: “When Elon got to the time of meeting girls in Pretoria, there were no girls to meet. It was impossible to meet an Afrikaans girl. He was considered an Englishman.

“This was very frustrating for him.”