Politician performs on The Masked Singer SA to break stereotype

With his surprise reveal on The Masked Singer SA, former DA leader Mmusi Maimane wanted to break the mould on how politicians are usually perceived.

The Build One SA (Bosa) party leader surprised many at the weekend when he was unmasked as the prolific face behind the warrior.

Maimane serenaded viewers and the panel of regular detectives (Somizi Mhlongo, J’Something, Sithelo Shozi and Skhumba Hlophe) and guest judge Thabo “Tbo Touch” Molefe with his rendition of Easy by The Commodores.

“I don’t know why people are this shocked… it could be that people had a certain picture of me when I was inside the DA. They saw and boxed me in a particular way but I believe they are now starting to see who I am. It feels like there has been a reintroduction back to South Africans, which I love,” he said on Monday.

“I think this is a time that we stop thinking that politicians are robotic and can only be thought of in just one way and it’s in this case that the humanness is sometimes lost.

“I also wanted to be a part of something that breaks the mould and changes the idea that politicians are serious people who hardly have fun. In fact, one of the songs that I was working on before I got eliminated was John Legend’s Ordinary People.”

Maimane is the sixth famous face to be unmasked, joining football (Doctor Khumalo), zebra (The Lazy Makoti), rooster (Victor Matfield), banana (Bongani Bingwa) and the hippo (David Kau). – sowetan