MTN Group’s announcement last week that it had snapped up the CEO of communications regulator Icasa, Willington Ngwepe, for a senior role in the office of its group president and CEO, Ralph Mupita, was met with a small firestorm on social media.

Here’s a sample of outraged tweets from ordinary South Africans in response to the news about Ngwepe’s appointment:..

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