A woman
stripped naked in Nelson Mandela Square in Johannesburg and caressed a huge
statue of the liberation hero as astonished bystanders looked on, local media
reported Wednesday.
The young
African woman first saluted the statue of the former president, who is revered
for his role in defeating the racist apartheid system, before disrobing,
witnesses said.
A picture
posted on Twitter showed her naked and leaning her head against the knee of the
statue in an upmarket area of South Africa’s commercial capital.
A
waitress at a nearby restaurant told The Star newspaper that the woman’s
actions, at around 4.00pm on a busy Monday, had caused a frenzy.
Male
waiters got their orders wrong and a male customer was hit on the head by his
wife for getting up to take a closer look, she said.
Nelson
Mandela Square marketing manager Megan Meas said a security guard had asked the
woman to put on her clothes, which she did before leaving the square without
answering any questions.
“This was
an unauthorised incident conducted by a private citizen in her personal
capacity on our property,” Meas said.
Madness
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