Hellen Zille (L) and Imogen Mashazi (R). Pictures: Brenton Geach/Gallo Images and SABC/Screenshot Helen Zille has criticised what she called a “grotesque display” by former Ekurhuleni city manager Imogen Mashazi. Mashazi trended earlier this month after a video circulated showing her listing the designer labels she was wearing.
In the clip, she is seen wearing Bulgari earrings, a necklace and bracelet, an Audemars Piguet watch, a Dolce & Gabbana dress, Hermès Oran sandals, and a Hermès Birkin Kelly Croc exotic leather bag. Zille commented on the display in a series of posts on X this week. “This is insane.
Does anyone even notice a woman’s handbag? I have one all-purpose bag and a few cheap clutches (R150) if I need to take a lipstick and a comb to go out at night. Who in their right mind pays R800 000 for a handbag?
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Obscene doesn’t begin to describe it,” she wrote. Zille added that she hopes the South African Revenue Service investigates. “I hope the taxman is taking a close look at this grotesque display and finding out where the money came from, and whether proper tax has been paid on it.
This is one outfit that costs about as much as the President’s annual salary,” she said. This is one outfit that cost about as much as the President’s annual salary.pic.twitter.com/YGLEjQCBcd Zille later said she had found a second-hand Hermès bag priced at more than R7 million online. “So I decided to Google a second-hand Hermès bag.
I found one on eBay for R7 143 872. You read that correctly. A second-hand handbag for the cost of a luxury house.
Who does this sort of thing? And what’s more, it’s ugly,” she posted. So I decided to Google a 2nd-hand Hermes bag.
A 2nd-hand handbag for the cost of a luxury house. And, what’s more, it’s ugly.https://t.co/389l7aaHFcpic.twitter.com/faCrcDT6Vj
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