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Zandile Christmas Mafe – the man, or the myth associated with Parliament’s burning? At this point, no one is quite sure. On the surface, he was presented as a homeless man to the court, before it was revealed he is actually a resident Khayelitsha.

As time beats on, more is being uncovered regarding the ‘mastermind’. Neighbours have spoken out about Mafe and noted that he exhibited strange behaviour – including the likes of being anti-social, choosing to climb through his fence instead of going through the gate and being absent for the past month. His family defends that he wouldn’t harm anyone, not even when he was a young boy in school.

Many South Africans have also taken to social media to express their confusion, conspiracy theories, defence and scepticism surrounding Mafe’s connection to the burning of parliament.

Here is what some people are saying as Zandile Mafe’s name continues to trend:

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