Unathi Nkayi is a popular South African actress, singer, radio and TV personality. She is famous for being one of the judges on the singing competition TV show, Idols SA.
Unathi has deleted an Instagram post after people reached out to her saying the post “was hurtful to the people of Eswatini”…
This is after her trip to Swaziland over the weekend. She saw the opportunity to meet and pose next to the Queen Mother of Eswatini, and grabbed it.
However, this was found to be an insensitive post where she was rubbing shoulders with royalty. Which is why she had to remove the post after seeing how hurt the majority of her followers were.
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In the post, Unathi is seen kneeling down next to the Queen mother. Along with the picture with a short caption.
She uploaded the pictures and captioned them ”Her Majesty, Queen Mother Ntombi Ndlovukati of the Kingdom of Swaziland…”
Nkayi said she felt honoured to be in her presence saying she will cherish the experience forever.
“I had the honour and privilege of being allowed an audience with her majesty the Queen Mother this weekend. An experience I will cherish for the rest of my life. A moment of beauty grace, honour, and dignity, wrapped in a blanket of tender love and a deep knowledge of who we are as a Nguni, Bantu people.
“A ceremony she held and led in honour of her granddaughter Princess Temaswati as the matriarch of the Swati Kingdom,” she wrote.
Unfortunately, her post caused a lot of backlash and negative comments from people. As opposed to ignoring the reactions and responding to the negativity, Unathi deleted the post.
When asked why she decided to do that, she was left concerned by how people reacted to it and how they were hurt, so she did the right thing by deleting the post.