{"id":39617,"date":"2025-10-24T14:32:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T14:32:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=39617"},"modified":"2025-10-24T14:32:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T14:32:12","slug":"utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignramaphosa-reacts-after-learner-calls-him-cupcake-during-public-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2025\/10\/24\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignramaphosa-reacts-after-learner-calls-him-cupcake-during-public-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Ramaphosa reacts after learner calls him \u2018cupcake\u2019 during public event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"mvp-content-main\">&#13;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_98159\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-98159\" class=\"wp-image-98159 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Ramaphosa-reacts-after-learner-calls-him-%E2%80%98cupcake-during-public-event.jpg?resize=600%2C347&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Ramaphosa-reacts-after-learner-calls-him-\u2018cupcake-during-public-event.jpg 600w, https:\/\/fakazanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Cyril-Ramaphosa-300x174.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-98159\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cyril Ramaphosa<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>President Cyril Ramaphosa was left amused and slightly puzzled when a young learner boldly addressed him by his well-known nickname, \u201ccupcake,\u201d during a recent event in Cape Town.<\/p>\n<p>The lighthearted moment happened at the 7th Social Justice Summit held at the Cape Town International Convention Centre, where the president was delivering the keynote address.<\/p>\n<p>As he was being introduced, the student cheerfully said, \u201cIt\u2019s an honour to be here. It\u2019s my first time seeing the president. Hello, Cupcake!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The comment drew laughter from the audience and even the president himself, who later posed for pictures with the learners.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing the incident during his speech, Ramaphosa playfully admitted that he had no idea what the nickname meant.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe young people who stood up here, one of them said something that I\u2019m often called,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI never respond to it because I don\u2019t know what it means. I know I will have a response to them when they say it, I\u2019ll say \u2018eat cake.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, South Africans online were quick to remind others where the nickname originated.<\/p>\n<p>The term \u201ccupcake\u201d was linked to Ramaphosa back in 2017, following leaked emails that allegedly revealed romantic messages between him and several women.<\/p>\n<p>In one of those messages, he reportedly used the word \u201ccupcake\u201d as a pet name.<\/p>\n<p>At the time, Ramaphosa acknowledged having had an affair with a woman from Limpopo, saying, \u201cI had a relationship with only one person, and it ended. I dealt with it with my wife. We now have a professional relationship.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 4 -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#Ramaphosa #reacts #learner #calls #cupcake #public #event<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#13; Cyril Ramaphosa President Cyril Ramaphosa was left amused and slightly puzzled when a young learner boldly addressed him by&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39618,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mzansi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39617","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39617"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39617\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39619,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39617\/revisions\/39619"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39618"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}