The Luh Twizzy challenge saw hordes of young South Africans storm the mall of Africa in Johannesburg this past weekend, raising tons of questions.
Worried parents, curious netizens and everyone in-between have been left scratching their heads over the incident and asking – what is Luh Twizzy?
In this instalment of The Full Story, Nigeriabombshell.com answers all questions pertaining to Luh Twizzy, mall of Africa, Luh Twizzy challenge, Luh Twizzy meaning, Luh Twizzy movement, outfits etc.
Luh Twizzy Mall of Africa Incident
A mob of young South Africans stormed the mall of Africa in Johannesburg in Gauteng the past weekend in an apparent Luh Twizzy challenge.
The infamous Luh Twizzy challenge, which has been around for a while, sees teenagers storm a mall, cause chaos and leave.
The viral Tiktok trend has raised tons of concerns among Gauteng residents and sparked a conversation on social media.
In the weekend incident, teenagers are seen cramped on a single escalator at the mall of Africa in Johannesburg as mall users take videos of them.
In another video, teenagers can be seen walking through the mall and running through the outdoor restaurant area as shoppers go about their business.
Initial reports claimed one person had died but the management of the Mall of Africa later debunked the claim.
The mall said it had a zero-tolerance approach to disruptive behaviours on its premises.
“Our utmost priority is to ensure that our shoppers, tenants and staff remain well protected whilst frequenting our shopping centre.
“We are working closely with SAPS officials and our private security firm to investigate this matter further and to mitigate any future disruptions to our retail community.”
Luh Twizzy challenge meaning
The Luh Twizzy challenge is a viral Tiktok trend which sees kids dress up, storm a predetermined venue, cause chaos and leave.
It appears to have originated from fans of American rapper Yeat.
The recent mall of Africa incident, where young South Africans stormed the Johannesburg mall, has raised questions such as what is Luh Twizzy?
Ayanda Ntuli, a 702 Radio digital content producer, said the Luh Twizzys were fans of a rapper called Yeat and Playboi Carti.
“Fans are mostly in high school and roam around and drink and smoke weed. They mostly wear black. Yeat has no links to these kids. He raps about cars and money,” he said.
The Luh Twizzy movement generally hide their faces and wear mostly black outfits. with skeletal printouts inspired by Yeat.
It is not a recent phenomenon as social media experts mention it has been around for a while.
Many teenagers caused chaos last year at Montecasino in Johannesburg. The same thing happened in Protea Glen, a suburb of Soweto, according to Sarah Hoffman, a digital parenting expert and co-founder of Klikd.
“They almost always hide their faces in the TikTok posts. The drivers of this behaviour are not really clear. A lot of this is mob psychology-based,” she said to TimesLIVE.
However, another social media expert,, Bronwyn Williams, told Newzroom Afrika that South Africa’s offshoot Luh Tizzy is a way for youth frustrated with the political system to protest.
“…It’s a reflection of how youth are dealing with our current political situation. The established political parties run by very old people who don’t reflect the issues that young people have. Basically involved in a stalemate that’s not going to make the lives of any young South Africans better right now.
“There is instead a sense of frustration among the youth in the real world here in South Africa that there is nothign in politics for them. None of the conventional channels are going to solve their problems.
“So you have this sort of youthful energy that has no way to be used productively now spilling over into these sort of anarchist, nihilist movements that we’re seeing,” she said.
Mall of Africa
Mall of Africa is a shopping mall located in Waterfall City, Midrand, Gauteng. It is the third largest single-phase shopping mall to be built in Africa.
The total retail area is 130 000 square metres. The shopping mall has two main levels of shopping as well as an outdoor restaurant plaza which connects directly to the Waterfall City Park.
Mall of Africa was incepted to be the centrepiece of Waterfall City, an upcoming mixed-use development located in Midrand, Gauteng. Located between Johannesburg and Pretoria the Mall and Waterfall is easily accessible to most of Gauteng.
Construction began in 2012 and was originally planned to open in March 2016, but was later slated to April 2016.
The mall was opened to the public on 28 April 2016 and resulted in heavy traffic congestion along the N1, N3 highways as well as most roads leading towards the Midrand area.
Mall of Africa has anchor tenants including departmental store Woolworths and hypermarkets Game and Checkers Hyper.
The shopping mall also has house flagship stores in South Africa for international brands such as H&M, Cotton On and Forever 21.
It also introduced new brands to South Africa like Starbucks, Mango Man, The Kooples, Boutique Adela, Zara Home, Armani Exchange, Under Armour and Interoptika.
Reactions…
Netizens on Twitter were none too pleased about the incident.
“This Luh Twizzy nonsense is what happens when you let social media & American rap music raise your children, it results in this unhinged juvenile delinquency. You fix this by bringing back compulsory military service to instil discipline. #ItsMySouthAfrica #uMjoloWithAzola,” a netizen wrote on Twitter.
A 2nd fan said: “You should’ve called police on all of them! Such disrespectful kids. They deserve criminal records.”
Another wrote: “The SAPS needs to arrest every kid thats going to Mall of Africa as a “Luh Twizzy” Mass Arrests need to be made, we can’t continue lawlessness in this country or yall scared of them @SAPoliceService?”
Yet another said: “What I witnessed on Saturday was very horrific. I couldn’t even do all I wanted to do cause I was with my 7 year old and 4 year old who got very much scared with all that was happening.To say I’m disappointed would be an understatement ‘I for one’ witnessed it all.”
Source: Nigeriabombshell.com
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