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ACSA's Hlahla and how not to talk to an angry public

There's some competition for the 2010 "Worst media move of the year award". There's Julius Malema's "bloody agents" tirade, Sepp Blatter's let's-arrest-good-looking-girls-in-mini-skirts moment and, of course, "don't touch me on my studio". Now the head of ACSA, Monhla Hlahla, joins this esteemed group.

To be fair, spinning your way out of a mess caused by a bunch of VIPs who refused to move their executive jets from King Shaka Airport on Wednesday night, costing the non-VIP working public the chance to watch a World Cup semi-final was always going to be difficult. That's why it should have been left to a professional.

But not our Hlahla. Oh no, she waded in, feet in mouth and all. And how.

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