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Limpopo TikTokker hit with animal cruelty conviction after viral slapping donkey video

IOL · 03 September 2026 at 11:00

Limpopo TikTokker hit with animal cruelty conviction after viral slapping donkey video

A shocking TikTok video showing Nano Masalesa, known as “Skeem Noa”, slapping donkeys across the face for entertainment has ended in an animal cruelty conviction, with the court ordering him to pay R5,000 towards the animals’ care.

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