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You’re looking at a regular cruise ship. Nothing untoward.
Except, if you look really closely, you’ll see it’s called the MSC Poesia.
Yes, the jokes write themselves.
That image above is a little unclear. Let’s take a look at the rear:
There it is.
The fun started with a Business Insider SA story published on Tuesday, headlined ‘The MSC Poesia will visit Durban, Gqeberha, and Cape Town on a 4-month voyage around the world’:
South Africa will welcome the MSC Poesia in 2024 as the vessel makes its way around the world in 120-days.
MSC Cruises has announced the final itinerary for its biggest annual voyage in 2024. The MSC World Cruise, set to depart on 5 January, will follow a new route that includes 52 destinations in 31 different countries. South Africa is included as a new addition to the trip.
Look at it go:
Make your dream of seeing the world come true by setting sail with #MSCPoesia on an incredible 121-day journey as you discover the wonders our planet has to offer. Welcome to the MSC World Cruise 2024.
Click here to learn more: https://t.co/TuCrklMSgk#AWorldOfDiscovery pic.twitter.com/tH5y7qRyok
— MSC Cruises South Africa (@MSCcruisesSA) April 21, 2022
Capetonians aren’t great at sticking to dates and times (anybody who has hosted a dinner party can confirm this). However, with a two-year notice period, perhaps we can put together a welcoming party.
On Twitter, the quips came thick and fast:
Jou MSC Poesia coming to CT
— F1sasha (@F1sasha) April 27, 2022
BREAKING NEWS
The MSC Poesia has announced it will be setting sail for… Piel Island!!!
Everyone please remain calm… https://t.co/PCMsXWYR4n pic.twitter.com/XEK3x11c9v
— (@DrVoetsek) April 26, 2022
A lesbian cruise! Woooo
— Melissa Attree (@MelAttree) April 26, 2022
I’ve heard rumours that the mothership is called MA Se Poesia.
— John Harker (@JohnHar74820927) April 26, 2022
The WHAT NOW!?
why do they make it so easy!? https://t.co/NT6sjU1227
— Angel Campey (@YesReallyAngel) April 27, 2022
The Ma se ship. https://t.co/5JoPs6rX4A
— Lester Kiewit (@lesterkk) April 27, 2022
The ship is called what? https://t.co/bRjqvPmRvW
— Bruce Whitfield (@brucebusiness) April 27, 2022
Dear #MSC. Please avoid Cape Town until after your renaming ceremony. Please https://t.co/dZr6qxk48a
— Jack Devnarain (@JackD157) April 26, 2022
Oh, this is a rather unfortunate name for a ship travelling to South Africa, especially Cape Town.♀️ https://t.co/IksLsmA6Bl
— Louise-Mari ,Carus’s mommy (@CarustheRottie) April 26, 2022
This is so wrong. The Randburg Waterfront is the spiritual home of the Poesia. https://t.co/E7IZ2aXSkK
— SilverSurfer (@SurferSilverza) April 26, 2022
Johannesburg overlooked again. https://t.co/042lDNLoVR
— Emma Turd (@emmaturd) April 26, 2022
Sheesh, when will Jozi catch a break?
The social media sniggering has also inadvertently shed light on the death of a crew member aboard an MSC cruise ship, Hombisa ‘Nana’ Mafuduka.
This thread was posted numerous times under the original tweet:
Our daugher,sister,friend and mother Hombisa Nana Mafuduka left home in January 2022 to work for MSC Cruises and they reported her dead on the 24/03/2022.
They told us(family) that “she vomitted blood,taken to hospital,resuscitated and on the way back
— madame delacroix (@Orliene__) April 22, 2022
That thread details the entire story, which has since been picked up by numerous media outlets.
A spokesperson for MSC, Lebo Mavuso, said the events of Mafuduka’s death are currently under investigation.
[source:businsidersa]
