Zoom meetings are a stressful thing for one to deal with when it comes to making decision for an entire country. It’s even harder when the entire meeting sees your wife naked when on a zoom call!
It was a mortifying experience for Xolile Ndevu when he was talking to the working group government officials and his wife made an appearance behind him without any clothes on!
What turned out be a discussion on the Covid crisis that has taken over the world suddenly turned into another crisis as Ndevu tried to stop his colleagues from seeing his wife with no clothes on. There is always an explanation to this kind of this, the explanation offered here was that the meeting had gone over its original time and his wife did not know that the camera had been on.
Whilst this seems like a legitimate excuse that can be used by some people, it is highly unlikely that it could be used by a government official regarding his meeting times going over than planned. Being an official in the government it is possible that meeting never start on time or end on time.
It was an embarrassing moment when the wife of a South African traditional leader walks into the frame completely naked during a parliamentary Zoom meeting. The meeting had a body of 23 traditional leaders in South Africa.
Faith Muthambi, the committee’s chairperson, cuts across Ndebua as he is speaking to point out the mistake. She tells Ndevu: ‘Inkosi, people behind you are not properly dressed. We are seeing everything. Please, Inkosi, did you tell them you are in a meeting. It is very disturbing what we are seeing.’
Muthambi then tells Inkosi Sipho Mahlangu, chairperson of the National House of Traditional Leaders, that it is not the first time such an incident has taken place during a Zoom meeting.
She adds: ‘Whenever we are meeting with you, we see these unruly pictures. You are live on TV.’
Ndevu covers his face with his hands and apologizes: ‘I’m very sorry. I was focusing on the camera and not behind me. I’m so embarrassed.’
He explained the following day: ‘This Zoom technology is new to us and we were never trained. Our houses are not built so we can have privacy for these meetings.
Ndevu added that the meeting began at around 7pm and was due to finish by 10pm, but overran so he moved to the bedroom.
He said: ‘As the meeting continued after 10pm, my wife came in to use the bathroom and was unaware I had the video feed on. I apologies.’
