Overview
- At a 19 December memorial for Warrick “DJ Warras” Stock, Pearl Thusi recounted sharing a hotel room years ago and described the moment as platonic and protective.
- Criticism on social media mounted quickly, with many calling the anecdote inappropriate for a memorial and distracting from the late DJ’s legacy.
- Family friend and manager Norma Mansoor condemned the speech on X, calling it “pathetic” and accusing Thusi of making the service about herself.
- Thusi posted an apology on X on 21 December, wrote that “people are really cruel,” and urged a shift in focus to safety and calls for “Justice for Warras.”
- Commentators including Lundi Witbooi, with support from DJ Zinhle, defended Thusi’s expression of grief, as coverage also resurfaced Thusi’s prior account of a threatening encounter with convicted criminal Thabo Bester.