South Africans are not only demanding an apology, but are calling for Gayton McKenzie to resign as Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture over his old social media post, which includes the K-word.
This comes as the Patriotic Alliance leader called for the hosts of the Open Chats Podcast to be cancelled over their comments about the coloured community.
The Minister has since addressed his old posts, stating that the backlash was “hilarious”.
GAYTON’S K-WORD, RACIAL SLUR COMMENTS GO VIRAL
On the X app (formerly Twitter), Gayton McKenzie’s old, racially-charged posts about black people have resurfaced.
In them, the Patriotic Alliance leader, and now Minister of Sport, Art and Culture, implied that all black people were poor and uneducated. He also repeatedly called them the K-word.
A viral clip also saw Gayton being interviewed on the SABC’s Morning Live, where he alluded to black people being “lazy”.
In another clip, Gayton criticised the government for offering a state funeral to the late artist Mampintsha, Mandla Maphumulo, after reportedly declining to assist the family of the late AKA, real name Kiernan Forbes.
CALLS TO CANCEL OPEN CHATS PODCAST PRESENTERS
This week, Gayton McKenzie called out Open Chats Podcast co-hosts Mthokozisi Donald and Sino Kama and their two female guests.
Shortly after DStv shared news that they had dropped the show from their programming, the minister hinted at the presenters being cancelled over their comments.
He posted: “No one wants to see young people destroyed. It is, however, a teachable moment for these young people and their peers that racism has no place in South Africa; to let them continue as if nothing happened is the surest way of destroying them.
He added, “Consequence is a great teacher.”
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A day earlier, Gayton instructed PA MP Liam Jacobs to open a case of hate speech and crimen injuria against the Open Chats Podcast hosts.
He said in a Facebook Live: “We are giving you seven days to cancel that show. You are going to learn. This is where we draw the line”.
WILL MINISTER STEP DOWN?
On the X app, South Africans branded Gayton McKenzie a “hypocrite” over his past comments and demanded a formal apology.
Many called on the Minister of Sport, Art and Culture to step down from his post over his racial slurs.
However, it appears Gayton is unwilling to apologise or tender his resignation.
He posted amid the backlash: “This whole campaign to find something racist I ever said is hilarious. Because you have now gone 13 years back and can’t bring out one racist thing I ever said.
“I always and still fight that Coloureds and Blacks are one people being treated differently mistakenly”.
DOES GAYTON MCKENZIE DESERVE TO BE CANCELLED?
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