By Johnathan Paoli
Pressure is mounting on President Cyril Ramaphosa to sack Sport, Arts and Culture Minister Gayton McKenzie after decade-old social media posts resurfaced in which he allegedly used racist and derogatory language to describe black South Africans.
The controversy erupted this week after screenshots of McKenzie’s tweets, some dating back to 2013, began circulating on X.
In the posts, the minister allegedly used an apartheid-era racial slur multiple times, defended it as “purely descriptive,” and made other derogatory remarks portraying Black people as inferior.
The revelations have sparked widespread outrage, with political parties, civil society groups, and ordinary South Africans demanding McKenzie’s immediate removal from office.
ActionSA has lodged a complaint with the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC), accusing McKenzie of the “repeated use of hateful apartheid-era slurs” intended to degrade Black South Africans.
In a statement, ActionSA spokesperson Matthew George said the party would escalate the
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