MacG Slams Gayton McKenzie After Racist Tweets Resurface: “It Just Shows This Guy’s Got No Backbone”

• MacG strongly criticised Gayton McKenzie after netizens unearthed old posts of him repeatedly using the k-word
• In a Podcast and Chill episode that aired on Monday, 11 August 2025, MacG shared an experience that changed his perception of McKenzie
• MacG joins Sol Phenduka, who challenged Gayton McKenzie after he made threats amid calls for his dismissal

Podcast and Chill co-host MacG has strongly criticised Gayton McKenzie amid calls for his removal as the Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture over resurfaced racist tweets. The podcaster, born MacGyver Mukwevho, also shared his thoughts on the Patriotic Alliance (PA) leader’s response to the hurtful comments about the coloured community by the Open Chats Podcast.

As South Africans react to resurfaced tweets of McKenzie using the k-word repeatedly, MacG has broken his silence and strongly criticised the politician. He shared his experience with Gayton McKenzie and how recent events have confirmed what he always thought about him.

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MacG blasts Gayton McKenzie amid resurfaced racist tweets

In a Podcast and Chill episode that aired on Monday, 11 August 2025, MacG shared how Gayton McKenzie was approachable and responsive before he became Minister, but became evasive when they wanted to interview him after he shared the list of COVID-19 relief funding recipients.

MacG echoed Slik Talk's sentiments and accused the PA leader of hopping onto trending issues for relevance. MacG criticised Gayton McKenzie, suggesting that he lacks values or a moral compass and is more of a clout chaser than a principled politician.

“For me, a red flag with Gayton McKenzie is I remember when he was running for elections or whatever. He'd always respond to us. Remember Dudu? When we reached out to him to come on the pod and whatever, and he came, we had a beautiful episode. Remember? Then he got into parliament. Then he became a minister, and then we tried to reach out to him again to for him to come back, and you know, especially when he started doing that thing of releasing those COVID things. We're like, ‘Oh, this is dope. We got to get Gayton on, you know, to see what else is he going to do’, because he started off so nicely after that, bro. He started blue-ticking us when he got into parliament. You understand? For me, I told Dudu, ‘I'm like that's a red flag, man.’ Like for me, it just shows this guy's got no backbone. He's always just riding on whatever's trending, and he's always just bandwagon. He jumps on the bandwagon of whatever's happening. You know what I mean? But he stands for nothing,” MacG said.

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Sol Phenduka challenges Gayton McKenzie over cryptic threat

MacG isn't the only Podcast and Chill co-host speaking out against Gayton McKenzie.

Briefly News reported that Sol Phenduka criticised Gayton McKenzie after he warned about what would happen if President Ramaphosa removed him from his role as Minister.

Source: Briefly News