'Idols SA' Star Heinz Winckler Begins a Movement Inspired by Charlie Kirk, SA Reacts
- Former Idols SA winner Heinz Winckler has established a Charlie Kirk-inspired organisation
- The popular singer-turned-pastor previously made headlines on social media when he organised a vigil for Kirk in Mzansi
- South Africans recently took to social media to comment on Winckler's post about Kirk
Source: Twitter
Popular singer Heinz Winckler recently left Mzansi talking when he began a faith-oriented movement inspired by the late Charlie Kirk.
The former Idols SA winner-turned-pastor previously hosted a South African vigil for the controversial conservative.
Kirk recently made headlines when President Donald Trump revoked a list of South Africans' visas due to their social media posts about the Turning Point leader.
Kirk, who was gunned down in September 2025, was a conservative founder of his popular Christian-based organisation Turning Point USA.
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Social media user Pontsho Pilane shared on his X account on Saturday, 1 November 2025, that the singer-turned-pastor has begun a South African version of Turning Point.
"Idols winner-turned-pastor Heinz Winckler becoming so right-wing that he proudly starts a Temu version of T*rn*ng P**nt USA was not on my 2025 bingo card. Alas, the US evangelical right’s culture wars and ideologies have found a cozy home in South Africa," he said.
Winckler replied: "Thank you, Pontsho, for sharing your thoughts on what is a very serious matter to me and many others. For those who see what I see and would like to see SA do a 180 to a better, healthier future."
Social media reacts to Heinz Winkler's movement
@Shilo_Bunce wrote:
"I'd feel a lot better if these organisations weren't used as propaganda to project Zionism into the already very gullible minds of conservative Christians. If you can still deny a live streamed genocide after 2 years, the Flavor-Aid must be incredibly strong. Very worrying."
@Ayesha_Bagus reacted:
"His stance on Palestine was the giveaway. Imagine being stupid enough to think the ICC and ICJ built entire legal cases on AI-generated untruths."
@VanyaVucinic commented:
"I really don't know which 'South Africa' this person is talking to. What does he want? How much more 'free ride' and easy life does he want? Can't individuals like this just emigrate to the US, and leave us alone?"
@loksionchick responded:
"The way religion is the go to for exploiting the ignorant and used as a 'shield' behind which racists hide. I bet you if I signed up, I’d be blue ticked because I don’t look like them. How these guys think they can send this country backwards still boggles the mind."
@dramadelinquent said:
"Isn’t Rhema evangelical? There have been many, many happy clappy churches here before Charlie Kirk was even known here; it’s not a new thing."
Source: Instagram
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Taking to Instagram, his wife Tshiamo Makama announced that they had welcomed their second child together.
The couple's followers and fellow celebs celebrated them, and they spread positivity in their comments section.
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