Khaya Dlanga Reflects on ANC, Personal Mortality, and AKA’s Legacy on Sizwe Mpofu-Walsh’s Show
- Khaya Dlanga appeared on Sizwe Mpofu-Walsh's studio interview show SNWX, where he pulled no punches on the ANC
- The cultural commentator shared a deeply personal memory about his friendship with late rapper AKA, Kiernan Forbes
- Dlanga also opened up about a frightening brush with his own mortality during the wide-ranging conversation
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Khaya Dlanga did not hold back when he sat down with political analyst and content creator Sizwe Mpofu-Walsh on a new episode of SNWX. The author, marketing executive and cultural commentator tackled everything from the state of South African democracy to grief, family legacy and a health scare that left him confronting death.
Dlanga's verdict on the ANC
Recorded on a warmly lit set with ambient purple lighting and bookshelves as a backdrop, the conversation took a sharp political turn early on. When the discussion moved to South Africa's governing party, Dlanga was blunt in his assessment. He said, offering one of the most direct critiques of his appearance.
"I think the ANC is morally broken and morally bankrupt."
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He also touched on his family's political history, revealing that his mother steered clear of party structures, a decision he now views as fortuitous. Reflecting on what might have been, Dlanga mused that had she chosen a different path:
"She might probably have had to testify in the commission."
AKA Book Revelation and Facing Mortality
One of the more emotional moments of the episode came when Dlanga spoke about his friendship with the late hip-hop icon AKA, born Kiernan Forbes, who was fatally shot in Durban in February 2023. Dlanga disclosed that Forbes had approached him with a significant creative request shortly before his death.
Dlanga shared a detail that underscores just how close the two were, he told Sizwe Mpofu:
"A year and a day before the day that he passed away, he'd asked me to write a book about his life.”
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The sit-down also veered into deeply personal territory when Dlanga opened up about a health experience that forced him to confront his own mortality head-on. Without elaborating on the specific medical details, he described a moment of terrifying clarity. He said:
"I almost knew that I was going to die.”
The episode of SNWX stands out as one of Mpofu-Walsh's more layered conversations, threading political analysis together with raw personal testimony in a format that has become a hallmark of the show's appeal.
Khaya Dlanga commented on Witness D's death
TV personality and advertising executive Khaya Dlanga has commented on Marius van der Merwe, aka Witness D's, death.
Van der Merwe's wife, Leane van der Merwe, also topped social media trends over the weekend when she spoke about her husband.
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