SA Outraged After Old Viral Video of Gayton McKenzie Exposes His Life in Jail
- Gayton McKenzie landed in hot water after he entered the racism chat amid the boycotting of a popular podcast
- South Africans dug up the Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture’s past and found out about his racist past
- A video explaining his prison life went viral on TikTok recently and wowed the people of Mzansi, who realised how deeply rooted corruption is in the country
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Gayton McKenzie has made headlines in the news after his past was dug up by South Africans amid the boycotting of the Open Chats podcast.
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The people of Mzansi found out about the Minister’s racist comments that he made years ago on Twitter. People demanded that he step down and face the same consequences he wanted for the racist podcasters who made inflammatory comments about Coloured people.
A clip of the Minister’s prison life recently trended on TikTok and made many aware of the deeply rooted corruption and crime in the country. People thought it was unfair for politicians to secure high positions while ordinary people suffer when it comes to employment, whether they have a criminal record or not.
SA made aware of Gayton McKenzie’s dark past in viral TikTok
South Africans were wowed to learn about Minister Gayton McKenzie's life of crime after a viral video made its rounds on TikTok on Friday. McKenzie was arrested in the ‘90s for armed robbery and was sentenced to 10 years in jail, but only served six.
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In a now-viral clip, the Minister was seated with three other criminals whom he allegedly supplied with drugs while in jail. McKenzie doesn't keep his life of crime a secret, as he talked a little about it with Mc Gee on his podcast last year and mentioned that his brother-in-law had him arrested for armed robbery.
The minister also tweeted about his life of crime in the past and said:
“I entered prison and continued my life of crime and gangsterism. I joined the prison number gangs, and soon I ruled the whole prison, and nothing would happen in that prison without my say. My mother kept praying for a changed son. She visited me every weekend for 10 years without fail.”
The Minister was also a prominent figure during the boycott of a Nigerian woman, Chidimma Adetshina, when she entered for Miss South Africa competition. A man on Twitter, Thuso van Zyl, pointed out:
“South Africa’s Sport Minister, Gayton McKenzie, was a thug. He spent many years in prison for armed robberies. His kids are not blamed for the crimes he committed. Xenophobic South Africans are blaming Chidimma for her mother's crimes. Xenophobic South Africans are an embarrassment to SA.”
Watch the TikTok video below:
SA revisits Gayton McKenzie’s past after video goes viral
Social media users were amazed by Gayton McKenzie’s past online amid racist comments:
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@Gucksy Monica Victor asked:
“With a criminal record to a minister, but if a thief looks for a job and his record shows he was in jail, he never gets a job, but why McKenzie?”
@Ismail Essop explained:
“I’m just trying to understand, you can't get a job in SA anywhere with a criminal record, even a petty crime, e.g., stealing a handbag, this was armed robbery, what does the policy state for politicians? I’m really just curious.”
@elle_dee💋 highlighted:
“Gayton was never ashamed of his past. If you have read any of his books, you would know this. I’ll just leave this here. Maybe start with ‘The Hustlers Bible’.”
@rouqueshana_j commented:
“The purpose of this video is to expose the deep-rooted corruption that was happening inside the prison. Specifically, it reveals how certain wardens are involved. Gayton, Mossa, and Skollie's goal was to expose those wardens who were involved in smuggling and selling drugs and alcohol.”
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