Gayton McKenzie Calls Out ‘Silent’ White South Africans About ‘Genocide Lie’

Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture Gayton McKenzie has strongly criticized white South Africans for remaining silent about what he calls the false narrative of “white genocide” in the country.

McKenzie Criticizes ‘Complicit’ White South Africans

In a recent public address, McKenzie denounced claims made by Pretoria-born billionaire Elon Musk and former US President Donald Trump, who have both promoted the idea of white persecution in South Africa.

“Every white person knows that there is no genocide in South Africa,” McKenzie stated. “Your silence makes you complicit in that lie. Speak up, like Mandela spoke up.”

The minister’s comments come amid growing international attention on South Africa’s racial dynamics, particularly after Trump issued an Executive Order granting Afrikaners refugee status in the US.

Elon Musk’s Controversial Tweets

McKenzie’s remarks follow a series of tweets by Elon Musk about his country of birth. The billionaire recently claimed: “The legacy media never mentions white genocide in South Africa because it doesn’t fit their narrative that whites can be victims.”

Musk also referenced EFF leader Julius Malema’s singing of the struggle song Kill The Boer, tweeting: “Very few people know that there is a major political party in South Africa that is actively promoting white genocide… A whole arena chanting about killing white people.”

AfriForum Denies ‘White Genocide’ Claims

Interestingly, even AfriForum – an organization often associated with Afrikaner rights – has denied the existence of a “white genocide.”

AfriForum CEO Kallie Kriel, who led a delegation to the US to appeal for help for white South Africans, stated: “We never said [there is a white genocide], but there is a serious problem… Genocide is what we see in Rwanda.”

AfriForum spokesperson Ernst van Zyl echoed this sentiment, stating clearly: “There is no white genocide in South Africa. That is not the reality. We have never said that.”