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Gayton McKenzie responds to being ‘Mampara’ of the week

2y By Zintle Mdaka

Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture, Gayton McKenzie recently found himself on the ‘Mampara’ of the week slot in the news publication; TimesLive. 

‘Mampara’ or ‘moemish’ are South African terms that refer to a foolish or clumsy person. The news publication accused the minister of running his department from his X (formerly Twitter) account.

According to the publication, this stems from when Gayton promised to reveal a list of artists who benefited unfairly from Public funds from his department. However, it turned out they were beneficiaries of a Covid relief programme that assisted artists who were out of work during lockdown.

The publication took to their X page to share their sentiments about the minister, captioning their post: “Gayton don’t baiza by running your department from your X account. The world doesn’t need another Donald Trump, writes Hogarth.”

Annoyed by this post, X users took to the comment section to weigh in on this matter.

Another one said:

Gayton also took time to respond to this post:

Watch: Gayton defends ‘Die Stem’ in the national anthem.

Also see: ‘I’ve got 8 kids from 6 different mothers,’ reveals Gayton McKenzie

 

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