06/06/2026
KWA-BULAWAYO WELCOMES MABAHAMBE ENDORSER - ARE SOUTH AFRICANS OUR BROTHERS IF THEY BENEFIT FINANCIALLY? - AFTER SCREAMING ABAHAMBE ALONGSIDE NGIZWE, HE GOES TO THE KWEREKWERE LAND
OPINION PIECE
BRIAN THANDO
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Khulumani FM 95.0 dropped the ball as presenters missed a golden opportunity to ask what every radio interviewer would have asked. Even a novice journalist was going to ask untshebe, " Why was he seen in a Xenophobic March?" But no, not our beloved, warmhearted presenters. They sat staring struck, promoting a show that includes an Abahambe inciter in an "armpit stinking" country. They chose to dance "bambiqolo" instead of doing their journalistic work. That's why the media in Zimbabwe has never held anyone accountable; from a terrorist government that killed 20000+ people to the current puppets rendering Zimbabwe unliveable. All these news worth story will never appear on Zimbabwean media, but dances to Bambiqolo and star struck presenters.
My question to Khulumani FM is, Are South Africans too big for you to ask them critical questions or you don't care about a xenophobic man stepping into your studios? Those minutes spent interviewing a xenophobic man could have been used to play local music or interviewing a Zimbabwean creative so that they don't have to go and be kwerekweres, eGoli.
To South African artists, do you only remember Mzilikazi Ka Mashobane when you want USDs? Are we only your brother's when you have shows in Zimbabwe? If the answer is maybe, then Zimbabweans are not as intelligent as they claim. How can people that publicly hate you be fed by you?
Content creator and TV personality, King Ginger participated in a Xenophobic protest days before going to a country filled with amakwerekwere. The Zimbabweans, Ndebele to be specific are amongst King Ginger's fanbase, contributing positively towards his career but King Ginger saw it fit to march against them before going to their country. While Zimbabweans cower in his country because of the hate he promotes, he is dancing twalatsa in kwerekwere studios.
Why can't Zimbabwean event organisers pause using Xenophobic artists until the South African Government and perpetrators and apologists Zanu PF Headquarters sit and do something about the tensions. WE NEED ZIMBABWE TO BE LIVEABLE, SO THAT WE GIVE NGIZWE HIS SPACE