'GAYTON MUST GO'

Political rivals EFF, ActionSA and ATM want PA minister out of office

- BY VOICE REPORTER

GAYTON McKenzie is facing calls to step down as Sports, Arts and Culture Minister.

McKenzie is being accused by the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), ActionSA and the African Transformation Movement (ATM) of using the K-word.

McKenzie made headlines last week when he and the Patriotic Alliance (PA) brought criminal charges against the Open Chats podcast for claiming that coloured people are “incestuous” and “crazy”.

However, the EFF called this move hypocritical after pointing out McKenzie's use of the K-word in a string of tweets dating back to 2011.

In one of his posts, he criticised the term “Black Diamond” and “Tenderpreneurs” as replacing the K-word as a slur.

In another, he said the slurs were used by coloureds as solely “descriptive” terms.