Minnie Dlamini takes MacG to Equality Court, demands R2,5m

Podcaster and his sidekick’s utterances ‘hate speech’, she says

- By Ngwako Malatji

Aggrieved television and radio persnality Minnie Dlamini has dragged podcasters MacGyver “MacG” Mukwevho and Solomzi “Sol” Phenduka to the Equality Court for hate speech, unfair discrimination and harassment on the basis of sex or gender.

The move follows the outrageous suggestions Mukwevho made on his controversial Podcast and Chill with MacG that Dlamini’s romantic relationships did not last, probably because her private parts have a repugnant smell.

He also said Dlamini was a gold digger, as she dates minted men to secure the bag. Mukwevho was hauled over the coals for his misogynist and parochial remarks. He later issued a half-baked apology to Dlamini after the public lambasted him for his gibberish and degrading statement.

In the papers she filed in court last week, Dlamini said she did not accept Mukwevho’s apology and instead wants them to face the wrath of the law and pay her R1-million and R1.5-million to a women’s organisation.

In the papers that we have seen, Dlamini said Mukwevho and Phenduka’s penchant for vibing pure hate against women started on or about 3 December 2021 in the episode in which they interviewed rapper and Uyajola 99 presenter Molemo “Jub Jub” Maarohanye.

She said in the episode, which has been viewed more than 1.7-million times, Mukwevho asked the musician to reveal the names of the women he “smashed”.

“The word ‘smashing’, as used by the men in this episode, refers to having sexual intercourse. In our country, with such excruciatingly high levels of gender-based violence, often involving sexual violence, the use of this term is worse than just... insensitive - it normalises and even legitimises violence in men’s acquisition of sexual satisfaction.”

Dlamini further said Mukwevho and Phenduka's use of the term in the episode and in countless otherpodcasts, reduces women to sexual objects to be dealt with by force.