He said 'kill all kaffirs': That MP has been suspended

A South African Member of Parliament has been suspended by his party, the Democratic Alliance (DA), due to his racist comments.

A clip has gone viral on the internet in which Renaldo Gouws is seen saying "kill all kaffirs" regarding Black people, and then repeating this phrase using an expletive and the N-word.

Gouws said, "Blacks are discriminating against whites and blacks are also singing about killing whites."

In the video, Gouws, who was sworn into parliament on Friday, referenced Economic Freedom Fighters leader and former African National Congress (ANC) youth leader Julius Malema, while singing the anti-apartheid song "Shoot The Boer."

In the clip, which appears to date back to 2010, Gouws said, "So in essence, this is a new apartheid and I am suffering from it."

In a statement released by the party, it was stated, "It has been determined that the video in which Renaldo Gouws uses abhorrent language is indeed authentic and not fake as was initially suspected."

It was noted that Gouws, a former DA councilor, has been suspended "with immediate effect pending the outcome of disciplinary charges."

HE APOLOGIZED

Gouws apologized "unconditionally" for another video clip from 2008, stating, "White people in this country are experiencing a reverse apartheid. I reject all allegations that I am racist or that I am a racist. However, I can see how the way my message was delivered by me was distorted, and I take full responsibility for the actions of my younger and immature self."

DA leader John Steenhuisen stated, "The words need to be seen within their own context. He has apologized for them. This was 16 years ago."

Other viral video clips include Gouws using the homophobic slur "faggot." In a 2024 live stream of President Cyril Ramaphosa's State of the Nation Address, which is still on his YouTube channel, Gouws mocked a traditional praise singer by using a series of gibberish sounds to imitate the Siswati language.