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Pastor John Anosike's Bid On Cape Town’s Good Hope Centre Opposed By SA Minister by RandDigital(op): 12:53pm On Mar 12
Nigerian pastor John Anosike has accused Gayton McKenzie of xenophobia and intimidation after the Minister and Patriotic Alliance leader voiced his disapproval of the former’s bid on Cape Town’s Good Hope Centre.

Anosike, who heads up a church in Maitland, has also responded to critics, claiming his alleged acquisition is “lawful, transparent and fully documented”.

Despite bragging about owning the rights, the City of Cape Town has yet to confirm its successful bid. An auditing process is currently underway.


MINISTER MACKENZIE'S OBJECTION

During a Facebook Live this week, Gayton McKenzie claimed that the Patriotic Alliance approached the management of the Good Hope Centre to host the launch of the Joslin Smith Foundation. He claims their request was rejected.

The Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture voiced his disapproval that the Democratic Alliance-led City of Cape Town had allowed Nigerian Pastor John Anosike to bid on the historic landmark.

He said: “Over our dead bodies, here will be no Nigerian church. We are not taking arts and culture spaces and giving them to Nigerians. That will not happen.

“If that Nigerian pastor knows what is good for him, he must keep that money. My advice to him is to take your money and invest in Nigeria. We will never give you peace. We will fight in the highest court. You will never take that velodrome and have Nigerians there having churches. That place will become a place of drugs.

“If the DA thinks…we’re not saying anything, but we’re watching this move. The Good Hope Centre will not be sold to a Nigerian”.


PASTOR ANOSIKE'S RESPONSE

In a lengthy statement, John Anosike responded to the backlash over his bid for the Good Hope Centre.

The Nigerian pastor named Gayton McKenzie, whose strong opposition has garnered attention.

Anosike said of the minister: “Statements of this nature raise serious concerns about xenophobic undertones, political intimidation, and the discouragement of lawful investment by foreign residents of South Africa.

“When political leaders publicly threaten or attempt to obstruct lawful property transactions that have been conducted within the legal framework of the country, it sends a troubling signal to potential investors and entrepreneurs.”

In other Facebook posts, he also sent a “warning” to his xenophobic critics by quoting a bible verse that read: “Be careful how you treat foreigners in your country. For your treatment of them attracts spiritual consequences over the nation”.

Another read: “A nation that oppresses immigrants invites divine judgment because injustice provokes God’s wrath.”

Re: Pastor John Anosike's Bid On Cape Town’s Good Hope Centre Opposed By SA Minister by brain54(m):
Xenophobia at it's peak...

Anytime I hear xenophobia I think South Africa.

In my head the two have come to be associated!
Re: Pastor John Anosike's Bid On Cape Town’s Good Hope Centre Opposed By SA Minister by donleo92(m): 4:16pm On Mar 12
Make that Nigerian invest him money for Nigeria undecided

I no fit waste my money for another person land especially south Africa.

I even prefer to do or even invest in gambia and even Ghana as a Nigerian than south Africa. angry

Black south Africa men, are worst set of people to do business with, if you are from another country.

Them get this entitlement mentality especially if you they do the business for there home country. Those years, me dey change am for them
Re: Pastor John Anosike's Bid On Cape Town’s Good Hope Centre Opposed By SA Minister by Mirasteel: 4:50pm On Mar 12
So the scam business centres they opened in Nigeria isn't enough for them? they want to open their scam centres abroad too.
Re: Pastor John Anosike's Bid On Cape Town’s Good Hope Centre Opposed By SA Minister by Mirasteel: 4:51pm On Mar 12
donleo92:
Make that Nigerian invest him money for Nigeria undecided

I no fit waste my money for another person land especially south Africa.

I even prefer to do or even invest in gambia and even Ghana as a Nigerian than south Africa. angry

Black south Africa men, are worst set of people to do business with, if you are from another country.

Them get this entitlement mentality especially if you they do the business for there home country. Those years, me dey change am for them
Ghanaians don't want Nigerians and I don't blame them.
Re: Pastor John Anosike's Bid On Cape Town’s Good Hope Centre Opposed By SA Minister by TheMensch(m): 7:01pm On Mar 12
Who is this xenophobic @mirasteel that is making hateful and inciting comments on Nigerians and Seun bots can't ban him? In a Nigerian forum you are saying that a Nigerian that legitimately bought a building in your country is doing scam? Would you have said the same if your masters from Europe came to buy it?

@Seun if you do not ban this guy and delete this thread, then I won't take Nairaland seriously again.
Re: Pastor John Anosike's Bid On Cape Town’s Good Hope Centre Opposed By SA Minister by RandDigital(op): 7:12pm On Mar 12
TheMensch:
Who is this xenophobic @mirasteel that is making hateful and inciting comments on Nigerians and bots can't ban him? In a Nigerian forum you are saying that a Nigerian that legitimately bought a building in your country is doing scam? Would you have said the same if your masters from Europe came to buy it?

if you do not ban this guy and delete this thread, then I won't take Nairaland seriously again.
You should also be banned for implying South Africans are slaves and hence fuelling toxicity in this thread.

Had you gone through Mira's post history you would have realised he's a Nigerian.
Re: Pastor John Anosike's Bid On Cape Town’s Good Hope Centre Opposed By SA Minister by QuinQ: 8:08pm On Mar 12
donleo92:
Make that Nigerian invest him money for Nigeria undecided

I no fit waste my money for another person land especially south Africa.

I even prefer to do or even invest in gambia and even Ghana as a Nigerian than south Africa. angry

Black south Africa men, are worst set of people to do business with, if you are from another country.

Them get this entitlement mentality especially if you they do the business for there home country. Those years, me dey change am for them
How u know? U live there?

Watch below. The man is another TB Joshua


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axbFBpA7V60?si=dPkuM4qY_08aCFfc
Re: Pastor John Anosike's Bid On Cape Town’s Good Hope Centre Opposed By SA Minister by donleo92(m): 8:38pm On Mar 12
QuinQ:
How u know? U live there?

Watch below. The man is another TB Joshua


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axbFBpA7V60?si=dPkuM4qY_08aCFfc
Yes oh... But I been no like the life
Re: Pastor John Anosike's Bid On Cape Town’s Good Hope Centre Opposed By SA Minister by QuinQ:
donleo92:
Yes oh... But I been no like the life
You mean u don't like SA?
Re: Pastor John Anosike's Bid On Cape Town’s Good Hope Centre Opposed By SA Minister by franchasng: 9:05pm On Mar 12
RandDigital:
Nigerian pastor John Anosike has accused Gayton McKenzie of xenophobia and intimidation after the Minister and Patriotic Alliance leader voiced his disapproval of the former’s bid on Cape Town’s Good Hope Centre.

Anosike, who heads up a church in Maitland, has also responded to critics, claiming his alleged acquisition is “lawful, transparent and fully documented”.

Despite bragging about owning the rights, the City of Cape Town has yet to confirm its successful bid. An auditing process is currently underway.


MINISTER MACKENZIE'S OBJECTION

During a Facebook Live this week, Gayton McKenzie claimed that the Patriotic Alliance approached the management of the Good Hope Centre to host the launch of the Joslin Smith Foundation. He claims their request was rejected.

The Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture voiced his disapproval that the Democratic Alliance-led City of Cape Town had allowed Nigerian Pastor John Anosike to bid on the historic landmark.

He said: “Over our dead bodies, here will be no Nigerian church. We are not taking arts and culture spaces and giving them to Nigerians. That will not happen.

“If that Nigerian pastor knows what is good for him, he must keep that money. My advice to him is to take your money and invest in Nigeria. We will never give you peace. We will fight in the highest court. You will never take that velodrome and have Nigerians there having churches. That place will become a place of drugs.

“If the DA thinks…we’re not saying anything, but we’re watching this move. The Good Hope Centre will not be sold to a Nigerian”.


PASTOR ANOSIKE'S RESPONSE

In a lengthy statement, John Anosike responded to the backlash over his bid for the Good Hope Centre.

The Nigerian pastor named Gayton McKenzie, whose strong opposition has garnered attention.

Anosike said of the minister: “Statements of this nature raise serious concerns about xenophobic undertones, political intimidation, and the discouragement of lawful investment by foreign residents of South Africa.

“When political leaders publicly threaten or attempt to obstruct lawful property transactions that have been conducted within the legal framework of the country, it sends a troubling signal to potential investors and entrepreneurs.”

In other Facebook posts, he also sent a “warning” to his xenophobic critics by quoting a bible verse that read: “Be careful how you treat foreigners in your country. For your treatment of them attracts spiritual consequences over the nation”.

Another read: “A nation that oppresses immigrants invites divine judgment because injustice provokes God’s wrath.”
I love the verses the man of God quoted for the xenophobic South Africans who think their land is now paradise and will remain so forever. They need to learn from others to avoid future disaster.


Our countrymen in Southwest need to also read those quotes very well.


When we were warning our Northern brothers about the spiritual and future consequences of their constant persecution, elimination and dehumanization of innocent strangers in their land at every slightest disagreement, they waved it aside and said do your worst. But take a look at Northern Nigeria today, what's happening there is beyond the ordinary, there is spiritual undertone to the unending cycle of insecurity in Northern Nigeria.
Re: Pastor John Anosike's Bid On Cape Town’s Good Hope Centre Opposed By SA Minister by JohnAOne: 10:08pm On Mar 12
We are not taking arts and culture spaces and giving them to Nigerians. That will not happen.

“If that Nigerian pastor knows what is good for him, he must keep that money. My advice to him is to take your money and invest in Nigeria.
I LIKE THE ABOVE grin grin grin
Re: Pastor John Anosike's Bid On Cape Town’s Good Hope Centre Opposed By SA Minister by seppuku: 6:26pm On Mar 14
donleo92:
Make that Nigerian invest him money for Nigeria undecided

I no fit waste my money for another person land especially south Africa.

I even prefer to do or even invest in gambia and even Ghana as a Nigerian than south Africa. angry

Black south Africa men, are worst set of people to do business with, if you are from another country.

Them get this entitlement mentality especially if you they do the business for there home country. Those years, me dey change am for them
They are protecting their country from less than 1 million Nigerians even though they are about 35 million of them.

The fear is deep.
Re: Pastor John Anosike's Bid On Cape Town’s Good Hope Centre Opposed By SA Minister by RandDigital(op): 8:21pm On Mar 14
seppuku:
They are protecting their country from less than 1 million Nigerians even though they are about 35 million of them.

The fear is deep.
Same way u get rid of one rodent that enters your house - they damage they do is enormous.
Re: Pastor John Anosike's Bid On Cape Town’s Good Hope Centre Opposed By SA Minister by seppuku:
RandDigital:
Same way u get rid of one rodent that enters your house - they damage they do is enormous.
This is under the assumption that "all' rodents that enter your house cause damage.
Re: Pastor John Anosike's Bid On Cape Town’s Good Hope Centre Opposed By SA Minister by chiiraq802(m): 11:57am On Mar 20
South Xenofrica angry


6 more characters needed
Re: Pastor John Anosike's Bid On Cape Town’s Good Hope Centre Opposed By SA Minister by MEGAWATCH: 11:58am On Mar 20
Waoooo!


My Igbo people, very very ambitious....

That's why a region in Nigeria is very very afraid of every move they make.


Wonder how Nigeria without quota system will look like in the hands of the Igbos?



🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Re: Pastor John Anosike's Bid On Cape Town’s Good Hope Centre Opposed By SA Minister by franchasng: 12:01pm On Mar 20
All these Mzamzi xenophobes and their disdain for fellow blacks that helped them survive apartheid grin



They should thank God for White South Africans that built South Africa and made it a semi developing country it is today if not, South Africa would have been worst than Sudan and Somali shocked
Re: Pastor John Anosike's Bid On Cape Town’s Good Hope Centre Opposed By SA Minister by naptu2: 12:01pm On Mar 20
McKenzie again!

The guy has a historic beef with Nigerians.

He petitioned the Home Affairs Ministry to investigate Chidimma Adetshina even before there was any controversy.

He is always tussling with supporters of the Super Eagles.

2026 WCQ: Super Eagles Must Not Qualify – South Africa's Sports Minister
https://www.nairaland.com/8542166/2026-wcq-super-eagles-must

naptu2:
The reason that that thread was funny to me was because of the minister. I'll first explain the minister's part before I come to the main theme of this post.

Right at the beginning of this issue, when it became public that Chidimma Onwe Adetshina was taking part in the Miss South Africa pageant, Gayton McKenzie and others said that she should be removed from the pageant because she did not have a South African sounding name. They asked how she would be able to represent the culture of South Africa when she did not have a South African sounding name.

This was before there was any claim that there was any criminal activities involved in her being a South African citizen. That's why some people criticised him, asked if he had any evidence that she was not South African (he didn't) and questioned how a minister could make such statements.

That's also why people who are responding to his tweet about Udeme Okon are saying that Udeme Okon must be investigated. Chidimma had not been investigated when he said that she must be withdrawn from the Miss SA contest, so what's different now?





Now to the point that I wanted to make. Some people say that Chidimma Adetshina's mother stole another woman's identity, but I don't know that. I live by principles and based on my principles, I don't know whether Chidimma Onwe Adetshina's mother stole another woman's identity.

There are some Nigerians who have embraced this story (many of them solely because of political issues in Nigeria), but I am not them.

The first thing I do when there is an allegation or accusation is to look at the evidence. So far, none has been provided.

After looking at the evidence, I listen to the argument of the accused (audi alteram partem). I have not heard the other side.

So, as far as I am concerned, I don't know whether Chidimma Onwe Adetshina's mother stole another woman's identity.

I wish I could show you the views of a particular South African (I wish I saved it). He was writing about the way he thinks and the unpopular opinion he has and he said that he does not know whether the South African Home Affairs Ministry screwed up the investigation of Chidimma Adetshina. They have not given him anything to hold on to and he won't be surprised if they did screw it up, but right now, he doesn't know either way.
naptu2:
I TOLD YOU, DIDN'T I?

I follow the news closely, so I know the origin of many of these issues. I have been following the news before it becomes major news.

Chidimma Vanessa Onwe Adetshina

I broke the news that there were calls for a model to be disqualified from the Miss South Africa contest because she has a Nigerian name.

Some people later said that the calls were justified because the girl committed immigration fraud. I said that the calls were not justified because they were based on racism and xenophobia.

You see, the calls were led by South Africa's culture minister Gayton McKenzie and certain activists and they made these calls before there was any indication of immigration fraud. In fact, I am still sceptical that any immigration fraud was actually committed. The calls came just because of her name and the people that made the calls began searching for anything to justify their calls.

I know when McKenzie made his first tweet. I saw it myself.

Gayton McKenzie and the K word

Remember that McKenzie is not a member of the ANC. He is a former criminal and his party was founded by former criminals. Their aim is to end criminality in South Africa and they mainly blame foreigners for rising crime in South Africa.

McKenzie is part black and part coloured. His party, the Patriotic Alliance, gets much of its support from coloureds. He became minister of arts, culture and sports because the ANC could not get an outright majority in the 2024 elections and so they had to form an alliance with the Patriotic Alliance.

If you are as old as I am and if you followed the news during the apartheid era, you would know of a K word that racist white South Africans used to refer to black people. It's kind of like the N word in America.

Old tweetsby Gayton McKenzie in which he referred to black people using the K word have recently surfaced. People are calling for him to resign. He said that black people have no ambition and he used the K word. He said that he will never apologise and he will not resign.

The old tweets have confirmed my suspicion.

It was McKenzie that wrote to the Home Affairs Minister that Chidimma Adetshina should be investigated. I still doubt that it was a proper investigation.
naptu2:
This is the word that Gayton McKenzie used to refer to black people. He has said that he won't apologise and he won't resign.

(Copy the link and paste it in your browser).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaffir_(racial_term)
[quote author=naptu2 post=136539155]OK, it goes like this.

1) The National Party was the party of apartheid. It was the party of Pieter Botha.

De Klerk took over after Botha resigned and he dismantled apartheid. In a show of reconciliation, Mandela made De Klerk one of his deputy presidents.

De Klerk tried to reform the National Party and make it the main opposition party, but that was impossible. People saw the National Party as the party of apartheid and the party of Botha and there was no way that blacks could support it.

2) The ANC became the ruling party.

3) The National Party died and there was a need for a new major opposition party. Some people felt that the ANC had become complacent because most black people supported it due to its role in the anti-apartheid struggle. They felt that ANC politicians were becoming corrupt.

The Democratic Alliance filled that void. It became the new main opposition to the ANC.

Some people tried to paint it as a reincarnation of the National Party, but the DA was able to show that it had support among both black and white South Africans.

4) Some felt that the DA was not strong enough in opposing the ANC. Others felt that the DA, like the ANC, was sacrificing the interests of poor South Africans. They felt that they needed a party that would fight against what they saw as an invasion of immigrants.

The Patriotic Alliance filled that need. The Patriotic Alliance was created by 2 former criminals who felt that there was a need to fight against crime which they believed was being committed by foreigners.

Gayton McKenzie is one of the former criminals that founded the Patriotic Alliance. He is coloured.

The Patriotic Alliance has a lot of support among coloureds in the Western Cape.

The ANC failed to get an outright majority in the 2024 election. They needed help. They formed an alliance with the Patriotic Front. Gayton McKenzie was made minister for arts, culture and sports.


Old racist and xenopbobic posts by Gayton McKenzie recently surfaced. He used the K word in those posts and said that black people were lazy and lacked ambition. The South African Human Rights Commission has called for an investigation. Many people have called for him to resign.

There was a bye-election in a town in the Western Cape 2 days ago. The ANC had narrowly beaten the Patriotic Alliance in the 2024 election. Gayton McKenzie heavily campaigned for the PA candidate. The results are in. The PA narrowly defeated the ANC this time.

McKenzie said that it had been a difficult week for him and he is thanking voters of the town for standing by him.

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Re: Pastor John Anosike's Bid On Cape Town’s Good Hope Centre Opposed By SA Minister by FreeStuffsNG: 12:01pm On Mar 20
He should build his own nah.

Here in his own country, FG even cancelled the sale of FG refineries already sold to Dangote. Today, it is history because Dangote went on to build even a bigger and better refinery where same FG is today a minority shareholder.

Go and build your OWN!
Re: Pastor John Anosike's Bid On Cape Town’s Good Hope Centre Opposed By SA Minister by Alikoooooooooo: 12:09pm On Mar 20
Mirasteel:
So the scam business centres they opened in Nigeria isn't enough for them? they want to open their scam centres abroad too.
It is extremely disrespectful to many to buy a monument in another man's land and turn it into your own different purpose. Look at Susan Wenger the Oyinbo who fought for the preservation of Osun groove, they even gave her a Priestess title. I think these religious peeps lack love for anything and anyone all they care is the financial gains they make
Re: Pastor John Anosike's Bid On Cape Town’s Good Hope Centre Opposed By SA Minister by RichBoy247: 12:15pm On Mar 20
Read well and take note of key points. The Minister say “that place will become a place of drugs”. Isn’t he right?
Re: Pastor John Anosike's Bid On Cape Town’s Good Hope Centre Opposed By SA Minister by Urgent1Million: 12:18pm On Mar 20
Is jesus no longer coming soon?
Why are these pastors aggressively acquiring properties everywhere while preparing their followers for the coming of jesus that will take them to heaven?
Re: Pastor John Anosike's Bid On Cape Town’s Good Hope Centre Opposed By SA Minister by shortgun(m): 12:18pm On Mar 20
Alikoooooooooo:
It is extremely disrespectful to many to buy a monument in another man's land and turn it into your own different purpose. Look at Susan Wenger the Oyinbo who fought for the preservation of Osun groove, they even gave her a Priestess title. I think these religious peeps lack love for anything and anyone all they care is the financial gains they make
What is disrespectful in buying a house that was put up for sale? You guys will never think properly
Re: Pastor John Anosike's Bid On Cape Town’s Good Hope Centre Opposed By SA Minister by Alikoooooooooo: 12:18pm On Mar 20
FreeStuffsNG:
He should build his own nah.

Here in his own country, FG even cancelled the sale of FG refineries already sold to Dangote. Today, it is history because Dangote went on to build even a bigger and better refinery where same FG is today a minority shareholder.

Go and build your OWN!
God Bless You Brother. May God reward you for your Bold truthfulness. They want to covert in another man's land. The way we behave abroad is wild that people don't like us. When going to another man's land you must drop your head forever not because you fear them but out of gratitude they allowed you there. Traveling is not a right it is a PREVILEDGE.
Re: Pastor John Anosike's Bid On Cape Town’s Good Hope Centre Opposed By SA Minister by fabolouz1(m): 12:20pm On Mar 20
This can never be the case where it to be the opposite .
Imagine statements like " ...there would be drugs everywhere " ? What sort of stereotype is this ?
Re: Pastor John Anosike's Bid On Cape Town’s Good Hope Centre Opposed By SA Minister by Precious201010(m): 12:20pm On Mar 20
But the place was opened for everyone to participate in the bidding na....na bad bele dey worry them.... I followed the news from day one..... They sold over 29 different properties belonging to the government...

People from the middle east bought over 70 percent of those properties... They are just pained because the man is a Nigerian.
Re: Pastor John Anosike's Bid On Cape Town’s Good Hope Centre Opposed By SA Minister by cyberbro:
If it's actually a case of profiling, then its wrong. Besides this is a church so what's the big deal.
Re: Pastor John Anosike's Bid On Cape Town’s Good Hope Centre Opposed By SA Minister by Passionate888: 12:22pm On Mar 20
Why did they auction the building if they don't want certain buyers to acquire it?
Re: Pastor John Anosike's Bid On Cape Town’s Good Hope Centre Opposed By SA Minister by Lithiumite: 12:23pm On Mar 20
franchasng:
I love the verses the man of God quoted for the xenophobic South Africans who think their land is now paradise and will remain so forever. They need to learn from others to avoid future disaster.


Our countrymen in Southwest need to also read those quotes very well.


When we were warning our Northern brothers about the spiritual and future consequences of their constant persecution, elimination and dehumanization of innocent strangers in their land at every slightest disagreement, they waved it aside and said do your worst. But take a look at Northern Nigeria today, what's happening there is beyond the ordinary, there is spiritual undertone to the unending cycle of insecurity in Northern Nigeria.
And what xenophobia has the SW done to you that your people hasn't done to others.
Re: Pastor John Anosike's Bid On Cape Town’s Good Hope Centre Opposed By SA Minister by jaxxy(m):
Due process should be enough but depending on the nature and magnitude some oversight is naturally required. it cannot be about the financials alone but public standing and reputation.

Kobicove:
The have every right to oppose sale of historical and iconic buildings to foreigners
Foreigners have bought airports in Foreign countries. stop the unwarranted hate and bigotry.
Re: Pastor John Anosike's Bid On Cape Town’s Good Hope Centre Opposed By SA Minister by Kobicove(m):
They have every right to oppose sale of historical and iconic buildings to foreigners
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