Mbalula’s Lies About White South Africans EXPOSED

Mbalula Mocks Emigrants, But Poverty And Unemployment Are ANC Failures

Fikile Mbalula, Secretary-General of the ANC and former minister of multiple failed departments, has once again positioned himself at the centre of controversy—this time by weaponising a press briefing to launch a racially charged attack on white South Africans. His comments, riddled with factual errors, generalisations, and what appears to be intentional disinformation, expose the ANC’s growing desperation to shift blame as the ruling party’s grip on power continues to erode.

Car Guards: A Reflection of Government Failure, Not Race

Mbalula mocked South African emigrants in the US, labelling them “car guards,” a statement both reductionist and wildly inaccurate. Many South Africans who left were skilled professionals—entrepreneurs, engineers, academics—driven out not by whim, but by an increasingly unstable, racially biased economic environment.

To reduce their experience to that of “car guards” is an insult not only to them but also to the thousands of unemployed black South Africans who actually work these jobs. Car guarding is not a racialised profession—it is a byproduct of South Africa’s collapsing economy and skyrocketing unemployment, both overseen by the very ANC Mbalula represents.

This wasn’t a slip of the tongue—it was targeted disinformation designed to trivialise the very real emigration crisis and insult those who have lost faith in the ANC’s governance.

Disinformation: The False “Murder” Narrative

Mbalula’s assertion that white South Africans who emigrated to the US have turned violent, citing the case of a man who murdered his partner, is equally baseless. The incident he referenced did not involve any refugee or “white South African” who recently left under asylum protections. In fact, the case involved a South African expat woman and her American husband—entirely unrelated to the refugee programme Mbalula was attempting to discredit.

This is classic misinformation strategy: blend half-truths with emotive accusations to stoke division and distract from policy failures.

Racial Hypocrisy: ANC’s Race-Based Policies

Mbalula had the audacity to claim that white South Africans are “looked after” by the economy. Yet, the ANC has implemented and entrenched over 140 race-based laws, policies, and economic barriers—such as the BBBEE scorecard—which openly discriminate against people based on skin colour, regardless of socio-economic status or historical context.

To suggest that whites are somehow advantaged in modern-day South Africa is not only misleading—it’s dangerous. It glosses over a more nuanced, uncomfortable reality: a growing number of poor white South Africans are systematically ignored by state support structures simply because they don’t meet racial inclusion criteria. This is institutionalised doublethink—affirmative action morphing into reverse discrimination.

The Poverty Myth: Are Whites “All Fine”?

Mbalula claims whites are “looked after.” Data tells a different story.

According to StatsSA and Africa Check, while the majority of poor South Africans remain black due to population proportions and apartheid’s legacy, white poverty is a growing and increasingly ignored reality.

By 2019, estimates placed over 120,000 white South Africans below the poverty line. Though a small percentage compared to black South Africans, the absence of state relief for whites living in poverty exposes the racial selectivity in ANC policy implementation. Poverty shouldn’t be politicised—but in ANC logic, it’s colour-coded.

Crime and Violence: The Hard Numbers

Mbalula’s race-baiting assertion that white South Africans are violent, citing fabricated or misinterpreted anecdotes, is another example of ANC distraction politics.

Facts from the Institute for Security Studies show that South Africa’s violent crime epidemic is primarily intra-racial: black-on-black crime comprises the vast majority of violent acts, simply due to demographics. According to SAPS data and multiple criminological reviews, black victims and perpetrators dominate national crime stats—not because of race, but because of economic desperation, overcrowding, and lawlessness in ANC-governed communities.

White-on-black violence, by contrast, represents a statistical anomaly, often sensationalised by the ANC and its media proxies to stir racial tension while ignoring far greater threats: gang violence, rape, child abuse, and intra-community crime in underserved areas.

Double Standards in Media and Politics

Renaldo Gouws makes a salient point: had a white politician uttered anything remotely resembling Mbalula’s vitriol, mainstream media would have erupted. But when the ANC’s secretary-general uses a national platform to openly stereotype, belittle, and demonise white South Africans, media silence is deafening. Why? Because these narratives support the ANC’s victimhood complex and redirect accountability elsewhere.

This selective outrage and orchestrated silence is why South Africans increasingly turn to alternative media platforms—because truth is no longer profitable in legacy journalism.

Fikile Mbalula’s press conference was not only embarrassing—it was reckless. It exemplified the ANC’s fallback strategy when under pressure: stir up old racial divisions, inject disinformation, and distract the public from its catastrophic leadership.

Instead of addressing 84 murders per day, 62% youth unemployment, and a failed infrastructure grid, Mbalula attacked citizens who chose to leave. Instead of taking accountability for 30 years of corruption and collapse, he leaned on race-baiting rhetoric and lies.

If the ANC truly wanted unity, equity, and progress, it would start by dismissing people like Fikile Mbalula, whose presence in public office is as damaging as his legacy in every department he’s ever touched.