Podcast & Chill’s MacG and Sol Phenduka, in addition to numerous South Africans, are calling out Elon Musk’s dad, Errol Musk, over his “delusional” views of the country.
The 79-year-old spoke for the second time on the favored platform, which is the most important podcast on the African continent. This time round, Errol mentioned his son’s controversial tweets about racism and “racist laws” in SA, in addition to his affect on US President Donald Trump.
Elon was born in Pretoria and immigrated to Canada and later the US. He is now a naturalised American citizen.
MACG ON ERROL MUSK: ‘HE IS DELUSIONAL’
During Monday’s episode of Podcast & Chill, MacG known as Errol Musk dwell on air to talk about Elon’s controversial tweets.
The retired engineer defended his son’s views, including that Elon – who now heads up the US Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) – had “said nothing wrong.”.
“That old man sounds delusional,” MacG mentioned after his dialog with Errol had ended.
Co-host Sol Phenduka added that Errol was associates with rich black politicians, who had most likely benefitted from the unjust Black Economic Equity (BEE) legal guidelines in place.
“He’s so out of touch. He lives in a white area [Langebaan]”, mentioned Sol.
He added: “Has he been to Alex [Alexandra township] and taken a walk around?”
During the decision, Sol additionally known as out Errol Musk for implying that white farmers have been deliberately attacked.
Sol mentioned: “We live in a dangerous country, and a farmer gets attacked because it’s easier because they live in remote areas. We are all victims of crime. No one is trying to wipe out farmers”.
WHAT DID HE SAY?
Errol Musk shares his views on quite a lot of subjects affecting South Africa…
Racism
“We’re very lucky because when I travel here, I see that South Africa has the least racism. There is no racism here. I don’t see any problems”.
AfriForum
“They strike me as somewhat bit uninteresting, however they don’t trigger strike me for inflicting worry.
“When I hear people singing ‘Kill the Boer,’ ‘Kill the white man,’ that worries me. I don’t hear any white people saying things like that.”
Expropriation Act
“That’s scary. The factor is to not scare individuals away from South Africa.
“Black people and white people need each other, so we have to put an end to all this nonsense.”
Images by way of YouTube screenshot/ X: @elonmusk
Apartheid
“Apartheid ended over 30 years in the past, we don’t have Apartheid
“We’re finished with Apartheid. We need to get over it, forget about it. We can’t blame everything on Apartheid”.
White privilege, racial inequality, legislature
Of my acquaintances, perhaps 50 or so, hlf of them are black, and half of them are white. Virtually all of the black individuals I do know are very, very rich in South Africa. Nearly all of the white individuals I do know, half of them striuggling to outlive. Thats the fact of South Africa”.
“We need to give opportunities across the board to everyone in the country. When we hear about taking away properties, we see Zimbabwe. We’re trying to avoid that in South Africa”
Elon Musk’s tweets
“He’s doing the precise factor. We need to eliminate people who find themselves taking the cash and giving it to their buddy.s
“Elon is a part of the federal government, he’s a member of their cupboard He just isn’t allowed to have unbiased concepts. He has to test every part he says with the remainder of the federal government.
“Elon hasn’t mentioned something horrible about South Africa. He mentioned you may’t goal individuals on any form of racist legal guidelines
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