{"id":39602,"date":"2025-10-24T10:24:48","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T10:24:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=39602"},"modified":"2025-10-24T10:24:48","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T10:24:48","slug":"utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignakons-old-remarks-about-south-africa-resurface-after-hinting-at-possible-tour-stop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2025\/10\/24\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignakons-old-remarks-about-south-africa-resurface-after-hinting-at-possible-tour-stop\/","title":{"rendered":"Akon\u2019s old remarks about South Africa resurface after hinting at possible tour stop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"mvp-content-main\">&#13;<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-186995\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Akons-old-remarks-about-South-Africa-resurface-after-hinting-at.jpg?resize=600%2C503&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"503\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Akons-old-remarks-about-South-Africa-resurface-after-hinting-at.jpg 600w, https:\/\/fakazanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Akon-300x252.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>US-Senegalese artist Akon has found himself trending once again after some of his old comments about South Africa resurfaced online. The renewed attention comes shortly after the Smack That hitmaker hinted that his upcoming tour could include a stop in Mzansi.<\/p>\n<p>In a 2022 interview on Vlad TV, Akon spoke about race relations in South Africa while responding to Kanye West\u2019s controversial \u201cWhite Lives Matter\u201d T-shirt. During the conversation, he shared his perspective on what he called \u201creverse racism\u201d in the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a true story,\u201d he said. \u201cSince the power has been taken over, the government is 90% black running it. And the white folk are screaming about equality, saying, \u2018It\u2019s not fair.\u2019 So exactly what is happening in America is happening in South Africa.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Laughing, he added, \u201cWhite Lives Matter \u2013 in South Africa 100%. Kanye got the right shirt in the wrong country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Akon also mentioned that he had once written a song about Nelson Mandela but never had the chance to meet the late icon, saying, \u201cI would have loved to.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Now, as he teases new tour destinations, Akon has asked fans to suggest countries they\u2019d like him to visit. However, many South Africans have taken to his comment section urging him to reconsider performing in the country \u2014 a reaction seemingly fueled by his resurfaced remarks.<\/p>\n<p>Whether or not Akon decides to include South Africa on his tour remains to be seen, but one thing\u2019s certain \u2014 Mzansi hasn\u2019t forgotten what he said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">please don&#8217;t come to South Africa <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Bev8hmj1qx\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/Bev8hmj1qx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 DMN4ever\ud83d\ude18 (@DMN4ever) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DMN4ever\/status\/1978764838672241111?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">October 16, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> \u00a0<\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 4 -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#Akons #remarks #South #Africa #resurface #hinting #tour #stop<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#13; US-Senegalese artist Akon has found himself trending once again after some of his old comments about South Africa resurfaced&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39603,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39602","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mzansi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39602","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39602"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39602\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39604,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39602\/revisions\/39604"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}