{"id":40969,"date":"2025-11-07T18:12:41","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T18:12:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=40969"},"modified":"2025-11-07T18:12:41","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T18:12:41","slug":"utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignelsa-majimbo-faces-backlash-after-saying-shes-south-african","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2025\/11\/07\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignelsa-majimbo-faces-backlash-after-saying-shes-south-african\/","title":{"rendered":"Elsa Majimbo faces backlash after saying she\u2019s South African"},"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<div id=\"attachment_155068\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-155068\" class=\"wp-image-155068 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Elsa-Majimbo-faces-backlash-after-saying-shes-South-African.jpg?resize=600%2C432&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Elsa-Majimbo-faces-backlash-after-saying-shes-South-African.jpg 600w, https:\/\/fakazanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Elsa-Majimbo-300x216.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-155068\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Elsa Majimbo<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Kenyan-born comedian and content creator Elsa Majimbo has found herself at the center of a heated online debate after a recent post rubbed many South Africans the wrong way.<\/p>\n<p>The young star, who\u2019s known for her bold humor and global success, shared a video on social media where she described herself in a way that didn\u2019t sit well with Mzansi netizens.<\/p>\n<p>In the clip, Majimbo confidently declared: \u201cKenyan by blood, South African in nature, Hollywood in spirit. The African who rules the streets of LA. Bad man Elsa.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While her post seemed lighthearted, many South Africans took offense, accusing her of overstepping by claiming to be \u201cSouth African in nature.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Comments quickly flooded her page, with some calling her out and others coming to her defense.<\/p>\n<p>One user, @mignon_ette_, wrote: \u201cSorry, Elsa, though South Africans consumed your content during COVID and you loved them for it, you are going to see the ugly side of some of their xenophobia\/internal antiblackness with this post.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another fan, @koko_nangamso, came to her defense and tried to explain the meaning behind Elsa\u2019s words.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor those who haven\u2019t followed Elsa long enough, when she says SA by nature, it\u2019s because she received a lot of support, following and love from South Africans on her come-up, while some people from her country were shunning her. Hope you\u2019re good.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Kenyan by blood, South African in nature, Hollywood in Spirit. The African who rules the streets of LA. Bad man Elsa\ud83d\udd25 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/elu2TyJJtn\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/elu2TyJJtn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elsa Majimbo (@ElsaAngel19) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ElsaAngel19\/status\/1986695734503284841?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">November 7, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\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#Elsa #Majimbo #faces #backlash #shes #South #African<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#13; Elsa Majimbo Kenyan-born comedian and content creator Elsa Majimbo has found herself at the center of a heated online&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40970,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40969","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\/40969","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=40969"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40969\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40971,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40969\/revisions\/40971"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}