{"id":41520,"date":"2025-11-12T15:29:05","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T15:29:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=41520"},"modified":"2025-11-12T15:29:05","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T15:29:05","slug":"utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignnota-baloyi-says-he-feared-for-his-safety-after-us-revoked-his-visa-over-charlie-kirk-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2025\/11\/12\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignnota-baloyi-says-he-feared-for-his-safety-after-us-revoked-his-visa-over-charlie-kirk-post\/","title":{"rendered":"Nota Baloyi says he feared for his safety after US revoked his visa over Charlie Kirk post"},"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_133833\" style=\"width: 574px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-133833\" class=\"wp-image-133833 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/I-want-kids-Nota-opens-up-on-his-desire.jpg?resize=564%2C533&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"564\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/I-want-kids-Nota-opens-up-on-his-desire.jpg 564w, https:\/\/fakazanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Nota-300x284.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 564px) 100vw, 564px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-133833\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nota<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>South African music executive and podcast host Nota Baloyi has opened up about the fear and reputational damage he experienced after the United States revoked his visa following a social media post about Charlie Kirk.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with Al Jazeera, Baloyi, whose full name is Nhlamulo Baloyi, clarified that his tweet about Kirk was neither insulting nor a celebration of his death.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe reason why my visa was revoked was because of a cited Charlie Kirk post. One of my tweets, which was neither insulting nor demeaning about his death or the circumstances surrounding it, was cited as an offending tweet,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<p>Following the revocation, Baloyi said he deleted the tweet out of concern for his personal safety.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI felt surprised, perturbed that that was the reason why, but also, I was very concerned for my safety, and thus, I quickly moved to delete the quoted tweet. It was out of fear for the attacks that I pre-empted, or you know, saw coming. And in my apology, I did say that if there are those who feel my tweet was insensitive or ill-timed, I do unconditionally apologise. Other than that, it was neither offensive, insulting, nor mocking his death,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Baloyi also spoke about the impact the incident has had on his reputation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have been cited as someone who has made a mockery of a death, which is something that I would not do. And the reputational damage that they\u2019ve done will hamper, you know, my future career prospects as I do depend on having a good reputation in the entertainment business,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The incident came on Tuesday, 13 October 2025, which would have been Charlie Kirk\u2019s birthday, when the Trump administration reportedly revoked visas of at least six individuals over comments made about the right-wing influencer\u2019s death.<\/p>\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 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#Nota #Baloyi #feared #safety #revoked #visa #Charlie #Kirk #post<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#13; Nota South African music executive and podcast host Nota Baloyi has opened up about the fear and reputational damage&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41521,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41520","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\/41520","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=41520"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41520\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41522,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41520\/revisions\/41522"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}