{"id":45969,"date":"2025-12-26T19:03:14","date_gmt":"2025-12-26T19:03:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=45969"},"modified":"2025-12-26T19:03:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T19:03:14","slug":"the-kiffness-show-goes-ahead-kirstenbosch-ramps-up-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2025\/12\/26\/the-kiffness-show-goes-ahead-kirstenbosch-ramps-up-security\/","title":{"rendered":"The Kiffness show goes ahead: Kirstenbosch ramps up security"},"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>\n<p>The South African National Bioinformatics Institute (SANBI) has issued a directive to ramp up security at Kirstenbosch Gardens, where The Kiffness is scheduled to perform on Sunday,\u00a0 28 December.<\/p>\n<p>The outspoken artist \u2013 who accused DIRCO of trying to \u201csabotage\u201d his event \u2013 is a headline act at the Summer\u00a0 Sunset Concerts.<\/p>\n<p>The show will go ahead, despite calls for the venue to boycott the show amid his controversial posts on the X platform relating to race, Islam, and Apartheid.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-sanbi-ramps-up-security-for-the-kiffness-kirstenbosch-show\">SANBI RAMPS UP SECURITY FOR THE KIFFNESS KIRSTENBOSCH SHOW<\/h2>\n<p>In a screenshot posted on the X platform, SANBI informed ticketholders that they would be taking action against individuals who threatened to disrupt The Kiffness show at Kirstenbosch\u2019s Summer Concerts show on Sunday, 28 December.<\/p>\n<p>It read: \u201cDue to a planned protest\u2026our security team will be searching all visitors upon entering the garden. This is to ensure the safety of all garden visitors and the enjoyment of the garden and the concert\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t        <iframe title=\"bj_embed\" class=\"dx-embed\" id=\"dxIframe-0\" style=\"width: 100%\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The email followed weeks of the public calling for SANBI to cancel the event. This is a response to allegations that The Kiffness posted racist and Islamophobic tweets on his X account.<\/p>\n<p>This included protest marches by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC), Mothers4Gaza, and a small group of individuals.<\/p>\n<p>Despite multiple media houses \u2013 including The South African \u2013 reaching out for comment, the organisation has not formally responded.<\/p>\n<p>SANBI and Kirstenbosch are accused of ignoring complaints on their social media platforms<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-show-goes-on\">\u2018THE SHOW GOES ON\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>Responding to news of the beefed-up security, The Kiffness posted on X: \u201cThe silver lining is that the show goes on.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cConcert-goers can have peace of mind knowing the show will be safe, and it will be a great day out for all peace-loving South Africans and tourists\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-did-the-kiffness-tweet\">WHAT DID THE KIFFNESS TWEET?<\/h3>\n<p>The Kiffness is renowned for his eccentric music, which samples animals, politicians, and trending topics. He is also known for his provocative views.<\/p>\n<p>His recent X posts have been accused of promoting Islamophobia and being hailed as an \u201cApartheid apologist\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The Kiffness has been critical of the views of former DIRCO Minister Naledi Pandor, Gift of the Givers CEO Imtiaz Sooliman, and former South African Ambassador to the US, Ebrahim Rasool, whom he claimed \u201cdo the [Muslim] community no favours\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/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#Kiffness #show #ahead #Kirstenbosch #ramps #security<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The South African National Bioinformatics Institute (SANBI) has issued a directive to ramp up security at Kirstenbosch Gardens, where The&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":45970,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45969","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\/45969","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=45969"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45969\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45971,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45969\/revisions\/45971"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}