{"id":52598,"date":"2026-03-13T21:26:03","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T21:26:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=52598"},"modified":"2026-03-13T21:26:03","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T21:26:03","slug":"good-hope-centre-nigerian-pastor-john-anosike-gayton-mckenzie-latest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2026\/03\/13\/good-hope-centre-nigerian-pastor-john-anosike-gayton-mckenzie-latest\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigerian pastor warns Gayton: &#8216;Don&#8217;t touch me&#8230;&#8217;"},"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>Nigerian pastor John Anosike \u2013 who bid R135 million on the Good Hope Centre \u2013 has issued a stern warning to Gayton McKenzie, who threatened to block the sale of the iconic landmark.<\/p>\n<p>The Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture \u2013 speaking in his capacity as Patriotic Alliance leader \u2013 condemned the city of Cape Town for reportedly selling the property to a foreign national.<\/p>\n<p>City officials have yet to confirm whether the bid has been officially accepted.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-pastor-claps-back-at-gayton-mckenzie\">PASTOR CLAPS BACK AT GAYTON MCKENZIE<\/h2>\n<p>During a sermon this week titled \u201cThe two faces of South Africa\u201d, Nigerian pastor John Anosike addressed xenophobic attacks he had received from the public relating to his bid for the Good Hope Centre.<\/p>\n<p>Without naming Gayton McKenzie, the Spirit Revelation Ecclesia preacher condemned the minister for his threatening words.<\/p>\n<p>He told his congregation, \u201cI once heard that he was in prison. These are the type of people they give positions to. That\u2019s stupid. Absolutely stupid. Somebody that came out of prison should stay somewhere to recover mentally because you are being forceful and so aggressive that your statement is unpolitical, non-governmental, illegal, and completely out of order. You\u2019re not qualified to be a leader.<\/p>\n<p>He continued: \u201cHow dare you say uh because I think I made a comment that we are investing almost $8 million here. Then he said we don\u2019t need it. Your country needs it more. That\u2019s the type of person that is contending to rule this country with such a mentality, a prisoner mentality.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Anosike seemingly responded to Gayton with his own warning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t touch me. One word will deplete your political party. You said over your dead body\u2026Your political career has gone down. It\u2019s dead. It\u2019s dead\u201d.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-good-hope-centre-will-not-be-sold-to-a-nigerian\">\u2018GOOD HOPE CENTRE WILL NOT BE SOLD TO A NIGERIAN\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>During a Facebook Live this week, Gayton McKenzie publicly disapproved of the Democratic Alliance-led City of Cape Town\u2019s decision to permit Nigerian Pastor John Anosike to bid on the Good Hope Centre.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cOver our dead bodies, here will be no Nigerian church. We are not taking arts and culture spaces and giving them to Nigerians. That will not happen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf that Nigerian pastor knows what is good for him, he must keep that money. My advice to him is to take your money and invest in Nigeria. We will never give you peace. We will fight in the highest court. You will never take that velodrome and have Nigerians there having churches. That place will become a place of drugs.<\/p>\n<p>Gayton added: \u201cIf the DA thinks\u2026we\u2019re not saying anything, but we\u2019re watching this move. The Good Hope Centre will not be sold to a Nigerian\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#Nigerian #pastor #warns #Gayton #Dont #touch #me..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nigerian pastor John Anosike \u2013 who bid R135 million on the Good Hope Centre \u2013 has issued a stern warning&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":52599,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52598","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\/52598","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=52598"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52598\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52600,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52598\/revisions\/52600"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}