{"id":55419,"date":"2026-04-08T19:11:04","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T19:11:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=55419"},"modified":"2026-04-08T19:11:04","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T19:11:04","slug":"mama-joy-fifa-world-cup-gayton-mckenzie-renaldo-gouws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2026\/04\/08\/mama-joy-fifa-world-cup-gayton-mckenzie-renaldo-gouws\/","title":{"rendered":"Mama Joy claps back at R700k trip criticism"},"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>Mama Joy \u2013 real name Joy Chauke \u2013 is breathing fire over public scrutiny that the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture once forked out over R700 000 for her to attend a sporting tournament abroad. The claim was made by Minister Gayton McKenzie, whom the superfan has criticised for refusing to fund her trip to the FIFA World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>Chauke has bemoaned not being able to watch Bafana Bafana live in action.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-gayton-mckenzie-dsac-spent-r700k-on-superfan\">GAYTON MCKENZIE: DSAC SPENT R700K ON SUPERFAN<\/h2>\n<p>In a tweet on his official X account, Gayton McKenzie responded to a clip of Mama Joy\u2019son Monday, 6 April.<\/p>\n<p>In it, the superfan denied claims that the Department of Sport had funded her trips to tournaments such as the 2022 FIFA World Cup, the 2023 Rugby World Cup, and various AFCON matches. Instead, she claimed that President Cyril Ramaphosa offered to pay for her to attend the FIFA Women\u2019s World Cup in 2019, \u201cout of his pocket\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Gayton disputed her claims, tweeting: \u201cLet me be clear. The President of the country did not pay for Mama Joy\u2019s trips, despite what she may think. DSAC did. Both trips I could find info on from before my term were covered by the department. Her France trip alone cost R700k. I hope this matter can now be put to rest\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 Minister is referring to a 2024 report that the department forked out over R1,3 million for both Mama Joy and fellow superfan Botha Msila\u2019s travel and accommodation to the Rugby World Cup in France a year earlier.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, the department remained mum on details of the duo\u2019s expenses for other sporting events.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-mama-joy-claps-back-at-critics\">MAMA JOY CLAPS BACK AT CRITICS<\/h3>\n<p>News of Mama Joy\u2019s R700 000 trip to watch the Rugby World Cup has come under scrutiny from the public.<\/p>\n<p>The superfan clapped back at Minister Gayton McKenzie, accusing him of using her name to \u201ctrend\u201d on the X app.<\/p>\n<p>She also responded to former DA MP Renaldo Gouws, with whom she has previously engaged in heated X spats.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKeep quiet\u201d, the superfan told the politician, who has criticised her latest FIFA World Cup bid.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t        <iframe title=\"bj_embed\" class=\"dx-embed\" id=\"dxIframe-1\" style=\"width: 100%\"><\/iframe><\/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#Mama #Joy #claps #R700k #trip #criticism<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mama Joy \u2013 real name Joy Chauke \u2013 is breathing fire over public scrutiny that the Department of Sport, Arts&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":55420,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55419","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\/55419","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=55419"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55419\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55421,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55419\/revisions\/55421"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}