The GOOD party has requested an urgent investigation and for disciplinary proceedings to be imposed on DA councillor Angus McKenzie, following his alleged misconduct during a City of Cape Town council sitting last week.
The political party has accused McKenzie of making gang-affiliated hand gestures, adding that he apparently showed a middle finger at opposition councillors. He also reportedly made a throat-slitting gesture twice, which the party said is indicative of a death threat. A video has since been doing the rounds on social media.
📺[WATCH INSIDE COUNCIL] GOOD Lays Formal Charge Against DA’s Angus McKenziehttps://t.co/uwCabQJckG
The GOOD Party has submitted a formal charge to the Speaker of the Cape Town Council, demanding an urgent investigation into the appalling conduct of DA Councillor Angus…
— GOOD (@ForGoodZA) June 27, 2025
The GOOD party’s City of Cape Town councillor Jonathan Cupido said this is deeply alarming, and that there should be decorum and respect within the council chambers.
“These actions are wholly unacceptable and stand in direct violation of both the Code of Conduct for Councillors and the Rules of Order for Council. The rules clearly state that councillors must act in good faith and in a manner that upholds the credibility and integrity of the municipality, refrain from any behaviour that disrupts order or brings the Council into disrepute and to avoid conduct that threatens violence or undermines the dignity and decorum of Council proceedings,” said Cupido.
When Smile 90.4 FM contacted DA councillor Angus McKenzie, he accused the GOOD party and the National Coloured Congress of cheap politicking.
McKenzie maintains he was merely querying from which gangs NCC members belong to, because he claims NCC Councillor Nasmie Jacobs had been using gang lingo while making a speech. He also denied showing a middle finger.
“The entire speech was filled with gang lingo, gang rhetoric, the way gangsters speak. And so it was important to identify what number, which gang are you that you would use the Chambers of Council to speak in that way. I don’t show middle finger. I think it’s deeply disingenuous. They had shouted at me that they were going to kill me for asking them what number gang they were,” said McKenzie.
The leader of the National Coloured Congress, Fadiel Adams also hit back in defense of his party members.
“You see, this is the problem. When you don’t live in a place like Bonteheuwel, but you represent Bonteheuwel, this man doesn’t know what gang lingo is. You know, there’s a thing called Cape slang, AfriKaaps. The language you speak on the Cape Flats. He’s mistaking it for gang lingo. But what we can confirm is that Councillor McKenzie was actively putting up gang signals, prison gang signals in council. He was threatening councillors. He was showing people that he was a 27/28, whatever that might mean. So, if he’s telling us that our home language is gangster-like, then he needs to tell Bonteheuwel’s people that he’s better,” said Adams.
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