Followers accused Black Coffee of ignoring recent calls to boycott Israel by the BDS South Africa (a registered South African NPO and PBO) as well as growing tension between South Africa’s government and Israel.
According to South Africa’s Science and Technology Minister, Naledi Pandor, South Africa intends to cut diplomatic ties with Israel in protest of its treatment of the Palestinian people. South Africa’s representative to the UN told the Human Rights Council that Israel is the “only state in the world that can be described as an apartheid state”. This came days after the ruling African National Congress (ANC) party called for government ministers to strengthen the country’s visa restrictions with Israel.
Black Coffee responded as follows,
Which only caused further backlash as seen here: