Nandi Madida Ignites a Values Debate – and South Africa’s Gender Fault Lines Erupt Online

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Zakes Bantwini’s wife, Nandi Madida’s comments about women giving South African men a break received applause from many men and some women, on X

@ChrisExcel102 The love. Respect and appreciation that Nandi Madida is getting proves that South African men don’t have a problem with women. We have problem with hoes and prostitutes!

@Mashesha_RSA Toxic ones looking at all the love Nandi Madida is getting from South African men.

@BONGINKOSI14465 My leader, check for me whether Nandi has a younger sister.

@Tee_Zee_zw You’re speaking facts that people are going to be too scared to touch. Nandi Madida is the blueprint for a reason class, talent, and zero noise. It proves that the ‘men hate women’ narrative is usually just a shield for people who don’t want to hear anything about their lifestyle. When the energy is pure, the respect is universal.

@NalediyaMorena Nandi is the only woman living in reality.

@KNgwatshipa In 2020, musicians Zakes and Nandi moved to change their marriage contract from in-community-of-property to out-of-COP citing a clerical error by their marriage officer. They sought a High Court order to rectify this mistake and protect their respective assets.

@kingsizeSA Funny how women are told to ‘choose better role models, but when men show appreciation for women with substance, it’s suddenly a gender problem. Maybe the conversation should be about what we’re normalising and celebrating?

@G_CobraTheMan Men are drawing the ultimate boundary: queen vs commodity. Nandi gets love because she represents sacred femininity. The hostility is reserved for those who’ve turned intimacy into an industry and womanhood into a weekend costume. The issue isn’t gender – it’s values.

@M_poeMampshika Can the 2026 calendar be updated? Nandi deserves a mention in January.

@Calvin_Cros Most daughters must look up to Nandi, not Bo Mihlali and Cyan.

@Bingi_Sedzi We also have more problem with fake evil feminist. Not a problem with woman empowerment, but a problem with empowered women who always try victimise vulnerable men, those evil women, who rub their traumas against every man every chance they get.

@Ntshekzan Black South African men don’t have a problem with women. They are just angry. They are angry about the oppression they have to endure from black women who put unnecessary pressure on them. That’s why Siya Kolisi and my goat, Musa, looked the other way.

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