The Black First Land First (BLF) group has given the Moja Love (DStv 157) channel on MultiChoice's DStv and the Uyajola 9/9 presenter Jub Jub an ultimatum to apologise to Xhosa people by Friday 14 June or be taken to South Africa's Equality Court.
Molemo Maarohanye known as Jub Jub is the presenter of the controversial new tabloid reality show Uyajola 9/9 that exposes people cheating on their partners and in a promo video on Instagram for an episode said "You've never witnessed what you're about to witness tonight, it is crazy, it is ridiculous. I have never seen a nation as promiscuous as the Xhosas".
Jub Jub then says he has also however never witnessed a group of people who are as loving, forgiving, full of attitude and as stubborn as Xhosas.
"I have never seen as well a loving nation like the Xhosas. I have never seen a nation that forgives like the Xhosas. I have never seen a nation with attitude like Xhosas and I have never seen a stubborn nation like the Xhosas. In a nutshell, the nation is just too much."
The Uyajola 9/9 video that sparked a public backlash also angered Andile Mngxitama, BLF leader, who claims that Jub Jub humiliated and impaired the dignity of Xhosa people.
"This defies the right to freedom of expression and amounts to hate speech," Andile Mngxitama wrote in a letter to Moja Love and its channel head Jacqui Setai.
"Correctly interpreted, Jub Jub's speech impairs the dignity and integrity of a whole group of people by attributing negative traits to it unjustifiably. BLF hereby asks that Jub Jub issues a public apology to the Xhosa speaking people, including the whole of South Africa."
"Secondly BLF asks that Jub Jub undertakes a basic introductory course to Black Consciousness (BC) so as to avoid such mishaps in the future and to understand why tribalism is a bad thing."
"BLF is willing to meet with both Moja Love and Jub Jub to clarify our objections if such is required."
"We ask that the apology be given within 5 working days after receiving this letter, failing which BLF shall lodge a complaint against Jub Jub and Moja Love at the Equality Court in Johannesburg," Andile Mngxitama wrote.
Meanwhile a petition was started by viewers on www.change.org after Uyajola 9/9 started broadcasting on Moja Love two weeks ago, saying the show is harmful and making "a mockery of black people".
"This show violates our privacy. It destroys families and lives in general. Sign this petition to have it taken down from our TV," Kholofelo Masha, the creator of the petition, wrote.
The petition has now been signed by 982 people so far.
Neither Lindiwe Mbonambi, Moja Love's head of marketing and PR nor Vincent Lubisi, Moja Love sales executive, have responded to a media enquiry asking Moja Love for comment about BLF demanding an apology and also what Moja Love's comment is regarding the petition and people asking for Uyajola 9/9 to be cancelled.
