The rise of Gayton McKenzie from a former bank robber to a politician in the new unity government.
A former gangster and bank robber who turned into a nightclub owner and opposition politician, Gayton McKenzie has now risen to become South Africa's minister of sports, arts and culture.
“I’m not in interested in clubbing. I’m busy with other projects. We killed the Zar brand - there are no future plans ,” Political analyst Kagiso Pooe told the BBC that Mr McKenzie had a "bravado" style, which appeals to his constituency. As Mr Ramaphosa began negotiations over the formation of a coalition government, Mr McKenzie publicly said that he wanted his deputy to run the home affairs ministry, which is in charge of immigration.
"The spinning of tyres started in the townships as a ritual to honour fallen gangsters during the apartheid era," he said.
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