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Bank robber to businessman: Inside Gayton McKenzie’s empire
Jun 29, 2024
Patriotic Alliance leader Gayton McKenzie has often spoken about hustling hard in his multiple businesses and how he is not in politics for the money.
He’s even turned down a paycheck from parliament and a previous salary as the Mayor of Central Karoo District.
But where does the former convict’s cash come from?
‘I’M RICHER THAN YOU’
This week, Gayton McKenzie made headlines when he engaged in a war of words with several X commentators who questioned his views on the economy.
When one tweep called him “economically illiterate and irrational,” Gayton clapped back: “I am richer than you. I have started more businesses than you; I give more jobs to people than you”.
The Patriotic Alliance leader continued: “My books sell a hundred times more copies than yours. Don’t let your white privilege give you the slightest idea that you can lecture me on economics.”
LIFE OF CRIME
Gayton McKenzie is a former convict who served time for armed robbery. He was also a notorious “Americans” gangster and leader of a prison’s “26” gang.
After robbing banks, petrol stations, and casinos, Gayton was eventually sentenced to 17 years behind bars.
Speaking to Power FM in 2017, Gayton McKenzie claims he decided to commit crime as a young boy.
He told host Iman Rapetti: “I already knew that I would be a criminal at the age of 8; that was my choice, and that’s how I got involved.
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