Radio 2000 breakfast host DJ Sbu has apologised following revelations about the nationality status of Miss SA entrant, Chidimma Adetshina.
The Department of Home Affairs released a media statement giving an update on the ongoing investigation into the citizenship of Adetshina.
In the statement by the Department of Home Affairs, they said the organisers of the event sent the department a request to verify the citizenship of a contestant, Adetshina, which was followed by a written consent from both her and her mother.
DJ Sbu, who is also a co-owner of Mofaya energy drink, an official sponsor of the Miss SA pageant, received a lot of social media backlash after releasing a video on YouTube stating his public support for the Miss SA contestant, asking that people should instead petition for change and something positive.
On Thursday morning, he publicly apologised on his breakfast show airing on Radio 2000.
“I’ve never been arrogant at all, I am a proponent of advocating for young people’s success. I humble myself as the law is taking its course.
“Anybody that I might have offended with any of the things I might have said on social media, regarding the Miss SA matter, I would like to apologise.
I am also a South African and I love young people doing great things and I will always advocate for young people going for their dreams.
“If the law has been broken, let the law take its course. Anybody that I might have offended out there, I would like to apologise unreservedly,” he said.
On Thursday, Adetshina released a statement on her Instagram page that she has withdrawn from the Miss SA pageant.
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