WATCH: Social media remembers Tshidi Madia’s viral TV interview in America
Chante Ho Hip
28 August 2025 | 15:20Madia strongly defended South Africa against the false narrative of a white genocide.
- Bongani Bingwa
- 702 Breakfast with Bongani Bingwa
- Ray White
- Tshidi Madia
- 702
- Politics
- United States of America (USA)

Photo: X/Am_Blujay (screenshot)
Ray White (standing in for 702’s Bongani Bingwa) catches up on the latest viral videos with Jonathan ‘Khabazela’ Fairbairn.
Listen below:
Social media has been flooded with videos remembering late EWN Associate Editor, Tshidi Madia.
She passed away on Wednesday, 28 August, after a short illness and hospitalisation.
In one particular viral clip, she is being remembered for her bold interview on the American news outlet ‘New Nation’.
She defended South Africa against the false narrative of a white genocide.
I still remember this interview Tshidi Madia did sometime after the visit by the SA team to the White House , may she rest in peace 😕 pic.twitter.com/G3vmtCzVRy
— The Instigator (@Am_Blujay) August 27, 2025
“I was irritated, I was bored because some things about the South African experience should not be explained… I got the feeling that there are some pockets of the USA that are not willing to see,” she explained on Radio 702.
As a journalist, Tshidi Madia engaged in bold conversations.
— Monwabisi Kete 🇿🇦 (@MonwabisiKete) August 27, 2025
She will be remembered for defending South Africa against false narratives of white genocide peddled in the temples of fake news.
She was a friend facts and she always posed thought-provoking questions. pic.twitter.com/7iqBF3YDaE
“She’s gone but she will live on… hard worker, and tough, thick skin… sitting there in front of politicians and world leaders holding her own.”
– Jonathan ‘Khabazela’ Fairbairn, What’s Gone Viral
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