[8] Following the 2024 South African general election, Gouws was sworn in as a Member of Parliament for the DA, but was suspended from the party a few days later after an alleged racist video surfaced.
In the video, Gouws says he did not truly mean the words he said and that they were for the purpose of creating context for the anger at then ANC youth league leader Julius Malema singing the song 'Kill the Boer'.
[13] During a council meeting in Nelson Mandela Bay in 2016, a brawl broke out that led to glass jugs being thrown around injuring people.
[14] Andile Lungisa broke a glass jug over a fellow councillor's head and was arrested for Grievous bodily harm.
He used to do a debate show which is called the Sunday Service, in which he spoke to senior politicians, celebrities and thought leaders about South Africa.