[5] In April 2014 the Anton Alberts of the Freedom Front Plus referred to Ehrenreich as a "racist clown"[6] for a statement Ehrenreich made that if the COSATU-aligned ANC were to gain power in the Western Cape more than half of the white senior civil servants in the provincial government to be sacked to make way for civil servants of other ethnic groups based on the ANC's affirmative action policies.

"[10] In response, the Jewish Board of Deputies released a statement indicating they will be initiating civil and criminal charges against Ehrenreich for "hate speech and incitement to violence".

Isaacs stated that it was "idiotic and against the traditions of Cosatu" whilst Achmat wrote in a Twitter post that it was "[u]nlawful, wrong & harms #Palestine'.

"[12] Ehrenreich has been criticised by Business Day columnist Gareth Van Onselen for his combative and insulting Twitter messages targeting the Democratic Alliance's leader Helen Zille and mayor of Cape Town Patricia de Lille.

His comments have been described by Van Onselen as "deep and hostile myopia" that is counter productive to increasing the appeal of the ANC amongst voters in the Western Cape.