Outspoken Afrikaans singer Steve Hofmeyr has clapped back at remarks that he should flee the country amid his claims of a “white genocide” in South Africa.
The entertainer and activist has been vocal about “racial discrimination” against white South Africans. In recent years, Hofmeyr has come under fire for his views on the k-word and the old SA flag.
STEVE HOFMEYR RESPONDS TO CALL TO LEAVE SA
On his social media accounts, Steve Hofmeyr has continued to post his controversial comments about the “persecution” faced by white South Africans, particularly farmers.
However, many of his posts have irked the public.
When one X user asked Steve why he was still living in a country he believed endured “white genocide”, the singer recently responded: “Because I can spend everything I make to safeguard my family. Most of my people can not”.
Another asked him when “white genocide” began. He responded: “The moment South Africans, post 1994, were excluded and denigrated because of our race”.
VICTIM OF CRIME
Like many South Africans, Steve Hofmeyr has experienced crime firsthand.
In 2010, he spoke out about witnessing a robbery at a local KFC restaurant. Although he did not come into contact with the attackers, he brazenly chased the armed men in his car for several kilometres.
In 2015, Hofmeyr’s coastal holiday home in KwaZulu-Natal was robbed as he and his wife slept in their bedroom.
The thieves made off with several of his possessions in the middle of the night, but the performer was dragged for his comments about them.
He told the media: “The stench [of them] still lingers in my home”.
He added, “Some people said I should have been shot and killed. My culture and family do not scale fences to rape the elderly at midnight. Those nasty comments boggle the mind, but they go to prove that, mostly, we don’t have the mindset or civil sensibilities to make this a better country. Not as long as the criminal is glorified.
In 2018, Steve Hofmeyr claimed that South Africans should own guns as a means of “self-defense and protection” in “the most violent rape and murder capital of be world”.
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