Steve Hofmeyr: Exploring the controversial singer's scandals

Steve Hofmeyr: Exploring the controversial singer's scandalsSteve Hofmeyr is a controversial South African, and you'll either love or hate what he stands for. Here are some of his previous controversies from the past.

by Alex Coyne

24-10-2023 09:13

in Celeb News

Steve Hofmeyr has responded to a meme calling on him to slap his nemesis Julius Malema

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Steve Hofmeyr is a controversial South African, and you'll either love or hate what he stands for. His upcoming December performance at the Hartklop in die Kaap (Heartbeat in the Cape) concert has been met with outcry by some of the public, who feels that the singer is too controversial to share the stage of a concert celebrating diversity.

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Here are some of the singer, actor, and artist's previous controversies that have made him newsworthy over the past few years.

Hofmeyr's MultiChoice Ban Due to his failing popularity on broadcasting networks and controversial comments about South Africans, MultiChoice decided to stop showing the singer's content on their network.

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As reported by The South African website. this 2019 event was met with an attempted boycott by some of the artist's fans. In response to the MultiChoice ban, the singer drove over his DStv decoder in protest. MultiChoice did not put his content back as a result of this.

MultiChoice isn't the only company to ban the artist. MSC Cruises have also distanced themselves from the singer before.

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Hofmeyr's LGBTQI Lawsuit In 2023, Steve Hofmeyr was taken to the SA Human Rights Commission over his comments directed at LGBTQI individuals. According to Out.org.za, the final ruling in the Gqeberha High Court on March 13 this year made Hofmeyr pay a serious fine (with a subsequent apology) for his comments.

The singer's Twitter/X account still remains controversial, where he calls himself a nationalist and sometimes-rocker .

Steve versus Bono Back in 2011, Steve threw concert tickets worth approximately R5, 000 into the Jukskei River.

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After finding the U2 singer Bono's comments too much to stomach, Hofmeyr decided that he wouldn't be attending the U2 concert anymore. Some of Hofmeyr's fans subsequently destroyed their concert tickets in solidarity with the singer.

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The beef between the two singers was so well-known that it prompted a cartoon by the famous Zapiro.

Hofmeyr and the Old Flag The singer has also come under fire in the past for his support of the old South African flag.

Unfortunately for him and some supporters, the display of the old SA flag has been ruled as hate speech according to the Equality Court.

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