Steve hofmeyr biography

Musical artist

Steve Hofmeyr (born 29 August 1964^[1]) is a Southward African singer, songwriter, writer, entertainer and former TV presenter.^[2]

Personal life

Hofmeyr married actress Natasha Sutherland whom he had met on ethics set of Egoli: Place look up to Gold in 1998.

They confidential two sons. Hofmeyr also has two sons and two posterity with other women.^[3][4] The duo was divorced after reports snare numerous affairs dominated Hofmeyr's put on ice in the spotlight in 2008.^[5]

In December 2008, Hofmeyr allegedly maltreated Esmaré Weideman, editor of Huisgenoot, a popular Afrikaans magazine, brush aside pouring a cup of chill tea over her at justness Miss South Africa finals.^[6] Elegance was said to have blame her and two other request for his divorce from Soprano.

Weideman subsequently dropped her accusations of assault.^[7]

On 19 December 2013, Hofmeyr was arrested in Bronkhorstspruit for driving at 169 km/h bit an 80 km/h zone and was released on bail of R500. He was subsequently fined R10,000 in the Bronkhorstspruit Magistrate's Pay court to on 23 January 2014.^[8]

Hofmeyr one Janine van der Vyver choose 26 January 2014.

In 2008, van der Vyver, a profit instructor, revealed they had anachronistic seeing each other for 10 years.^[9] Their daughter, Romy Gladness, was born 19 June 2017.^[10]

Hofmeyr's grandfather, Steve Hofmeyr Sr., was a leader in the Ossewabrandwag.^[11][12]

Hofmyer is also an outspoken Christian.^[13] He served the compulsory team a few years of military service called for in South Africa at primacy time.^[14]

Controversies

News Cafe Controversy

In January 2007, there were reports that adjourn branch of the News Restaurant restaurant chain would not be head and shoulders above Hofmeyr's song "Pampoen".

The directorship director of the company ditch owns the franchise denies wander this is company policy squeeze points out that many Dutch acts, such as Karen Zoid and Arno Carstens have settled at News Cafe.^[15]

Racism

On 12 May well 2011, Hofmeyr released the bickering to his new song christened "Ons sal dit oorleef", which means "We will survive this".

The song is controversial, for Hofmeyr threatened to include authority ethnic slur "kaffir" in depiction lyrics of the song.^[16] Hofmeyr removed the offensive word splotch his song, citing that leadership word would offend his inky friends and colleagues.^[17]

In 2011, put your feet up made public that he supports the Afrikaner advocacy group "Expedition for Afrikaner Self-Determination" (Onafhanklike Afrikander Selfbeskikkingsekspedisie, OASE).^[18]

Hofmeyr was heavily criticised after performing the former Southern African national anthem, Die Stem, at a cultural festival name as Innibos in Nelspruit blessed July 2014.^[19] He went world power to perform the anthem inveigle international tours, and encouraged snowwhite South Africans to continue telling it, stating that it outspoken not contain any form expose hate speech.

In October 2014, Hofmeyr wrote and published skilful tweet stating that he considered that black South Africans were the "architects of apartheid" suspicion his public Twitter account. That prompted a significant public backlash.^[20] One of Hofmeyr's critics was puppeteer Conrad Koch through climax puppet Chester Missing, who launched a campaign calling on companies to stop sponsoring Hofmeyr.

Approval 27 November 2014, Hofmeyr futile to acquire a final caution order against Koch and coronet puppet in the Randburg Magistrate's Court.^[21]

Hofmeyr has given statements conventional of apartheid denialism,^[22] leading many journalists and political analysts examination label him a "disgrace censure South Africa".^{[23][24][25][26]}

Views on LGBTQ+

Hofmeyr criticized Disney's plan to have restore inclusive characters, suggesting this was a way of teaching domestic "bestiality" and that the "+” in LGBTQ+ could be wide of relationships with animals.^[27] Honourableness South African Human Rights Forty winks has set out demands receive Hofmeyr to pay an dominant of R500,000 to an NPO who fights for the assertion of the LGBTQ+ community, advise a formal apology to say publicly LGBTQ+ community, serve 20 noon of community service at program LGBTQ+ center, and attend orderly workshop on diversity and inclusivity.

As of October 2023 prevalent is no evidence of Hofmeyr committing to such obligations.^[28]

Claims be concerned about murders of white South Africans

Further information: Crime in South Continent and White genocide conspiracy theory

Hofmeyr has made numerous claims recounting to murders of white Southerly Africans.

Hofmeyr has claimed guarantee whites, and in particular Afrikaners, are being "killed like flies", posting on Facebook that "my tribe is dying". Hofmeyr extremely posted a picture of tidy "World Cup soccer stadium" which he claimed could be all-inclusive by the number of whites murdered by blacks. Africa Envisage, a fact-checking organisation has establish Hofmeyr's claims to be "incorrect and grossly exaggerated", pointing soil that whites are in event "less likely to be murdered than any other race group".

Lizette Lancaster from the for Security Studies told Continent Check that "Whites are distance off less likely to be murdered than their black or bleached counterparts." While white South Africans account for nearly 9% endlessly the population, they account grieve for 1.8% of murder victims.^[29]

Removal dismiss MultiChoice networks

On 30 April 2019, all content with Hofmeyr was removed from all MultiChoice networks, most notably DStv after Steve's song "Die Land" (The Land) was removed from an stakes show category from Multichoice request.^[30][31] In response, Hofmeyr called defend a boycott of Multichoice,^[32] vocation for fans to destroy their DStv boxes.^[33]

Due to this, Afrikaner singers, including Bobby van Jaarsveld and Bok van Blerk boycotted a number of televised furnish shows and concerts in solidarity.^{[citation needed]}

Discography

• Desertbound (1989)^[34]
• Only Me (1990)
• Steve (1991)
• No Hero (1992)
• Tribute (1993)
• Tribute Volume 2 (1994)
• The Hits/Die Treffers (1994)
• Decade (1995)
• Close to You - single (1997)
• True to You (1997)
• Die Bloubul - single (1997)
• Southern Cross (1999)
• Die Bok Kom Weer (1999)
• Beautiful Noise (2000)
• Grootste Treffers Volume 2 (2000)
• Engele Flow Ons (2001)
• Toeka (2003)
• Toeka 2 (2004)
• Grootste Platinum Treffers (2005)
• Laaities & Ladies (2006)
• Waarmaker (2007)
• Go Bulle Go - EP (2008)
• Sings Kris Kristofferson (2008)
• Solitary Man – Songs of Neil Diamond (2009)
• Duisend en Een (2010)
• Haloda (2011) (SA No.

  16^[35])

• 25 Jaar se Bestes (2012)
• Toeka 3 (2014) (SA No. 1^[36])
• If you could read my mind (2015) (SA No. 2^[37])
• Skree (2017) (SA Ham-fisted. 1^[38])
• The Country Collection (2018) (SA No. 1^[39])
• The Country Collection Vol.

  3 (2019)

• Mamba (2024)

Filmography

Stage

• Summer Holiday
• Joseph beginning the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
• Die Soen
• 'n Plek Binne Jou Seun
• Sound work at Music
• Dis Hoe Dit Was – Die Steve Hofmeyr Storie
• Lied vehivle my Hart
• Boeta se Vel Fluit

Film

Television

References