Steve Hofmeyr has recently been topping the headlines of news for most media stations for not-so-good reasons.
He has made a series of controversial statements that have caused him to be the talk of the town.
The is so much about the artist and actor that you might be interested in knowing.
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Steve Hofmeyr is not a new name in the country currently.
Steve Hofmeyr was born on 29th August 1964.
His birthplace is Pretoria.
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As of date Steve Hofmeyr age is fifty-four.
Their marriage has yielded two children; Sebastian Steve Hofmeyr and Benjamin Hofmeyr.
Steve and Natasha Sutherland later on separated in 2008 after being married for ten years.
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In January 2014, Steve married Janine Hofmeyr.
The two welcomed their bundle of joy; Romy-lee in 2017.
After gaining enough expertise, he featured in the screens in the early ’80s as an actor.
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He left the show to develop his music career.
He established his career as a singer and a songwriter.
It earned him fame and increased the number of his fans.
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He has made controversial statements that have seen him in the headlines of news on several occasions.
These are some of the instances that he sounded controversial;
Is he racist?
In 2011, he released a controversial song.
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In the song, he used the term, ‘kaffir’ which was used in place of black people.
He did not sound apologetic for that.
In 2014, he made another post on Steve Hofmeyr twitter alluding that he was racist.
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The post read; " Sorry to offend but in my books, Blacks were the architects of Apartheid.
The latter has had to suffer the consequences of his insensitive utterances.
One of the moments that he has suffered was during this year’s Afrikaans is Groot event.
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In anger, Hofmeyr and some of his fellow musicians decided to boycott the event.
The directive from DSTV Multichoice caused a lot of controversy in the country, particularly from the Afrikaans.
Most of them resolved to stop supporting DSTV.
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They withdrew their support from the company.
Led by Hofmeyr, they shared pictures and videos of themselves crushing their DSTV decoders and satellite dishes.
Effectively, I AM your boss.
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You WILL jump when I say so and you WILL ask how high.
And when you come to take our lives and land, you WILL die.
Our contract is that simple.
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And don’t you forget it.
Out of anger, Phumzile punched the man on his head.
This incident drew many public reactions.
You will not rule again.
We do not fear you.
Finally #TheLandIsOurs."
Little did he know that the tweet would earn him more than re-tweets and likes.
Steve Hofmeyr has displayed a side of himself that most people did not imagine existed.
She graduated from Meru University of Science and Technology with a Bachelor of Technology in Civil Engineering in 2019.
In 2023, Priscillah finished the AFP course on Digital Investigation Techniques.
She has been writing articles on Briefly.co.za since 2019.
Email: pshmueni@gmail.com
