Steve Hofmeyr and Co furious AfriForum labelled a ‘supremacist group’

AfriForum supporters are up in arms after the interest group was referred to as an “Afrikaner supremacist group” by the Mail & Guardian, and they have been lambasting the publication about it all morning.

AfriForum CEO Ernst Roets led the charge by threatening to take the publication to the Press Ombudsman.

What a malicious and misleading headline. It’s us and the press ombudsman again, it seems… pic.twitter.com/ZO5YYP3roW

— Ernst Roets (@ErnstRoets) October 9, 2018

I have no dog in this fight, but I'd think @AfriForum could make a good case of defamation against its office-bearers and members here. It is a minority rights group representing Afrikaners, but it is not a "supremacist" group. Publishing this is both malicious and false. https://t.co/xCkRlWCIQD

— Ivo Vegter (@IvoVegter) October 9, 2018

And it wasn’t long before Afrikaans singer turned activist Steve Hofmeyr added his two cents to the discussion.

Hofmeyr proclaimed that he had not read the Mail & Guardian in years and went on to list all the other media platforms he no longer engages with.

The singer revealed that a mix of 15 social media platforms have become his primary news sources, as he is on what he calls a “propaganda detox”.

“I’m slowly divorcing from most other partial channels, publications and entertainment,” he added.

I stopped reading @mailandguardian in 2010, switched off @Radio702 in 2012. I now get news from 15 different social media platforms and I'm slowly divorcing from most other partial channels, publications and entertainment. #PropagandaDetox has left me refreshed.

— Steve Hofmeyr (@steve_hofmeyr) October 9, 2018

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