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The Facebook group taking on South Africa’s white right

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Online battle over the ‘white genocide’ narrative on social media has dangerous real-world consequences
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Take a long, hard look in the mirror

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Social media has made us obsess about the behaviour of others and ignore our own
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Editorial: Don’t turn a blind eye to the right

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'South Africa seems to be experiencing a similar upsurge, except that the white right-wing never actually went away'
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Free speech is costly

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​Freedom of expression is one of the cornerstones of our nascent constitutional democracy, and it is unquestionably a principle worth defending
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Editing Steve: The limits of free expression

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'Over the years Steve Hofmeyr has reinvented himself from the poor man’s Brad Pitt to a singer to a political public commentator'
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EDITORIAL: Hofmeyr? Seriously?

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Hofmeyr isn’t capable of singing a new song; he just recycles his old hits, which are just some old folk songs from a rather nasty tradition.
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Krog, Pauw speak out on newspaper’s decision to publish Hofmeyr’s views

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The weekly Afrikaans paper was challenged on social media after it published an opinion piece by right-wing popstar Steve Hofmeyr.
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Bigotry seldom announces itself 

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Most bigotry is implicit in our attitudes and actions. Bigotry does not routinely announce itself like a giant pimple on a teenager’s face.
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What’s the good news? Fake news and acts of kindness

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Watch out for the potholes in the road ahead and never, ever spell-shame on Twitter.
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Steve Hofmeyr blames statue defacement on illiteracy

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The controversial Afrikaans singer said illiteracy "has everything to do with" the defacement of historical statues.
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Pick n Pay, Landrover pull out of Afrikaans is Groot concerts

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Pick n Pay and Jaguar Land Rover SA have decided not to renew their sponsorship of the Afrikaans is Groot concerts, Beeld newspaper reported.
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Steve Hofmeyr plays at Orania at last

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Johnny Masilela entered Afrikanerdom's last laager and discovered a human side to the rabble-rouser during the Orania leg of his Toeka tour.
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Court: Steve Hofmeyr’s order seeks to ‘advance’ racist views – dismisses case

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Steve Hofmeyr’s attempt to have his interim protection order against Conrad Koch made permanent was dismissed with costs in court on Thursday.
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Chester Missing’s #PuppetCase abuzz on social media

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Social media was astir with the trial of puppet Chester Missing on Thursday. The #PuppetCase/ #PuppetTrial saw Steve Hofmeyr lose his bid to gag him.
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Hofmeyr: Blacks were ‘not offended’ by apartheid tweet, court hears

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Steve Hofmeyr's defence argued that not only was the singer defamed by comedian Conrad Koch, but that blacks were not offended by his tweet.
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