Steve
Hofmeyr is predicting the downfall of MultiChoice, with the controversial
singer now saying he will be organising a “special funeral” for his DStv
satellite dish and that he plans to cancel the pay-TV service of his 4 DStv
decoders.
The
controversial artist who moved from mass market Afrikaans entertainer the past
few years to making increasingly provocative and incensed public statements
about race, is angry that the pay-TV company decided to actively enact a block
on the broadcast of him and his entertainment content to prevent the company
from funneling money from their DStv subscribers to his wallet.
It
doesn’t mean that Hofmeyr won’t be seen or reported on for instance in news and
current affairs on news channels but that MultiChoice will no longer enter into
new contracts about any existing or future entertainment work he appears in or
that he is involved in.
MultiChoice
will also start to work to remove library content that he appears in or are
responsible for from all its platforms and not rebroadcast it again. In short,
the Randburg-based pay-TV company as a private company that listed in February
doesn’t want money that it makes from its
paying customers through showing entertainment
content on any of its DStv channels, its video
streaming service Showmax or any of its audio channels, to go to him.
The
race-baiting artist who previously stated on social media that "blacks are
the architects of apartheid", who kept singing Die Stem at concerts and
arts festivals, and would gaslight with photos and messages of the old South
African flag will no longer get any exposure on, be allowed to appear on, or be
able to make any money from DStv or any of its broadcasting brands like kykNET.
In
an Afrikaans message on social media, Hofmeyr on Wednesday encouraged his
followers to get rid of DStv, saying “we are reaching our people on many more
places than TV”. It’s not clear who the “our people” refers to.
He also said
“this is a call to independence. We will see the downfall of MultiChoice in our
lifetime. I’ve organised a special funeral for my satellite dish”.
While
getting rid of his DStv and predicting MultiChoice’s future demise, Steve Hofmeyr
took time to investigate and watch DStv and noted that DStv on Wednesday still
“played my music this morning by the way”.
