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SAHRC Commissioner Andre Gaum, OUT Human Rights Coordinator Sibonelo Ncanana, and SAHRC Eastern Cape Provincial Manager Dr Eileen Carter after the Steve Hofmeyr settlement was made a court order in Gqeberha on Monday
Steve Hofmeyr may now think twice about what he chooses to say on social media. The singer has agreed to pay an LGBTIQ+ organisation R100,000 in compensation after he was taken to the Equality Court for making hateful comments on social media.
On Monday, the agreement between two applicants – the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) and OUT LGBT Well-being – and Hofmeyr was made an order of the Gqeberha High Court, sitting as the Equality Court.
The case stems from the singer’s April 2022 social media statements in which he told his hundreds of thousands of followers that the LGBTIQ+ acronym includes those who engage in bestiality and that the LGBTIQ+ community is in support of “grooming” children.
OUT lodged a hate speech complaint with the SAHRC over the comments and the two organisations took Hofmeyr to the Equality Court in June 2022.
In the agreement, Hofmeyr agreed to publish an apology to the LGBTIQ+ community on all his social media platforms, which he did on Sunday.
He acknowledged that his statements were hurtful to members of the LGBTIQ+ community and said that he regrets them. He apologised unconditionally to this community as well as any other member of the public that was offended by his utterances.
Hofmeyr also agreed to pay a settlement amount of R100,000 to OUT – a registered non-profit organisation that works to ensure the health, well-being, and human rights of the LGBTIQ+ community – and its legal costs.
As a condition of the settlement, Hofmeyr will participate in a diversity
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