Tumi Morake: "Do not bring my people into this"

The conversation started after a concert in New Zealand featuring Steve Hofmeyr, who was one of the headline acts, was cancelled due to expat anger at his involvement. 

They spoke to African-European Indaba founder Johan de Villiers and he said that what Hofmeyr represents is not what the majority of Afrikaans people in South Africa represent. 

#JacaBreakfast's Tumi Morake spoke honestly about how she feels when conversations about culture come up. In the audio, she mentions she gets emotional about the way these conversations tend to go. 

She says that conversations that involve certain groups should leave her people out of it. Tumi says that this is about a group of people that Steve Hofmeyr represents and thus should not be about black people, as it would open another can of worms.

Also read: Steve Hofmeyr's New Zealand show cancelled due to expat protests

Listen to the audio below:

Jacaranda FM has since released a statement on this: 

Jacaranda FM supports a non-racial society and does not condone hate speech in any form on its platform or in any part of our society.

The station’s on-air content aims to promote important and meaningful discussions, with the intention of building and uniting South Africa as a nation. We support the need to have these conversations which we believe is an important part of our role in society. We are further committed to allowing the expression of different viewpoints and perspectives by facilitating these conversations.

"Jacaranda FM is a part of the richly diverse community of South Africa and we are committed to being a home for fun, music, entertainment, sharing of information, and the sharing of views. As with any home, sometimes these conversations and views can be uncomfortable. But, for as long as they are necessary we will always be a place where they can live,” says Kevin Fine, General Manager of Jacaranda FM.