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The South African
a day ago
- Business
- The South African
Oscar Pistorius's millionaire dad backs AfriForum, Elon Musk
Like Elon Musk, fellow Pretoria-born businessman Henke Pistorius – the father of convicted murderer Oscar Pistorius – has sided with AfriForum's claims that there is 'racial discrimination' towards white people. The mining and property developer shared his views on the Piers Morgan Uncensored show this week. In it, Morgan also spoke to several other South African commentators: Dan Corder, Sophie Mokoena, Gareth Cliff, and Ernst Roets. Race relations, legislature, farm murders, and Julius Malema singing Kill The Boer were hot topics during the episode. Speaking on Piers Morgan Uncensored, Henke Pistorius was asked if he believed that 'white genocide' existed in South Africa. The father of Oscar Pistorius told the UK TV personality: 'No doubt about that. No farmer is in a position where they can rely on protection from authorities. 'No one can run away from the truth, and it was high time that certain things had to be seen and accepted'. Pistorius insinuated that police crime statistics could not be trusted as they 'certainly have an agenda to protect. I would advise you not to rely on that.' Instead, he added: 'If you want to get the correct figures, you should speak to organisations like AfriForum and people that represent the interests of white farmers. The multi-millionaire businessman touched on Elon Musk's claims that 'race laws' stifled their companies, using the example of Starlink, which has rejected the BEE local shareholding legislation. He continued: 'The support one gets to put these projects in motion is very bad, because of your skin [colour]. They quickly ask you what percentage do you have of black representation.' Of President Cyril Ramaphosa defending anti-struggle song Kill The Boer, Henke Pistorius added: 'It is clearly a call to total anarchy. We have uncontrolled criminality and murderers, people who should've been exposed to a wonderful education programme. Instead, they have squandered billions and have not done their jobs. 'It's totally criminal'. Unlike many South Africans, the Pistirus family has wealth abounding through their business empire. In fact, Investors Hub stated that Oscar's father, Henke, and his uncles and aunts collectively own over 100 active companies. The family's wealth emanates from Oscar's paternal grandfather, Hendrik Pistorius, who has four sons: Theo, Arnold, Henke, and Leo. He also has three daughters: Sonia Grobler, Heidi Drew, and Reine Malan. The main company – H Pistorius & Co. – is a family business that is involved in the processing, mining, marketing, and distribution of agricultural and industrial limestone. Arnold Pistorius owns Twin City, a company responsible for developing, letting, and managing commercial properties around South Africa. He also owns several shopping malls and tourist resorts in SA and Austria. According to The Witness, Henke – Oscar's dad – is involved in property development and mining businesses. Reports indicate that Leo and Theo have businesses in transport, armoured vehicles, and property development, both in South Africa, Austria, and Mozambique. Additionally, the brothers own private game reserves, a ski lodge in Austria, a mine in Limpopo, and residential and leisure property developments. They also own big game hunting companies and an air charter company. Let us know by leaving a comment below, or send a WhatsApp to 060 011 021 1 . Subscribe to The South African website's newsletters and follow us on WhatsApp , Facebook , X, and Bluesky for the latest news.
Yahoo
3 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
No Filter: Piers Morgan Sounds Off on Trump, Biden, CNN's ‘Sneering,' and Meghan Markle
One great thing about talking to Piers Morgan: there is never a shortage of topics he is willing to share his opinion on. From Joe Biden's cognitive decline to Donald Trump's media barbs, his issues with certain CNN reporters and celebrities like George Clooney to who hates Meghan Markle and Prince Harry more between the American and British public, Morgan is game to talk about anything, it seems. That is a big reason why his YouTube show, 'Piers Morgan Uncensored,' has become one of the biggest politics and culture-focused programs since launching on the platform in early 2024, racking up 4 million subscribers. His show also has an unrivaled knack for going viral on X and elsewhere. Two recent examples: Kanye West storming off mid-interview, and self-described 'unapologetic cultural commentator' Lilly Gaddis saying she uses the N-word 'quite frequently.' Morgan blasted her for the comment, and soon after, guest Marc Lamont Hill got riled up when the 'Uncensored' host dared her to say it, leading to another viral clip from the segment. 'I know a story when I see one. I know the potential for a story, and I know what the media is likely to get excited by,' Morgan told TheWrap during a lengthy interview last week. He added: 'And I don't really see anybody else [in the media] quite doing it the way that I do it.' That was a driving force behind the media veteran — who has worked for CNN, NBC, the BBC, and most recently, Fox News — deciding to break his deal with Rupert Murdoch to take control of 'Uncensored' earlier this year. He said the move has worked out brilliantly so far, with Morgan claiming his show is valued at $100 million already, based on one key investor. Morgan believes 'Uncensored' can be worth much more than that, and he is not going to hang up if CNN or other potential investors come calling, he said, if the price for a slice of his operation is right. Long term, he said his goal is to build a business that mirrors Ben Shapiro's 'The Daily Wire,' where several opinionated personalities can thrive. One thing he is certain of, though: Most legacy media outlets are dead, or at best, in the process of dying off. The old model does not work anymore. 'You've got to move where younger people in particular have moved. They want opinion. They want to see good debates. They want to hear all the sides of an argument and work out what to really think,' Morgan said. 'They don't want boring, they don't want stodgy.' Morgan was not boring as he touched on the topics mentioned above, plus a few others — including what he thinks of Jake Tapper's recent book tour. Read the interview below: TheWrap: What's been the trickiest or most challenging part, now that you do have everything under your control, of just running the show and keeping it humming? Morgan: That's the easy part, because as I say to people, we're not a startup. We've been going as a show for three years now [the show started on TalkTV in the UK, before moving to YouTube in 2024], and we've been very successful. We're in the top five news-debate-opinion shows on YouTube in the world, no question. And I think we make more noise probably than anybody else, pretty much. But I also think in my case, what I want to do is expand the 'Uncensored' brand into other genres. I've done all the crime documentaries in my time. I want to start building out a 'Crime Uncensored' channel. I want to roll out a 'History Uncensored' channel, and then look to other genres that we can do where we build out new channels around the 'Uncensored' brand. You know, my sons are my best barometer. They're 31, 27, 24; they don't watch conventional television. The average age of cable news viewers in America is 70. Now, I come from newspapers, but no one really under probably 45 buys a print newspaper anymore. They all watch newspaper stuff online. The other challenge I've had is, lots of people — since I've been talking about this and made it clear, I now own the channel, own the business — wanting to invest. And the question, as everybody in my position is asking is, how much of the hide do you want to give away to people at this stage when you're building? TheWrap: What is that number? Where someone came to you today and said 'Hey, you can retain control, but we want a slice of the pie.' Morgan: We've already got some [investors who have a small percentage of the pie. Have come in at a kind of valuation that we're talking about, which is well over $100 million. People have already taken the plunge at that level. One investor has, and we have others that we believe are going to come in at that level too. So that gives you some idea, I think, of how we value the business. I think it is going to be worth a lot more than that going forward. TheWrap: Your show has a knack for going viral. Whether it's the Kanye West interview recently that went haywire or the Lily Gaddis and Marc Lamont Hill confrontation, can you kind of fill me in on what the secret sauce is there? Morgan: I was a tabloid newspaper editor for nearly 10 years. So I know a story when I see one. I know the potential for a story, and I know what the media is likely to get excited by. That's been ingrained in me for many years, being in the media, three, four decades now. But then the second part of the equation is the team. I've got a very good team of bookers, very good team of producers, and very good show runners. And we collaborate together and work very carefully on casting each thing that we do. The criteria is [guests] have got to be smart, they've got to be opinionated, they've got to be passionate, they've got to be knowledgeable about their issue, or they've got to be in the news. If they tick any of those boxes, then we either do one on one interviews with them, if that's appropriate, if it's a big news exclusive, or we'll do a casting of a debate where I always try and make it balanced. If I do a one-on-one interview, I think I know what buttons to push, to get good news lines, to get good viral moments. So it's all part of the magic. [But] we never give away all our secrets. TheWrap: I'm always pointing to this Gallup poll from last year that showed the American public's trust in the mainstream media is at an all-time low. Do you think there's anything that these mainstream outlets can do to win back that trust? Or do you think that ship has sailed at this point? Morgan: I think the problem is a lot of them have masqueraded as being [neutral]. Take CNN, which is a network that I love. I worked there for years, got a lot of friends there. But I think when they lost their reputation for impartiality [was] in that Trump first term. It's very hard to get that back once you've made it clear that you're partisan, you're in the tank against a political leader, [and] then it's difficult to wrestle back your reputation as an impartial source of news. And I think also that young people don't watch cable news. They just don't. The average age is 70, which means a lot of the viewers of cable news are 80 or 90. When I was at CNN, they would always win the big news story nights if there was a major disaster or a major event, CNN would win the ratings war on that because people trusted it. Now it often comes last on big news. And you ask yourself, if you're CNN, why? Why is that happening? What's happening is people don't view CNN anymore as an impartial purveyor of news, so they've lost their unique selling point. That's a big, strategic error by them as a network. I mean, the Biden story is a classic example of why young people have gone off mainstream news. You know, they could all see with their own eyes how incapacitated the president of the United States was. It didn't take a genius to work out when a guy keeps falling over and mumbling his words and confusing people and all the rest of it, there was probably something rather badly wrong with his cognitive and physical ability. And the idea that the mainstream media pretty much colluded to keep that secret from the American people, and are now all doing books about it, and reveling in 'Well, you know, this is the truth. It's a bit shocking, is it?' Well, yeah, it has [been]. TheWrap: What do you make of Jake Tapper's media tour? Morgan: Well, I like Jake Tapper and I like Alex Thompson. I think they've been actually quite honest about their own failings in this area. I think I've seen Jake say he didn't really have much direct access to Biden or his top people to really make an assessment for himself [during his presidency], which I think is probably true. Biden didn't give many interviews to people like Jake Tapper, or certainly people not like me. Trump gives interviews all the time to people [and] is much more transparent and courageous in that sense, I would say so. I think Jake Tapper's book with Alex Thomas is a very important book, and it will go down in history as a very important book, because it recounts in pretty shocking detail the full scale of not just Biden's cognitive and physical issues, which were, in my view, disqualifying for President of the United States, but also the general cover-up at the White House and by all the celebrity supporters. You know, the likes of George Clooney now coming along saying, 'Well, of course, the moment I knew [about Biden's cognitive issues], I told you.' Oh, come on, man. You knew, George. I like George Clooney, but come on, stop taking us for [fools], George. TheWrap: Have you seen a difference in how the media is covering Trump this term versus his first term? Morgan: I think so. Look at CNN. if you look at Abby Phillip's show, for example, you wouldn't have had a show like that back in the first [Trump] term. They wouldn't have had someone like Scott Jennings going into bat so firmly for Trump every night, which he does brilliantly. He's still always outnumbered. I mean, it's not fair, you know, I don't think it's fair. They line up four against one, but he can more than capably handle himself. That kind of thing is good to see. I think the general tone of a lot of [media] people [is] they have dialed down their obvious sneering towards Trump and his supporters. Which, last time, people like Anderson Cooper could barely keep the sneer off their faces. Don Lemon, you know, sneering away about Trump morning, noon and night, and they're still doing it now to a large degree, and that's fine. Jim Acosta has revealed his colors [now that he has left CNN]. Everybody accused him of being biased against Trump. He's now making a fortune on Substack by being relentlessly biased against Trump, thereby proving that people were right to think that the White House correspondent for CNN was biased. He was. He's now making a ton of money by being brazenly, openly biased. So I think that, again, is part of the problem why people lost confidence in CNN. If I was running things, I'd tell the Andersons and others like that, 'Stop sneering. You're sneering at someone who won everything in the election.' Report it [and] just be fair, be firm, be straight. But don't make it obvious that you hate the guy or that you hate his supporters or you think they're all idiots. Because you tried that last time, and it a) played into Trump's hands and b) it diminishes credibility in your network. TheWrap: Do you have any issue with how President Trump talks about the media? Morgan: If you read Trump's book, 'The Art of the Deal,' it's all in there, right? If you whack him, he's going to whack you 10 times back. No surprise. There's no secret. You know, he was a billionaire New York real estate guy, right? Who likes to trash talk, and I think we should all just stop having a collective anaphylactic shock every time he says something a little bit outrageous. It's Donald Trump, he's not going to change. He's nearly 80 years old, he's not going to change. He's going to be Donald Trump. If you come after him, as Bruce Springsteen found out, you're going to get a whack back. You're going to get called overrated and wrinkly. I find it quite entertaining, because I've known him so long, that in 20 years I know how he is. I've sat in 'The Apprentice' boardroom with him night after night for six weeks. So none of it is a surprise to me. None of it should be a surprise for anyone who read his book. TheWrap: I'd love to know who you think dislikes Meghan Markle and Prince Harry more, the American public or the British public? And why? Morgan: Very interesting question. I think the American public mock and ridicule them on a scale that dwarfs even anything that happens here. Here, we just feel very let down by Prince Harry, who was very popular. And then along comes Meghan Markle, and within a few years, she's dragged him back to America, trashed his family. He's now fallen out with all his family. She's fallen out of all her family, and I think that most Americans find them objects of ridicule. Most people in Britain hate the attacks on the monarchy and the royal family and feel it's been very damaging, and feel it's been very disingenuous. Ultimately, we see two people who trade off their royal titles — making themselves very rich in the process — whilst continuing to attack the institution that bestowed the titles upon them. There's just a recurring hypocrisy there. I've got no problem with them whoring themselves around in any way they see fit. But do it, in terms of commercially, without using the royal titles. If you hate the monarchy that much and you've fallen out with all the royal family, stop calling yourselves a Duke and Duchess of Sussex. Stop using the HRH title, and just be Harry and Megan and then see how you get on. And the answer is, they wouldn't get on very well, because nobody would be that interested. There's a kind of boredom level setting in with them. I certainly feel pretty bored by their antics. I think that when you're down to making jam in your kitchen, the game is probably up. The post No Filter: Piers Morgan Sounds Off on Trump, Biden, CNN's 'Sneering,' and Meghan Markle appeared first on TheWrap.
Fox News
15-05-2025
- Politics
- Fox News
Football legend Lou Holtz calls on Catholics to 'defend and encourage' Pope Leo XIV
Print Close By Scott Thompson Published May 15, 2025 With Pope Leo XIV assuming his post, college football coaching legend Lou Holtz shared an important message for every Catholic around the globe. Holtz said he has been "Catholic all my life," serving as an altar boy as well. He urged people in the United States and around the world to be gracious to Pope Leo as he begins his leadership of the church. "I'm an old man, I've been Catholic all my life. I was taught about how the pope would be selected. The white smoke, the black smoke, et cetera," Holtz began his message. "But you never know about the pope, because he isn't infallible. He's infallible when everything comes to religious decisions, and we're taught to respect him and pray for him and listen to him. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON "I hope this pope will be a very, very good one, but I do know this: He is our pope. We must defend him, we must encourage him, we must pray for him, and we must help him." Holtz continued by arguing "too many people don't give enough to the church today," and perhaps that is due to some not believing in past papal decisions. "The church has financial obligations like anything else. So, whether you like the pope or not, is irrelevant. He's our pope. You must respect him, pray for him, and care about him at the same time, accept the decisions he makes. MEDIA POSITIONS POPE LEO XIV AS POTENTIAL 'COUNTERWEIGHT' TO TRUMP "It's important for us to support the pope regardless of who he is, whether we like him or not. Pray for him. Pray for the decisions that they make. I've been blessed to know two popes, have visits with them. Let's make sure that we pray for the pope, follow his blessings and teachings because they've led us the correct way for so many years. "Good luck to you, and I promise you, I will pray for the pope because I know the pope's also going to pray for me and pray for the choices he makes in the best interest of this country." Since Cardinal Robert Prevost was elected as the first American pope last week, many wanted to learn about the new leader of the church. Louis Prevost, his conservative brother, pushed back on accusations that Pope Leo would be a "woke" successor to the late Pope Francis. "He wasn't, like, super political," Prevost told Piers Morgan on "Uncensored." "He's not left, he's not right, he looks at the whole scene, takes information from both sides, and somehow finds a way to go down the middle and not ruffle too many feathers." Prevost did, however, address Pope Leo's previous criticism of President Donald Trump's methods amid the migrant crisis. "He may take offense with the method in which they're moving people out and comment on that," but nonetheless, "you still have to follow the rules of the law." CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP Holtz is a staunch Trump supporter, posting similar videos of his praise for the 47th president. Holtz coached for 33 years in college with six different programs, most notably Notre Dame, where he went 100-30 over his 11 years with the Fighting Irish. Follow Fox News Digital's sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter. Print Close URL
Yahoo
14-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Conservative brother of Leo XIV says new pope isn't ‘woke,' praises his devotion to the Church
Pope Leo XIV's conservative brother said in an interview this week that while the new pontiff is "much more liberal than I am," he's not "woke." Cardinal Robert Prevost was elected as the first American pope last week, taking the name of Pope Leo XIV. He has been described as a compromise candidate between the more traditional and progressive factions of the Roman Catholic Church. One of his two brothers, Louis Prevost, an outspoken social conservative, has pushed back against accusations that Pope Leo will serve as a so-called "woke" successor to the late Pope Francis. On Monday, "Uncensored" host Piers Morgan pressed him multiple times on whether he believes his brother will be a "very liberal pope." "No, I do not," Prevost said, arguing that while he will not roll back changes that the late Pope Francis made, he will certainly not be a far-left leader. President Trump Calls First American Pope Leo Xiv An 'Honor' For Us, 'Very Happy' "He wasn't, like, super political," Prevost said of knowing him as they grew up together. "He's not left, he's not right, he looks at the whole scene, takes information from both sides, and somehow finds a way to go down the middle and not ruffle too many feathers." Read On The Fox News App He acknowledged that Pope Leo, like other members of the church, has criticized President Donald Trump's methods amid the migrant crisis, but at the same time, he "understands that there's laws involved." He added, "He may take offense with the method in which they're moving people out and comment on that," but nonetheless, "you still have to follow the rules of the law." "If and when he meets with President Trump, I don't doubt there will be some bumps in the discussion and some heated conversation," he said, but "I don't think either of them will blow up like we saw with Trump and Zelenskyy in the White House." Morgan replied, "The suggestion is your brother may be a touch on the 'woke' side. I know you're pretty 'anti-woke' yourself. Can you confirm or deny that your brother is 'woke'?" Click Here For More Coverage Of Media And Culture "I don't even know that I'd go that far to say he's 'woke,'" Prevost answered. "He's probably much more liberal than I am, but that's us." He noted the pope's work with the poor in Peru as important to him. When asked about the pope's beliefs about hot-button issues in the Church such as people petitioning for female priests and endorsement of gay marriage, Prevost said that was not going to happen. "No, I don't see him allowing priests to marry, or women to be priests. I don't see him-he's not that liberal that I've seen, no," he said, later suggesting, "I don't think we'll see him endorse gay marriage." "I think because of his studies in canon law and his background, he's still-at his roots he's Catholic, and he follows the rules of the Church, and he may be able to change some rules or modify some rules as Pope, I don't see him going there," Prevost said. "I just in all the years we've grown up together, he may be liberal on some things, but there's still that basic, 'you have to maintain, you know, the rules of the Church." "It sounds like he might actually be a little bit more conservative than Donald Trump when they finally get together," Morgan replied. "Well, I don't know that I'd go that far," Prevost said. "He understands the laws are there for a reason, and they're meant to be followed."Original article source: Conservative brother of Leo XIV says new pope isn't 'woke,' praises his devotion to the Church
Fox News
14-05-2025
- Politics
- Fox News
Conservative brother of Leo XIV says new pope isn't ‘woke,' praises his devotion to the Church
Pope Leo XIV's conservative brother said in an interview this week that while the new pontiff is "much more liberal than I am," he's not "woke." Cardinal Robert Prevost was elected as the first American pope last week, taking the name of Pope Leo XIV. He has been described as a compromise candidate between the more traditional and progressive factions of the Roman Catholic Church. One of his two brothers, Louis Prevost, an outspoken social conservative, has pushed back against accusations that Pope Leo will serve as a so-called "woke" successor to the late Pope Francis. On Monday, "Uncensored" host Piers Morgan pressed him multiple times on whether he believes his brother will be a "very liberal pope." "No, I do not," Prevost said, arguing that while he will not roll back changes that the late Pope Francis made, he will certainly not be a far-left leader. "He wasn't, like, super political," Prevost said of knowing him as they grew up together. "He's not left, he's not right, he looks at the whole scene, takes information from both sides, and somehow finds a way to go down the middle and not ruffle too many feathers." He acknowledged that Pope Leo, like other members of the church, has criticized President Donald Trump's methods amid the migrant crisis, but at the same time, he "understands that there's laws involved." He added, "He may take offense with the method in which they're moving people out and comment on that," but nonetheless, "you still have to follow the rules of the law." "If and when he meets with President Trump, I don't doubt there will be some bumps in the discussion and some heated conversation," he said, but "I don't think either of them will blow up like we saw with Trump and Zelenskyy in the White House." Morgan replied, "The suggestion is your brother may be a touch on the 'woke' side. I know you're pretty 'anti-woke' yourself. Can you confirm or deny that your brother is 'woke'?" "I don't even know that I'd go that far to say he's 'woke,'" Prevost answered. "He's probably much more liberal than I am, but that's us." He noted the pope's work with the poor in Peru as important to him. When asked about the pope's beliefs about hot-button issues in the Church such as people petitioning for female priests and endorsement of gay marriage, Prevost said that was not going to happen. "No, I don't see him allowing priests to marry, or women to be priests. I don't see him-he's not that liberal that I've seen, no," he said, later suggesting, "I don't think we'll see him endorse gay marriage." "I think because of his studies in canon law and his background, he's still-at his roots he's Catholic, and he follows the rules of the Church, and he may be able to change some rules or modify some rules as Pope, I don't see him going there," Prevost said. "I just in all the years we've grown up together, he may be liberal on some things, but there's still that basic, 'you have to maintain, you know, the rules of the Church." "It sounds like he might actually be a little bit more conservative than Donald Trump when they finally get together," Morgan replied. "Well, I don't know that I'd go that far," Prevost said. "He understands the laws are there for a reason, and they're meant to be followed."
