Daily Dispatch

‘England’s biggest bitch’ heads for SA

- By KATHARINE CHILD

UK TV personalit­y Katie Hopkins – once known as “Britain’s most controvers­ial colu – is heading to South Africa to report on farm murders‚ which she claims are a result of anti-white ethnic cleansing.

In her career as a British journalist‚ Hopkins has attacked Muslims‚ called migrants “cockroache­s” and left two media jobs after controvers­ial statements.

The former talk show host has almost 900 000 Twitter followers. She writes for Rebel Media‚ a conservati­ve Canadian website with mostly white writers‚ self-described as a “fearless source of news‚ opinion‚ and activism that you won’t find anywhere else”.

South African farmers last year protested against their lack of safety and farm killings on a day dubbed Black Monday. Hopkins tweeted afterwards she would travel to South Africa to expose “#plaasmoord­e”.

Hopkins believes farm murders and the brutality of the attacks are being ignored in South Africa due to the race of the victims.

She contacted rights group AfriForum‚ which put in her in touch with farmers‚ deputy CEO Ernst Roets explained.

Asked by reporters if AfriForum wanted to be associated with such a controvers­ial character‚ Roets said Hopkins had a large audience and the organisati­on would welcome any publicity on farm murders.

Hopkins has also weighed in on the vandalism of H & M stores by Economic Freedom Fighter supporters in the past few days.

She has described herself as a snob and the biggest bitch in England. —

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