South African newsreader fired for dropping ‘F-bomb’ 13 times on police and politicians
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A South African newsreader has been dismissed after he used the ‘F-word’ 13 times live on air during an angry and incoherent outburst against police and politicians.
Twenty-three-year-old radio presenter Mark Esterhuysen started his hourly bulletin in Johannesburg in the morning by introducing himself as normal before beginning his furious tirade, the Daily Mail reports.
During the 40-second rant he repeatedly swore as he directed his ire at various targets including a group of police officers accused of murdering a member of the public, firebrand politician Julius Malema and the country's right-wing Afrikaner AWB party
Esterhuysen then expressed anger about being stuck on his network's overnight ‘graveyard shift’.
“Good morning, I''m Mark Esterhuysen. F*** racism. F*** the pigs who killed Andries Tatane. F*** the AWB. F*** racism. We are all wild animals meant to live free,” Esterhuysen said.
“F*** capitalism. F*** fascism. F*** this f***ing wage slavery graveyard shit. F*** domestication. F*** Malema. F*** the state. F*** the petrol economic growth on a finite planet. This is the only f***ing planet we have,” he said.
As producers switched on some background music in the hope of drowning out the outburst, Esterhuysen invited the listeners to follow his blog.
Meanwhile, the channel has issued an apology to listeners for the foul-mouthed rant.
“Eyewitness News (EWN) and Talk Radio 702 apologise to our listeners for the comments made during what was supposed to be the news bulletin at 1am this morning,” the channel said in a statement.
“EWN does not condone what the news anchor Mark Esterhuysen said at this time instead of reading the news,” it said.
“Mark's contract with EWN has been terminated with immediate effect and once again, we apologise to our listeners,” it added.
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