Ninja and Yo-Landi of Die Antwoord have been accusing of abusing and exploiting their adopted child Tokkie and his younger sister. Image via Instagram @dieantwoord/ YouTube screenshot
Blood rituals, porn & violence: Die Antwoord’s ‘child slave’ tells all [watch]
‘I’ve been groomed’: Tokkie du Preez, who was adopted by Die Antwoord as a young boy, has spoken about his childhood.
Ninja and Yo-Landi of Die Antwoord have been accusing of abusing and exploiting their adopted child Tokkie and his younger sister. Image via Instagram @dieantwoord/ YouTube screenshot
South African alternative rap-rave group Die Antwoord has made headlines once again for their shocking behaviour.
But this time, it has nothing to do with another “Zef” track from the controversial hitmakers Yo-Landi Visser and Ninja, real names Anri du Toit and Watkin Jones respectively.
Their foster son Gabriel “Tokkie” du Preez now claims the music duo and former couple physically and sexually abused him and his younger sister.
In a shocking interview with filmmaker Ben Jay Crossman, Tokkie — now 20 years old and no longer living with Die Antwoord — accuses the duo of exposing him and his underage sibling to pornography and sexual activity, unspeakable violence, and even rituals tinged with their own blood.
Tokkie claims that he has not had any contact with Die Antwoord in two years, although his underage sister is still in their custody.
DIE ANTWOORD ADOPT TOKKIE AND SISTER
Twelve years ago, Tokkie recalls how Die Antwoord’s Ninja and Yo-Landi “picked me up” in his community of Fietas. At the time he was nine years old.
He said in the interview: “My mother said it was going to be a good experience, so I went. I also thought it was good. But after a while I found out that they were just grooming me”.
According to News24, the couple adopted Tokkie and his sister (now 14), under foster parenting agreements from the children’s biological mother, Josephine. The publication reports that Die Antwoord also fostered another young boy from the poor community and had their own biological daughter, “Sixteen Jones”, together.
The controversial group – whose music includes lyrics and imagery based on Satanism, gangsterism, incest, and other social ills – used the children as actors and props in their music videos and album covers. Tokkie reveals that the family split their time between their Cape Town and Johannesburg homes. They also spend time abroad in Los Angeles.
Whilst Tokkie – who suffers from a rare skin disease called hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia – initially enjoyed his time with the popular stars, he soon revealed his regrets.
“They wanted to adopt me to make them more famous…They made me believe I was the devil”.
Tokkie told News24 in an exclusive interview: “They made me swear more and made me believe that I could burn people in hell and that I am the king of hell. They told me that I could bring darkness upon the world”.
Tokkie claims Die Antwoord was mostly away on work commitments, leaving the children home alone.
He added: “They made me feel like I was actually a slave. They adopted me to be a slave. They made me feel like I wasn’t really being loved”.
DAMING ALLEGATIONS MADE IN INTERVIEW
In a lengthy interview posted on YouTube, Tokkie revealed some of the astonishing claims from his troubled childhood with Die Antwoord.
They include:
- Exposing Tokkie to pornography and sex toys
- Encouraging both children to strip naked and join them in the sauna
- Ninja asking Tokkie’s sister to get dressed in front of him
- Taking the children to a private clinic to allegedly have their blood withdrawn, supposedly for a blood ritual
- “Congratulating” Tokkie after he violently stabbed his older brother at their Johannesburg home
- Making Tokkie and his friends re-enact the violent stabbing scenes in music video for Don’t Take Me For A P***
- Tokkie discovering “black magic” in a box in their family home and partaking in rituals
- Exposing the children to dangerous gangsters
- A naked Yolandi exposing herself to a then 13-year-old Tokkie and plying him with alcohol and drugs
In 2020, when Tokkie turned 18, Ninja published a video of the father-son “reunion”. In it, Ninja hands Tokkie R5000, claiming it was his “last contribution”. According to Tokkie – who used the money towards a welding course – Ninja reportedly told him: “Don’t ever ask me for money again”.
Tokkie is back in his home in Fietas living with his older brother.
He also claims that he is living in fear. He added: “Anything can happen. They can send a hit man to come to my house to shoot me or my brother”.
Of his sister, who is still in their care, Tokkie added: “They are trying to groom my sister as they did to me”.
According to News24, Die Antwoord have denied the claims via their agent Scumeck Sabottka who said: “Die Antwoord don’t agree with Tokkie’s statements.”
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