South African amapiano stars Kabza De Small, DJ Maphorisa, and Sha Sha have been slapped with a letter of demand for half a million rand by the Victoria Falls management.
This comes after they failed to show up for their Victoria Falls Carnival gig at Victoria Falls last month.
The multi-award-winning amapiano superstars were supposed to kick off their carnival performances with a one-hour long act.
After they failed to pitch up, the Victoria Falls carnival organisers accused Shasha, Dj Maphorisa and Kabza De Small of failing to honour their contract despite being paid in full.
In the letter sent to them by music promoter Bongani Ngwenya’s lawyer, Rudolph Baloyi, of RB Inc, the three, who were represented by Thuli Keupilwa of Lawk Communication, were paid an R250 000 appearance fee to perform at the carnival.
“It is common cause that all the booking, travel, accommodation and tax fees were paid by our client well in advance. Despite the fact that all confirmations were done well in advance the artists did not attend and/or perform as booked; and there has been no explanation whatsoever for the artists’ failure to attend and/or perform, not even a mere apology,” reads the letter.
Baloyi revealed that as a result of their failure to make it to the event, Ngwenya’s company Bandwagon suffered a loss of more than R414 000. This includes R250 000 in performance fees, which include R20 000 agent fees, over R91 000 for return flights, R22 500 for immigration work permits for three artists, R15 000 for Zimbabwean income tax, R9 000 for the Consensus Board, and R11 250 accommodation for Kabza and Maphorisa, and R14 400 for Shasha and crew.
In a statement, the Victoria Falls carnival show organizers are demanding an amount of close to R500k from Shasha, Kabza De Small and Dj Maphorisa for failing to show up.
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