Sjava’s booking for Miss Mpumalanga cancelled
In the event of the widely publicized rape allegations being brought against Sjava by Lady Zamar. He will no longer be performing at the event due to the seriousness of these allegations.
The organisers of Miss Mpumalanga, Mzimari Productions, have cancelled a booking they had already made for Sjaza to perform at their crowning event on April 18.
According to the CEO of Mzimari Productions, Gugu Nyarenda: “In the event of the widely publicized allegations of rape charges being brought against Sjava by Lady Zamar as alleged in national newspapers and television stations across the country and beyond, Mzimari Productions is obliged to cancel his performance at our event because of the seriousness of the allegations attached to the accusations, thereof because it impedes against our primary objectives which count among others.”
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“Our company, among its objectives, is to develop the girl-child educationally, socially, emotionally and it also espouses to protect them against perpetrators of the much avowed “blesser-blessee” relationships that have destroyed the future livelihoods of young women across the country and beyond. This factor, in its own right, has since 2013, spurned and necessitated by us to include among its crowned queens, to be worthy Ambassadors of this scourge in society.”
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“We must also emphasize the fact that our sponsors, the provincial government through the Mpumalanga Economic Regulator (MER) have scored tremendous accolades from the vast communities across the province for the sterling role our crowned queens continue to play in having established cells in all the 17 Local Municipalities in the province tackling this scourge, including motivating girl-children in the province against dropping out of school – this has garnered tremendous success since 2013 and its growing stronger by the day.”
“It is on those grounds that we, as a company, in association with MER, that we are not acting judgmentally on this matter pertaining the allegations leveled against Sjava but we’re allowing justice to take its course, a matter which may take long beyond the scheduled performance, which is 18 April 2020, whereby, Sjava could absolve himself.”
“We also are disappointed at the fact that Sjava had been targeted at by us as a draw card for the said event, but because of the backlash that we anticipate within the current circumstances, it may affect our event and the objectives we stand for in society. We have, therefore, taken a decision to request a refund for the performance fee as we have already paid it out in full to his management,” she concluded.
