Police are investigating an altercation at a poorly organised gospel music show in East London where one organiser allegedly drew and pointed a firearm at another.
The December 23 event, dubbed Kings and Queens in Worship, was presented by Bollore Events and featured top Eastern Cape artists such as Malibongwe Gcwabe, Betusile Mcinga, Butho, Yolanda Vuthela, Mawethu Madikiza, Simthembile, Dumi Mkokstad.
Veliswa Skeyi, Khanyisa Sabuka and Sgwili did not show up because they were not paid in full like other artists. The show took place at Buffalo City Stadium. However, it is believed that only a handful of people showed up for the event.
Despite the poor attendance, the lineup of gospel stars gave it their all. Yolanda Vuthela said the low numbers did not deter her from doing her best. “It does not make any difference to me whether it is a full house or a few people. I always respect my audience and give them the best.”
Bethusile Mcinga said: “I gave them my best performance. To me it is not about numbers, although it is nice to perform to a bigger crowd. I had a good time.”
The event was scheduled to start at around midday but at the time only 15 people had arrived. About three hours later, the number increased to about 20 people.
Msizi Dlamini, a keyboard player for Mcinga, claimed he was approached by Lerato Modisane of Bollore Events to organise Dumi Mkokstad and Mcinga for the show.
“I advised them to include other local artists. My role was just to organise artists, not to organise the event or promote it,” he said.
Dlamini said at some stage he advised the organisers to postpone the event, “as it was a very short notice but they insisted on doing the event”.
He said it was around 4pm on the day of the show that Modisane and her business partner called him.
“They told me that they had lost more than R650000 on the event and there were no people.”
Dlamini claimed that while trying to explain that he had warned them of the short notice, Modisane pulled a gun on him.
Modisane denied pointing a firearm at Dlamini , saying Dlamini had made up the story to damage her name and that of her company.
“My conversation with him was that he should give me a statement on how I was going to get my money back. I never pointed anyone with a gun. I do not have a gun and I never owned one,” she said.
East London police spokeswoman Warrant Officer Hazel Mqala confirmed that a case of pointing a firearm had been opened at Fleet Street Police Station on December 24 just after midnight. — sinom@dispatch.co.za
‘Gun incident’ mars festival
The December 23 event, dubbed Kings and Queens in Worship, was presented by Bollore Events and featured top Eastern Cape artists such as Malibongwe Gcwabe, Betusile Mcinga, Butho, Yolanda Vuthela, Mawethu Madikiza, Simthembile, Dumi Mkokstad.
Veliswa Skeyi, Khanyisa Sabuka and Sgwili did not show up because they were not paid in full like other artists. The show took place at Buffalo City Stadium. However, it is believed that only a handful of people showed up for the event.
Despite the poor attendance, the lineup of gospel stars gave it their all. Yolanda Vuthela said the low numbers did not deter her from doing her best. “It does not make any difference to me whether it is a full house or a few people. I always respect my audience and give them the best.”
Bethusile Mcinga said: “I gave them my best performance. To me it is not about numbers, although it is nice to perform to a bigger crowd. I had a good time.”
The event was scheduled to start at around midday but at the time only 15 people had arrived. About three hours later, the number increased to about 20 people.
Msizi Dlamini, a keyboard player for Mcinga, claimed he was approached by Lerato Modisane of Bollore Events to organise Dumi Mkokstad and Mcinga for the show.
“I advised them to include other local artists. My role was just to organise artists, not to organise the event or promote it,” he said.
Dlamini said at some stage he advised the organisers to postpone the event, “as it was a very short notice but they insisted on doing the event”.
He said it was around 4pm on the day of the show that Modisane and her business partner called him.
“They told me that they had lost more than R650000 on the event and there were no people.”
Dlamini claimed that while trying to explain that he had warned them of the short notice, Modisane pulled a gun on him.
Modisane denied pointing a firearm at Dlamini , saying Dlamini had made up the story to damage her name and that of her company.
“My conversation with him was that he should give me a statement on how I was going to get my money back. I never pointed anyone with a gun. I do not have a gun and I never owned one,” she said.
East London police spokeswoman Warrant Officer Hazel Mqala confirmed that a case of pointing a firearm had been opened at Fleet Street Police Station on December 24 just after midnight. — sinom@dispatch.co.za
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