MEC Pemmy Majodina orders a maskandi artist to withdraw a song which accuses her of corruption

27 September 2016 - 19:22 By TMG Entertainment
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Eastern Cape Arts and Culture MEC, Pemmy Majodina, has reportedly given an order to veteran maskandi artist Mzwanele Jackson Ntoyakhe - widely known as Khethabahle - to "delete" a controversial song levelling strong corruption accusations against her.

Titled, Ngekhe Ngivote (I won’t vote), the song is on Khethabahle’s latest album released earlier this year.

Speaking to Daily Dispatch, the singer claimed that he penned the track after much dissatisfaction with Majodina's administration, who he alleged spend copious amounts of taxpayers' money auditioning maskandi artists, who don't make it, while existing ones continue to live in abject poverty.

However, the MEC has since denied the claims, saying she that she has never "stolen" any money, and further demanded an apology for the accusations.

"I work for myself and have never stolen any money from artists. I will have you arrested if you don’t apologise to me. You must go and delete that song," she reportedly retorted, while addressing a crowd of a 1000 people at Eastern Cape's annual maskandi festival held at KwaBhaca (formerly Mt Frere) on Saturday.

“We want to help develop you. But when you sing, don’t challenge the integrity of a person by singing about things that are unfounded,” Majodina added.

According to the Daily Dispatch report, Khethabahle, who claimed that he later apologised to the MEC, insisted that he was merely trying to put the challenges faced by maskandi artists to the fore, due to lack of support from the government.

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