The NB bits from that 17-point Babes Wodumo dossier

29 December 2016 - 13:09 By TshisaLIVE
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Much like Euphonik's infamous seven nonke chapters earlier this year, the Buyel'Ekhaya Music Festival's 17-point dossier on Babes Wodumo has got y'all talking. So much talking that over 137 000 of you have tweeted about it.

If you're too lazy to read it all, cause Dezemba, then we've broken down the important bits.

But first, in case you don't know what's happening, we'll break it down.

Babes performed at the Buyel'Ekhaya Music Festival in East London. She was meant to be the show-stopper and crowds waited for 24 hours to watch her perform. But she was pretty much lifeless when she was on stage and didn't even dance. She posted a video on Instagram where she claimed she was "verbally abused" before going on stage and slammed event organisers. The event has since responded on its official Facebook page. The response came in the form of a 17-point dossier.

Here's what you really need to know!

Babes charges a R100k for a gig

"Babes Wodumo was paid a deposit of 75% (R75 000,00) of her performance fee on 21 October 2016." Easy maths there will tell you that her fee for performing is 100K. Guaped.

Babes and Black Coffee are pals

Even though organisers say flights for Babes were booked, she caught a chatered flight with Black Coffee.

"Renowned Artist Manager, Mr Sharif Baker, was only made belatedly aware that Babes Wodumo had made arrangements to fly to East London with Nkosinathi (DJ Black Coffee) on his charted flight"

Babes wanted to bath before her performance

"On route to the stadium Babes Wodumo made a demand, to our artist manager Sharif Baker, to go to her hotel to take a bath. This was rejected as she had to get on stage immediately as the Venue Operations Committee had resolved to switch the music off at the venue by 04:30am"

A 'security cluster' was called to confront Babes

Babes claims that her life was threatened and she was forced on stage by security officials. In the statement by the music festival, it said a 'security cluster' was called.

"Mrs Mazwai arrived and her actions were as follows: a) She called for VOC and the entire security cluster to immediately come to the artist marquee parking lot where Babes Wodumo was. b) She informed Babes Wodumo that her actions were undermining the people of the Eastern Cape. c) That she would have to explain to the people why she was refusing to perform.

Babes has been unavailable for comment.

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