MEC Thandi Moraka has vehemently denied allegations that she 'removed' legendary Tsonga musician Thomas Chauke while performing at the annual Mapungubwe Arts and Cultural Music Festival
"I waited and after a few minutes they called me to continue playing the third song. As I was about to play, they stopped me and said the MEC is here. Within a minute I was told to leave the stage because another artist is coming after the MEC has spoken."
"I went on the stage to announce the crossover songs, namely Master KG's Jerusalem and Makhadzi's Matorokisi because they [were] scheduled to be done at midnight. I never spoke to Dr Chauke on stage or grabbed his mic," she said."The are people out there who want to make this about tribalism and it's purely not. Programme managers had a problem with time, they failed to manage time properly," Moraka said.
"We have been patient, thinking that they will change but we see that revolution must prevail to stop nepotism and tribalism by high-ranking officials. We have been monitoring MEC Moraka's conduct towards Tsonga-speaking people [and it] is undesirable," he said.
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