'Station manager changed song'
In his statement titled"I didn't rob King Monada", Makgakga apologised to Monada and told his fans that in as much as some might view his actions as career suicide, he was prepared to go hungry with his principles intact.
"I've been with Thobela for seven years. I've been on air five times to cross over [into the New Year] and in all these past [years] this [is] how we sometimes decide song on the year. We discuss which song is more popular than the other. If we [are] not sure the public shud decide but there are . cases where we choose unanimously," he wrote.
Makgakga explained in his post that he and his colleagues had agreed on December 18 last year that the song of the year on Thobela FM would be King Monada's Malwedhe. However, he said, on December 31 Matsena instructed him that the song of the year was now Skeleton Move and no longer Malwedhe."It never bothered me. At 10.15pm when we started the show, the station manager called again to emphasise the changes. This time Thabo made loud speaker. The instruction was very clear. The song of the year is Skeleton Move no longer Malwedhe. I FOLLOWED THE INSTRUCTIONS," he wrote.
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