Zuluboy was booked by the Durban Film Office (DFO) to facilitate a two-day book adaptation session.
Rapper and actor Mxolisi “Zuluboy” Madjozi has cried as he claims he has not been paid for his service at the Articulate Africa Art and Book Fair in Durban last week because of his political support. I'm here.
“I personally heard that while the first event was in progress, I received a phone call. I heard that the Deputy Director of Parks and Recreation was asking why we were hiring members of Sizwe in Umkhonto to work with the city. ” Zuluboy explained. citizen.
Zuluboy is one of the co-founders of the Creative Council of the uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) party.
The rapper was booked by the Durban Film Office (DFO) to facilitate the book-to-film session. This was a masterclass to empower and educate aspiring writers on how to translate books into films and screenplays.
The discussion took place at the Museum of Natural Sciences and was attended by Mr. Dudu Busani (The wife series), Cynthia Jere (happiness is a four letter word), Angela Makolwa (red inkcurrently airing on Showmax) and Gugu Ms Gugu Kunene who wrote various radio stories that were broadcast on Ukhozi FM.
“I don't know how to send two invoices. What do you say, cancel on the second day?” Mr. Zuluboy hosted the first day on Wednesday, but was blocked by higher-ups on Thursday. I asked why he did not host the event because he allegedly received a call to do so.
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DFO speaks
talk to citizen DFO senior manager Sharon Gumede said project manager Fezil Peko was not in a position to oversee the session in question as she was responsible for recruiting Zuluboy on the day she returned from maternity leave.
Mr. Peco had been working in the position of senior manager since March.
“I am very sorry to hear this,” Gumede said.
“According to my knowledge, Mxolisi [Zuluboy] He was asked to submit two invoices because he was employed by two different departments (Parks and Recreation and Durban Film Authority) on two different days,” Gumede said.
“He only submitted the amount for both days, which was administratively unacceptable and impossible. Other panelists also submitted accordingly and have since been paid,” said Sr. the manager said.
But Zuluboy stood his ground.
“I sent one invoice using the template they sent me. I sent the invoice, but on the second day I was charged a cancellation fee. They said this issue was a city issue. So I asked him if he could just send me one invoice for the day and I could process the payment. I said, “No, I'm not going to do that.” Because he knows that if he sends you two bills, your problem will go away. ”
citizen Possesses the invoice in question that Zulu Boy sent to the organization.
“He is creating a barrier for himself by not putting the bank name or bank account number on the bill.”
“This is unfortunate and I don't know why he went down this path. He must fix the invoice as requested,” Gumede replied.
There was no problem before
Both Zuluboy and DFO confirmed that the parties have been functioning well to date with no payment issues.
but DJ Gogo The rapper still refuses to send the two bills as requested.
“I don't understand why these two billing issues would be an issue. I was never told to send my bill to different people. I was told to send my bill to my service provider. .”
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