admin“Soul Candi Management regretfully wishes to inform all Mi Casa fans in Zimbabwe that their performance tonight in Harare will not take place due to the promoter not meeting his contractual obligations.
“We are extremely disappointed and ensure you that Mi Casa and Soul Candi has done everything in their power to prevent this from happening.
“We hope that Mi Casa will visit Zimbabwe in the not too distant future,” reads the official Press release.
May 7 Entertainment spokesperson Max Mugaba could not be reached for a comment.
Disgruntled fans on social network said there was need for National Arts Council of Zimbabwe to revisit the procedures in giving licences to promoters.
“International artistes will refuse to perform here because the promoters are painting a bad picture to the outside world.
“How can they say that everything was in place?” said Ephraim Moyo, a Harare fan.
In the last few years, Zimbabwe has witnessed promoters who tell the public that all the paperwork has been sorted, when in actual fact nothing had been done. In 2009, the Shaggy Toxic Concert in Harare failed to take place at the Harare International Conference Centre after the organisers cancelled the bash a day before his arrival.
Apparently the organisers had been publicising a show yet a work permit — arguably the most crucial hurdle for an international performance — for the dancehall artiste had not been secured.
In 2011, Mavado’s show was postponed leaving fans stuck with advance tickets. Last year, South African gospel artiste Lundi Tyamara failed to stage a show and was subsequently deported after failing to produce a work permit.
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