BLAQUE CREATION SUING GOVERNMENT E10MILLION

MBABANE – Blaque Creation is demanding E10 million compensation from government. The battle between entertainment stable Blaque Creation and the Royal Swaziland Police is far from over as the former is suing them for unlawfully shutting down their show which was staged in November 2015 at Somhlolo National Stadium.

 It was confirmed by Blaque Creation Director Sipho Makhanya’s Lawyer Leo Gama that the case is in court. He confirmed further that in respect of the fact that government in their responding papers stated that due to noise that was a disturbance to residents of that area and traditional authorities who reside nearby the event hosts (plaintiff) were given an order by government to reduce the sound systems’ volume on the said day. Instead the police defied this directive and opted to order the event hosts to shut down the show completely not just reduce the  sound  systems , and according to Gama his clients  Blaque Creation have  grounds to sue.

According to the lawyer, government (defendent) denies ever shutting down the show, yet this is an order the police gave the event organisers when they arrived at  Somhlolo National Stadium, where the show was staged.
Gama further confirmed that his client had all necessary documents and licences to proceed uninterrupted with the show, which is why the police ordering the plaintiff to close down the show was in bridge of their initial contract.
The show had been scheduled to start at noon according to promotional fliers as well as the application the entertainment stable filed with the police. 

In previous reports published in the Times of Swaziland, the police are quoted saying that Blaque Creation should shoulder the blame for the matter, giving the reason that their show was a non-starter. They highlighted that the initial agreement was that the show would have begun by noon but instead started  as late as 9pm, there were still young patrons loitering outside of the venue and very few patrons inside the stadium.

This the cops cited as a security risk.
The national commissioner of police in the report responded saying; “The show did not resume at noon as agreed upon when the stable notified us about it.  Instead, by 9pm there were a few people inside the stadium while most people were outside, something that was dangerous in as far as security is concerned.” The matter is still pending in court .

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