Times Of Swaziland: BLAQUE CREATION SUING  GOVERNMENT E10MILLION

BLAQUE CREATION SUING  GOVERNMENT E10MILLION
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 BY PHUMLA DLAMINI on 23/03/2017 07:41:00


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 .