Gospel promoters clash over SA group
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Joel Manuel of New Ground, a marketing and promotions company which is bringing Joyous Celebration here on August 8, is furious with another promoter, Thatayaone Matlapeng, who claims in his banners that he will have Joyous Celebration performing along side Benjamin Dube at the Blue Tree on Saturday.
The show will see Dube launching his album here, titled, High Praise Explosion. Tickets are selling for P150. Featured artistes are Sechaba, Patrick Duncan, Uche (from the super group Joyous Celebration), James Okun, and a local group Hosanna Gospel Ministries.
While the minister is of the view that the proposal would have significant positive economic impact, the entertainment industry players believe otherwise. The issue has over the weeks become a hot potato. But what is of essence right now is that the country needs liberal ideas to move in the right direction While opening up the economy may sound quite interesting to the ear, rolling out extended trading hours through pilot programmes without...