Businessman wants court to stop Joe Thomas

The promoter, Kgosietsile Mariri of BP Implements, has applied to the High Court alleging that the sponsors Kgalagadi Breweries Limited, 'stole' the idea from him. However KBL's defense is that Mariri cannot claim any exclusive rights over the singer.

Mariri claims that he met Thomas at one of his shows in Mzanzi in 2011. He got to meet the artist after the show and one of the annexures before court is a picture of the two men shaking hands at the Sandton Convention Centre as they pose for a picture.He would later put together a 48-page proposal for a Joe Thomas show in Botswana and shopped it to KBL.