There are not often consequences for men who are reported to have sexually abused women. But maybe, just maybe things are changing for the better.
Days later, the Cape Town International Jazz Festival announced that it had removed Sjava from its 2020 line-up. On Thursday morning, broadcaster Multichoice announced that the DStv Mzansi Viewer’s Choice awards had withdrawn his name from the song of the year and best artist nominee lists, in addition to cancelling his performance at the award ceremony.
Sjava has rejected the allegations made against him. Writing on Facebook and Twitter, “Okoqala, angimdlwengulanga uLady Zamar. I did not rape her,” he said. He also shared a timeline of encounters between him, Lady Zamar and their legal teams since she first made the allegations on Twitter. His denials ought not to make the very serious allegations made against him any less serious. And the professional consequences he has faced cannot be substituted for justice.
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