In a move likely to leave her Zambian
fans panting with rage, the Government says Zodwa Wabantu, the South African dancer who finds undergarments an inconvenience when doing her thing, is not welcome here.
National Guidance and Religious
Affairs Minister Rev Sumaili says
Zondwa’s sexually provocative
dressing and dancing has the potential
to corrupt morals of the citizenry.
In an interview yesterday, Rev Sumaili
said as a Christian Nation, Zambia
could not provide Zondwa the
platform to strut her stuff anywhere in
the country as doing so was would be
tantamount to promoting immorality.
“It is so clear; we are a Christian
Nation and we uphold the values of
morality and ethics. We uphold human
dignity, so as a nation, we cannot
allow such. I mean, someone
performing without underwear, there
is no morality there,” Rev Sumaili said.
Rev Sumaili’s remarks followed reports
and adverts circulating on social
media that Zondwa, hugely
controversial even in liberal South
Africa for performing without
underwear, provocative dressing and
suggestive dancing, was among the
headliners slated to perform at Karasa
Karayo’s ‘Pandemonium’ album launch
on March 10, 2018 at the Hollywood
Night Club in Lusaka.
Rev Sumaili said while investigations
had revealed that the promoter had
not yet applied for a permit for
Zodwa, the Government’s position
was that it would not be granted.
The Zimbabwean government last year
barred Zodwa from entering the
country again after she failed to
commit to not performing without
underwear.
Similarly, Lesotho kept her from
performing there after Members of
Parliament reached a consensus that
allowing Zondwa to perform would be
against the country’s public indecency
laws. Credit: Times of Zambia
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