Arnold Ncube, a perfoming artist with Lothu Lothu Theatre group who was instrumental in organizing social events for the St. Columbas day stands accused of duping Kwabatsha theatre group of their dues for their performance during St. Columbas day.
Ncube, approached Kwabatsha Dance Company (KDC) in April asking them to perform at the annual Anglican church festivities in return for an undisclosed monetary ‘token of appreciation’. KDC agreed to his proposal and performed on the occasion of St. Columbas day.
However, things turned ugly when their token of appreciation took ages to reach the dance company’s coffers. The director of KDC approached Ncube on the 15th of May to demand their dues and Ncube told him that the church is still organizing their dues.
Ncube visited the KDC rehearsal venue this week to give them their dues and to the surprise of theatre and dance artists at Kwabatsha they only got a two litre bottle of Mazoe orange crush and six bars of soap. According to KDC this is what they had agreed upon with Ncube.
This is not the first time that Kwabatsha has been duped. In 2008 they were invited by a local arts promoter to perform in Europe for three months. They never got any money for their performances in Europe except daily allowances of ten Euro per day.
The arts industry in Zimbabwe is taken for granted and practitioners in the industry have never been treated as professionals. Cases of sexual abuse are also rampant in the industry.
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