Summer Splash Soweto Festival turns to disaster

The Summer Splash Soweto Festival was to be a success. It however turned out to be a disaster, and was shut down on Sunday.

Performers failed to grace the occasion after it came out that they had not been paid.

One musician, Donald Moatshe, took to Twitter to tell his fans that he would not be performing as earlier scheduled.

Because they were booked and did not receive payment, musicians did not see a point of performing at the Summer Fest.

“I was booked for the Saturday gig. I did not perform because I was never paid,” one artist said.

Summer Splash Soweto Festival

The Summer Splash Soweto Music is an initiative by music group Kwela Tebza. It is made up of brothers Tshepo, Tebogo and Mpho Lerole.

The event started on Saturday with house and hip-hop musicians like AKA, Riky Rick, Major League, Duma Ntando and Ganyani billed to perform.

Sources said the only major artist to perform on Saturday was Riky Rick. The Sunday gig featured soul and Afro-pop musicians.