{"id":20579,"date":"2018-07-11T09:51:02","date_gmt":"2018-07-11T07:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.com\/sa\/?p=20579"},"modified":"2018-07-11T09:51:02","modified_gmt":"2018-07-11T07:51:02","slug":"samro-board-drops-arthur-mafokate-as-the-non-executive-director","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/sa\/samro-board-drops-arthur-mafokate-as-the-non-executive-director\/","title":{"rendered":"SAMRO board drops Arthur Mafokate as the non-executive director"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Southern African Music Rights Organisation (SAMRO) made the decision to remove kwaito star Arthur Mafokate from his position as non-executive director of the SAMRO board.<\/p>\n<p>This come after allegation of his abuse to Cici have been making headlines.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cSAMRO strongly and unequivocally condemns any violence, and especially those perpetrated against women. This is something each member of our organization, including the board, is aware of,\u201d the statement reads, going on to say: \u201cThus, it was unanimously agreed that the ongoing court case involving Mr Mafokate and Ms Busisiwe Twala has continued to attract undesirable, and quite frankly worrying publicity, which has also caused serious harm to the public perception of the organisation.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Southern African Music Rights Organisation (SAMRO) made the decision to remove kwaito star Arthur Mafokate from his position as non-executive director of the SAMRO board. This come after allegation of his abuse to Cici have been making headlines. \u201cSAMRO strongly and unequivocally condemns any violence, and especially those perpetrated against women. This is something each [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6031,"featured_media":20580,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4853],"class_list":["post-20579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-arthur-mafokate-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>SAMRO board drops Arthur Mafokate as the non-executive director - Ghafla! South Africa<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/sa\/samro-board-drops-arthur-mafokate-as-the-non-executive-director\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"SAMRO board drops Arthur Mafokate as the non-executive director - Ghafla! South Africa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Southern African Music Rights Organisation (SAMRO) made the decision to remove kwaito star Arthur Mafokate from his position as non-executive director of the SAMRO board. This come after allegation of his abuse to Cici have been making headlines. \u201cSAMRO strongly and unequivocally condemns any violence, and especially those perpetrated against women. This is something each [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/sa\/samro-board-drops-arthur-mafokate-as-the-non-executive-director\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ghafla! South Africa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ghaflasouthafrica\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-07-11T07:51:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/sa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/07\/Arthur-Mafokate1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"670\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Molly Mwangi\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@molliemwangi\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ghaflasa\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Molly Mwangi\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/sa\/samro-board-drops-arthur-mafokate-as-the-non-executive-director\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/sa\/samro-board-drops-arthur-mafokate-as-the-non-executive-director\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Molly Mwangi\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/sa\/#\/schema\/person\/02994a0a17a12245b2248a3600940609\"},\"headline\":\"SAMRO board drops Arthur Mafokate as the non-executive director\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-07-11T07:51:02+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/sa\/samro-board-drops-arthur-mafokate-as-the-non-executive-director\/\"},\"wordCount\":121,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/sa\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/sa\/samro-board-drops-arthur-mafokate-as-the-non-executive-director\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/sa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/07\/Arthur-Mafokate1.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Arthur Mafokate news\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Entertainment\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/sa\/samro-board-drops-arthur-mafokate-as-the-non-executive-director\/#respond\"]}],\"copyrightYear\":\"2018\",\"copyrightHolder\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/#organization\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/sa\/samro-board-drops-arthur-mafokate-as-the-non-executive-director\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/sa\/samro-board-drops-arthur-mafokate-as-the-non-executive-director\/\",\"name\":\"SAMRO board drops Arthur Mafokate as the non-executive director - Ghafla! South Africa\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/sa\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/sa\/samro-board-drops-arthur-mafokate-as-the-non-executive-director\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/sa\/samro-board-drops-arthur-mafokate-as-the-non-executive-director\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/sa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/07\/Arthur-Mafokate1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-07-11T07:51:02+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/sa\/samro-board-drops-arthur-mafokate-as-the-non-executive-director\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/sa\/samro-board-drops-arthur-mafokate-as-the-non-executive-director\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/sa\/samro-board-drops-arthur-mafokate-as-the-non-executive-director\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/sa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/07\/Arthur-Mafokate1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/sa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/07\/Arthur-Mafokate1.jpg\",\"width\":600,\"height\":670},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/sa\/samro-board-drops-arthur-mafokate-as-the-non-executive-director\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/sa\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"SAMRO board drops Arthur Mafokate as the non-executive director\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/sa\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/sa\/\",\"name\":\"Ghafla! South Africa\",\"description\":\"Get The Latest South African Entertainment News\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/sa\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/sa\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/sa\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Ghafla! South Africa\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/sa\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/sa\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/sa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/04\/cropped-cropped-screenshot.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/sa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/04\/cropped-cropped-screenshot.png\",\"width\":187,\"height\":60,\"caption\":\"Ghafla! South Africa\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/sa\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ghaflasouthafrica\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/ghaflasa\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/sa\/#\/schema\/person\/02994a0a17a12245b2248a3600940609\",\"name\":\"Molly Mwangi\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/sa\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2afcc893dc6f7d8cf063aa8ec3d62d7d17dfa9388380e0b988b27f3edae4abcd?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2afcc893dc6f7d8cf063aa8ec3d62d7d17dfa9388380e0b988b27f3edae4abcd?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Molly Mwangi\"},\"description\":\"Lover of Life\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\",\"mollymwangi\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/molliemwangi\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/sa\/author\/mmwangi\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"SAMRO board drops Arthur Mafokate as the non-executive director - Ghafla! South Africa","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/sa\/samro-board-drops-arthur-mafokate-as-the-non-executive-director\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"SAMRO board drops Arthur Mafokate as the non-executive director - Ghafla! South Africa","og_description":"Southern African Music Rights Organisation (SAMRO) made the decision to remove kwaito star Arthur Mafokate from his position as non-executive director of the SAMRO board. This come after allegation of his abuse to Cici have been making headlines. \u201cSAMRO strongly and unequivocally condemns any violence, and especially those perpetrated against women. This is something each [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/sa\/samro-board-drops-arthur-mafokate-as-the-non-executive-director\/","og_site_name":"Ghafla! South Africa","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ghaflasouthafrica\/","article_published_time":"2018-07-11T07:51:02+00:00","og_image":[{"width":600,"height":670,"url":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/sa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/07\/Arthur-Mafokate1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Molly Mwangi","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@molliemwangi","twitter_site":"@ghaflasa","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Molly Mwangi","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/sa\/samro-board-drops-arthur-mafokate-as-the-non-executive-director\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/sa\/samro-board-drops-arthur-mafokate-as-the-non-executive-director\/"},"author":{"name":"Molly Mwangi","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/sa\/#\/schema\/person\/02994a0a17a12245b2248a3600940609"},"headline":"SAMRO board drops Arthur Mafokate as the non-executive director","datePublished":"2018-07-11T07:51:02+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/sa\/samro-board-drops-arthur-mafokate-as-the-non-executive-director\/"},"wordCount":121,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/sa\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/sa\/samro-board-drops-arthur-mafokate-as-the-non-executive-director\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/sa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/07\/Arthur-Mafokate1.jpg","keywords":["Arthur Mafokate news"],"articleSection":["Entertainment"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/sa\/samro-board-drops-arthur-mafokate-as-the-non-executive-director\/#respond"]}],"copyrightYear":"2018","copyrightHolder":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/#organization"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/sa\/samro-board-drops-arthur-mafokate-as-the-non-executive-director\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/sa\/samro-board-drops-arthur-mafokate-as-the-non-executive-director\/","name":"SAMRO board drops Arthur Mafokate as the non-executive director - Ghafla! South Africa","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/sa\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/sa\/samro-board-drops-arthur-mafokate-as-the-non-executive-director\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/sa\/samro-board-drops-arthur-mafokate-as-the-non-executive-director\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/sa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/07\/Arthur-Mafokate1.jpg","datePublished":"2018-07-11T07:51:02+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/sa\/samro-board-drops-arthur-mafokate-as-the-non-executive-director\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/sa\/samro-board-drops-arthur-mafokate-as-the-non-executive-director\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/sa\/samro-board-drops-arthur-mafokate-as-the-non-executive-director\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/sa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/07\/Arthur-Mafokate1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/sa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/07\/Arthur-Mafokate1.jpg","width":600,"height":670},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/sa\/samro-board-drops-arthur-mafokate-as-the-non-executive-director\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/sa\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"SAMRO board drops Arthur Mafokate as the non-executive director"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/sa\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/sa\/","name":"Ghafla! South Africa","description":"Get The Latest South African Entertainment News","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/sa\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/sa\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/sa\/#organization","name":"Ghafla! South Africa","url":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/sa\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/sa\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/sa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/04\/cropped-cropped-screenshot.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/sa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/04\/cropped-cropped-screenshot.png","width":187,"height":60,"caption":"Ghafla! South Africa"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/sa\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ghaflasouthafrica\/","https:\/\/x.com\/ghaflasa"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/sa\/#\/schema\/person\/02994a0a17a12245b2248a3600940609","name":"Molly Mwangi","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/sa\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2afcc893dc6f7d8cf063aa8ec3d62d7d17dfa9388380e0b988b27f3edae4abcd?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2afcc893dc6f7d8cf063aa8ec3d62d7d17dfa9388380e0b988b27f3edae4abcd?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Molly Mwangi"},"description":"Lover of Life","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke","mollymwangi","https:\/\/x.com\/molliemwangi"],"url":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/sa\/author\/mmwangi\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20579","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6031"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20579"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20579\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20581,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20579\/revisions\/20581"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}