South African musician Makhadzi and her now-former record label, Open Mic Productions have been demanded to pay R8.2 million due to a breach of contract.
It is alleged that the Limpopo singer failed to promote the Kokovha sneakers after signing a deal with the company.
According to Sunday World, Makhadzi was supposed to wear the sneakers to her shows and on stage and failure to oblige to the agreement of promoting the sneakers led to a huge loss for the company.
Kicks Sportswear founder and CEO Sammy Mhaule has opened a new store and has further business without the Limpopo-born star.
“I know that I spent a lot of time working on Kicks Kokovha and hoping it would work with Makhadzi as the one promoting this brand,” said Mhaule.
“We had bigger plans but they all went down the drain because she did not keep up with the terms and conditions of our agreement.”
“Yes, Kokovha, which was meant to be hers to work on, is going at half price because I need to get my money back, it’s like they left me to do damage control myself.
“However, I am excited to have also launched Champion X and I believe it will run in the direction I expect it to.”
According to Fakaza News, Kicks Kokovha representative, Nacinda Combrink from Radley Attorneys, said they had since served Makhadzi and Open Mic with rule 35 discovery notices and have not received a response to date.
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