Sha Sha Breaks Her Silence After Not Showing Up At Fully Paid Gig At Vic Falls Carnival. Charmaine Shamiso Mapimbiro, professionally known as Sha Sha, is a Zimbabwean-born South African singer from Mutare. Hailed by many as “the queen of amapiano”, her career began in 2011, at the age of 19, and today she is dubbed as the queen of amapiano.
South African based amapiano queen, Sha Sha, has officially apologised to fans and promoters for pulling a no-show at the annual Vic Falls Carnival held a month ago. The BET award winning songbird, together with amapiano giants Scorpion Kings, did not show up for the carnival where they were billed to perform as headline acts despite receiving payments, hotel and flight bookings from the promoter.
The statement reads: “Hello to all my friends and fans who attended this year’s Vic Falls Carnival. I would like to apologise to you, and to the festival too, for not attending this year’s edition. Over the past few months, there have been a lot of changes in my environment. A lot of you might have noticed my silence on social media too. It’s important that I share with you all that, right now, I’m at a moment that marks the end of some things but the wonderful beginnings of others too.In the middle of it all, I was unable to fulfil my commitment to be part of the carnival”.
She added: “I know this caused a lot of disappointment, but I am asking you to please trust me to make it up to you. My team and I are working hard to come up with a new plan, together with the festival organisers, who have been incredibly patient and supportive. I hope we can announce our plans, alongside some even more exciting news, in the weeks to come. I can’t wait to perform for all of you. Love to everyone.”
Her apology comes after the Vic Falls Carnival organiser wrote a letter of demand for half a million rands to the trio (Sha Sha and Scorpion Kings). Through his legal team, Rudolph Baloyi of RB Inc., the organiser said he incurred expenses amounting to R414 147. 00 (US$25 447) and is demanding it from the Scorpion Kings and Sha Sha.The letter of demand reads: “It is common cause that all the booking, travel, accommodation and tax fees were paid by our client well in advance. Despite the fact that all confirmations were done well in advance, the artists did not attend and/or perform as booked, and there has been no explanation whatsoever for the artists’ failure to attend and/or perform, not even a mere apology.”
