SANDS, EX-MANAGER LEGAL BATTLE CONTINUES

MBABANE - Music sensation Sandziso ‘Sands’ Matsebula alleges that his former manager Phila ‘Koshin’ Dlamini forged his signature on a document which he later attempted to use to claim payment from a South Africa company on his behalf.

According to Matsebula, Dlamini was under criminal investigations in the Republic of South Africa in the Magistrates Court for the District of Hillbrow under case No.957/20178 for allegedly claiming royalties due to him (Matsebula) from Content Connect Africa (PTY) Limited. “The premise of the criminal charges which were laid by Content Connect Africa is that Dlamini attempted to defraud the company by producing a forged document for purposes of claiming payment that was not due to him,” alleged Matsebula. Matsebula and Dlamini are embroiled in a legal battle over the artist’s Sands of Time” album.

Through his company, Icon PB (PTY) Limited, Dlamini has since taken Matsebula and Kingdom Tales to court. Dlamini, who is the director of Icon PB (PTY) Limited, wants the High Court to declare that the masters to the studio album ‘Sands of Times’ are owned by his company (Icon PB (PTY) Limited). A master recording is the official original recording of a musical piece. It is the source from which all later copies are made of and the holder of the master has the right to use that recorded  piece in any way, The masters, unless specifically agreed, are owned by the party that financed the record. The applicant (Icon PB (PTY) Limited) is further praying for an order interdicting and restraining Matsebula and Kingdom Tales from using and/or deriving any benefits from the masters of the album and/or any material extracted therefrom. Dlamini told the court that the relationship between him and Matsebula, in his capacity as his managing director had its flaws but they remained professional for the benefit of the project.

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“Things took a turn for the worst in August 2017. Matsebula had developed an attitude towards me personally.  I paid no mind to this as I believed it was the stress that came with the demands of the music industry, “submitted Dlamini. He told the court that it was not until he was informed that Matsebula was taking bookings personally that he realised that the problem was greater than he had imagined. In his answering affidavit, Matsebula averred that Dlamini’s allegation to right of ownership of the master of his (Matsebula) music was premises on an alleged agreement signed on January 20, 2016.   He informed the court that Dlamini conveniently excluded the said agreement in his founding affidavit; because he was allegedly aware he questioned it on numerous occasions.  

Matsebula averred that the alleged agreement was forged and this was confirmed by an independent professional forensic handwriting expert. 

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