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Bev boss on extortion charges by female dancers
03 Jan 2016 at 08:25hrs | Views
Pole dancer Beverley Sibanda's manager Hapaguti Mapimhidze has been accused of "intimidation and extortionist tendencies" by some female dancers.
According to the Standard Style, a group of female dancers said they were forced to pay subscription fees that he abused to "oil" his own projects.
"We are bitter with Harpers, he is abusing us and if one does not pay up subscriptions, he threatens them with unspecified action and we are tired of his actions.
"We no longer want him to represent us and he should do the honourable thing of resigning," said one of the dancers who dances with a prominent dance group.
Mapimhidze is accused of organised an award ceremony ‘to honour himself and his friend Sibanda'.
"We are saying our money should not be used to organise cosmetic awards. We wanted our livelihoods to be improved. We work for drunken people and we get abused everyday but DAZ is doing nothing, all they want is subscriptions from us."
Mapimhidze is Dancers Association of Zimbabwe (DAZ) president.
According to the Standard Style, a group of female dancers said they were forced to pay subscription fees that he abused to "oil" his own projects.
"We are bitter with Harpers, he is abusing us and if one does not pay up subscriptions, he threatens them with unspecified action and we are tired of his actions.
Mapimhidze is accused of organised an award ceremony ‘to honour himself and his friend Sibanda'.
"We are saying our money should not be used to organise cosmetic awards. We wanted our livelihoods to be improved. We work for drunken people and we get abused everyday but DAZ is doing nothing, all they want is subscriptions from us."
Mapimhidze is Dancers Association of Zimbabwe (DAZ) president.
Source - The Standard
