Businesswoman fears for her life as partnership with Jub Jub ends in tears.
Jub Jub, a South African singer and host of Uyajola 9/9, is currently embroiled in yet another scandal involving his name. This time, allegations of abuse against his female business partner Keabetswe Mokoena are being made.
However, the musician and Moja Love singer insists that the allegations are only “fake charges.”
Due to Mokoena’s accusations that he “sabotaged” the event, the celebrity abruptly canceled his Moses Kotane Arts Festival over the weekend. The North West Moruleng Stadium was scheduled to host the music festival from December 3 to 4.
Mokoena and Jub Jub work together in the NGO Raah Foundation, which the government hired to plan the event.
Jub Jub stated he had canceled the music festival to “defend my brand” in a lengthy Instagram message. This was due to explosive claims made by Keabetswe Mokoena, who was also involved in the event’s organization.
A few days prior, Mokoena alleged verbal abuse, harassment, emotional stress, and “severe harm to her professional reputation and career” against the Moja Love singer. She further charged that the musician was attempting to profit from the neighborhood initiative.
Jub Jub responded: “It has been brought to my attention that there are certain allegations leveled against me by an individual I believed to be my business partner with regard to the Moses Kotane Arts festival. I’m not prepared to say much, except that the allegations are not true.”
He continued: “When I started the project my vision was to uplift the arts and mend broken dreams in the community of Moses Kotane, where a lot of the young people have lost hope. I thought that collaborating with certain individuals would make the vision tangible, but it certainly didn’t”.
Jub Jub then reversed the narrative, accused Mokoena of taking advantage of young artists, stealing money, and blackmailing stakeholders.
He continued: “I had initially wanted to exclude myself from the preparations due to issues of corruption, misuse of funds, and exploitation that were brought to my attention”.
Referring to Mokoena, he added: “The individual who I believe to be my business partner decided to use my name to extort money from key individuals and mislead people with false accusations, bring my brand into disrepute
“I believe in doing business with honesty and integrity and hence I removed myself from all preparations”.
Only a few days earlier, Keabetswe Mokoena claimed to have “feared” for her life after Jub Jub allegedly threatened her.
She told the publication: “I am scared for my life because I do not know what he is planning to do to me when this is over”.
Mokoena also accused Jub Jub of “expelling” young artists and “sidelining” her from the project. The woman also claimed that the Uyajola 9/9 star allegedly insulted her mother’s private parts in a WhatsApp message.
She added: “A woman has fallen victim to abuse in the hands of Jub Jub during 16 Days of Activism”.