By Style Reporter
Sungura musician Brian Samaita (pictured below)says he will have to wait for a case before the courts in which he was allegedly duped of US$90 000 by a Harare lawyer over a property deal to release his compilation gospel album.
Late last year Samaita reported Shepherd Makonyere and his alleged accomplice Secline Nyamudeza to the police for fraudulently selling him a property in Mutare’s Morningside low-density suburb.
The musician said the duo sold the property when they knew that it belonged to someone else.
The case had a false start before court due to the unavailability of the presiding magistrate on January 20 and was postponed to May 23.
However, the musician said he had been compelled to shelve plans to release the album and other projects due to the court case.
He said the case could also be affected by the 21-day lockdown that was imposed by the government to slow down the spread of Covid-19.
“This has had ripple effects on my music project. We have the lockdown and there is a pending court case. All this has affected my music project,” he said.
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The musician, who relies mostly on corporate functions, said the lockdown was adversely affecting his business.
“I am a popular performer at corporate functions, but due to the lockdown there is no business,” he said.
“However, we have to abide by the measures imposed to curb coronavirus because it’s deadly.”
Songs on the album, which were all written by Samaita, include Herudhe, taken off the album Ndafunga Dembo, Iye Anonzwa (Rinoonekwa Nemavanga), Jerusarema (Kumazivandadzoka), Solomon, as well as Peter (Murodzi Wepfungwa).
