Here we go again! Uyajola 9/9 presenter, Jub Jub has been thrust into another scandal pertaining abuse and harassment.
This time the accusations of abuse against his female business partner Keabetswe Mokoena. But according to Jub Jub, the claims are merely “false accusations.”
Keabetswe and Jub Jub are jointly involved in the NGO Raah Foundation, which was contracted by the government to organise the festival.
Over the weekend, the star cancelled his Moses Kotane Arts Festival at the last minute over Mokoena’s claims which have reportedly “sabotaged” the event.
The music fest was expected to take place between 3-4 December at the Moruleng Stadium in North West.
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In a lengthy statement posted on Instagram, Jub Jub revealed he had canned the music festival to “save” his brand.
Days before that, Mokoena accused the Moja Love star of verbal abuse, harassment, emotional stress, and “substantial harm to her professional reputation and business”.
She mentioned that she “feared” for her life following alleged threats made by Jub Jub. Including the fact that the musician of trying to benefit from the community project.
“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 regards to the Moses Kotane Arts festival. I’m not prepared to say much, except that the allegations are not true.”
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Jub Jub has however flipped the script, accusing Mokoena of exploiting young artists, misappropriating funds, and extorting stakeholders.
“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: “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”.
“I am scared for my life because I do not know what he is planning to do to me when this is over”, says the business partner.
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”.