She posed for airport pics and
did airport interviews but singer Babes Wodumo might not actually be able to
use an airport and end up missing the BET Awards 2017 on Sunday that she is
supposed to attend in Los Angeles.
Babes Wodumo doesn’t have an American
visa and failed to apply for one in time.
While Babes Wodumo (real name Bongekile
Simelane) posed for the cameras last week and had time to attend a celebratory
eThekwini municipality “send-off breakfast”, she hasn’t yet applied for her
American travel visa for her first visit to the United States and only went to
the American Embassy in Durban on Tuesday.
That is not enough time for the still to
happen person-to-person interview, visa documents to be processed and for the
visa to be inserted into a passport for Babes to still fly to Los Angeles for
Sunday’s BET Awards 2017 at the Microsoft Theatre that will be broadcast on BET
Africa (DStv 129).
The Durban rapper Nasty C also attending the
BET Awards 2017 is already in America. The two South African artists are
nominated in the Best international African artist category.
Viacom International Media Networks Africa
(VIMN Africa) that operates the BET channel, says they are aware that Babes is
still sitting without an American visa and can’t currently enter the United
States.
VIMN tells TVwithThinus in response to a media
enquiry that "as Viacom International Media
Networks Africa, we have assisted the 2017 BET Awards nominees in securing
their travel requirements in a speedy manner".
"However it has been
brought to our attention by the management of the nominee in question that she
has not secured a visa. We are in contact with the nominee’s management and are
working together to find a solution."
Will Babes get her behind
in a BET Awards seat in time?
