by Thinus Ferreira
Moja Love (DStv 157) is silent and decided not to comment after yet another producer came forward to claim that the TV channel stole her show idea proposal and that the channel head also asked for bribes which kept increasing.
City Press reports that Nonkuthula Maseko-Malungane, known as Shlahlasedlozi, claims Moja Love stole her submitted programming proposal for what became the existing Fake Gobela, and that the channel head asked for a bribe of R15 000 and later R32 000 for her show to make it to air.
Nonkuthula Maseko-Malungane demands R10 million from Moja Love, alleging intellectual property (IP) theft.
Moja Love has been accused of stealing show ideas for programmes which ended up on the channel ranging from A Se Nna and Child Manyonyoba, to Family Swap, KuRuff, Lekunutu and others.
Nonkuthula Maseko-Malungane claims that the former Moja Love channel head Bokani Moyo demanded a bribe of R15 000 which she first had to pay in cash to have her show idea be considered by the channel.
Later, Bokani Moyo allegedly demanded a R32 000 bribe to be paid.
Nonkuthula Maseko-Malungane, who owns Shlahlasedlozi Media, sent Bokani Moyo her show idea of Abalaphi Bendabuko in late 2019 and had an in-office meeting with Bokani Moyo, and after that Whatsapp conversations.
She claims her pitch became Fake Gobela.
According to her, she was shocked when Moja Love then started promoting Fake Gobela which is identical to the show she pitched which is exposing fake traditional healers in South Africa.
Nonkuthula Maseko-Malungane told City Press that she saw"a post from a guy that Moja Love had stolen his show concept".
"A month later they advertised my show. I immediately called Bokani Moyo. She told me that the show was not mine and the legal team would get in touch with me to give me answers".
Nonkuthula Maseko-Malungane then contacted Moja Love's legal team after hearing nothing and they told her that they have no knowledge of her show.
Nonzwakazi Cekete, Moja Love spokesperson, promised she would respond to City Press' media query but didn't.
