Durban based Maskandi event organiser and promoter Xolani Mcineka is accused of owing businessman Mandla Shezi R45 000 for the work done during the Annual Impucuzeko Music Festival, that was held in August last year at the Moses Mabhida Stadium. Shezi was given a contract to supply security guards for the event.

Shezi made the accusation on social media responding to Mcineka's social media post where he shared that he had just married a second wife. In response Shezi said: "Xolani has the audacity to take a second wife while he owes me R45 000. I have been trying to get my money from him, but he is ignoring me. The fact that he released a statement accusing me of defrauding him while he has not opened a fraud case against me is absurd. I am in deep debts because I had to go around looking for money to pay my security personnel," Mandla said, claiming that Mcineka had promised to pay him the money on 12 August 2023 which he failed to do. ZiMoja is in possession of a screenshot where he was begging Mcineka for a meeting. "I called him in December, and he told me that he was in a meeting. After that, I have never reached him on his phone again. I'm not fighting with him or trying to discredit him; I just want my money for the job I did. I will never allow someone to not pay me when I worked hard for it," he said.

Mcineka has denied owing Mandla any money. In a statement, he said that he paid Mandla's company R45 000 deposit, but he failed to deliver as his security guards went on strike on the day of the event. "Our payment terms with him were that we were going to pay him 50% before the event and the balance was going to be paid 30 days after the event. We paid him the 50%, as agreed. The event started well with his team at their posts, but we realised that all the gates were no longer guarded at around 5pm. Security personnel were standing in groups and not working. People were walking in without paying the entrance fee. On enquiring, we discovered that the security guards had a pay dispute with Mandla and they decided to quit. We tried to find Mandla to understand what was going on as we were bleeding with no gate control and the people flocking in for free. Mandla was not on site and his phone was switched off," Mcineka said, adding that after his failed attempts to negotiate with his security team to get back to work, his staff handled the security requirements themselves. "We also moved the Neighbourhood Watch team to the gate which is not their expertise. We also had to move the Inkani Risk Solutions team from the VIP area and deployed them to the stage," he said.