Diep City Star Dawn Thandeka King Wants Her Money From KZN Entertainment Awards
- DiepCity star Dawn Thandeka King has not been paid her prize money after she won the Best Actress award at the KZN Entertainment Awards
- The former Uzalo actress claims she only got R20 000 out of the R100 000 that she was supposed to bag
- The glittering awards ceremony was held for the first time in December last year at the ICC in Durban
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Dawn Thandeka King wants her prize money from the organisers of the KZN Entertainment Awards. The DiepCity star bagged the Best Actress award in December last year but only received the trophy. She now wants her bag.
The former Uzalo actress slammed the organisers for not paying her R100 000 that was supposed to accompany the award. The agitated award-winning thespian said she has only received R20 000 of the money.
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The awards were held in December last year at the ICC in Durban but organisers of the glittering event have reportedly failed to pay the winners. ZAlebs reports that Dawn told Ilanga that one of the organisers, Mhlo Gumede, had promised to give her R50 000 when her father passed away recently but only deposited R20 000.
Mhlo is Zandile Khumalo's hubby. Zandile is singer Kelly Khumalo's sis. Dawn wants Mhlo to pay her the rest on the money now.
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In related news, Briefly News reportedly recently that it has been four months since the KZN Entertainment Awards took place. The artists who walked away with accolades during the glittering ceremony held towards the end of December last year have reportedly not been paid their cash.
The likes of Sjava, Dawn Thandeka King, Nomcebo Zikode, Khuzani and many others were promised thousands of rand when they bagged some of the categories during the event held at the ICC in Durbs.
Sunday World reported that the winners of the first-ever KwaZulu-Natal Entertainment Awards have allegedly not received their cash as yet. The winners of the various categories were promised to walk away with R100 000 each while the KZN's Most Loved award was worth R500 000.
The event was hosted by larger-than-life media personality Somizi and Pearl Thusi.
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Source: Briefly News
