Chicco, Motsepe fight over ANC film

Businesswoman disappears after asking artist to abort flighting of the flick

- By Ngwako Malatji

Businesswoman Bridgette Motsepe is accused of leaving film actors high and dry.

The platonic relationship between businesswoman Bridgette Motsepe and veteran music producer Sello "Chicco" Twala has collapsed after she allegedly refused to pay him more than R3-million she promised him if he aborted the production of a film, which was meant to expose corrupt ANC heavy weights.

News of the disintegration of their relationship, which spans over decades, came to the fore after actors who participated in the flick decided to picket outside Motsepe and Twala's homes in Joburg in protest of nonpayment of their acting fees.

A mole, who did not want to be named for fear of victimisation, alleged that trouble started when Twala, a staunch ANC supporter, was approached by Motsepe requesting that he abort the release of his film titled Worse Than Apartheid.

It is alleged that Motsepe was asked by the ANC top leadership, who caught wind of the movie, to engage Twala, her close associate. This was after he had rejected the ANC top brass' request not to release the film, which was supposed to hit the silver screens in May last year, shortly before the national general elections, saying that it was going to soil the party's image.

At the time, Twala had already spent millions of rands producing the film and was on the verge of securing a contract with top TV channel to air the movie.