Zimbabwean celebrities and socialites have been victims fake zvipo at weddings and events for years.These fake zvipo at events have come to light after Musician Greatman reported to the Sunday Mail that he believed his gifts at his wedding were stolen by the wedding event planner TEO Events.
TEO Events responded to these allegations saying all the presens and gifts that were pledged were recorded and everyone who pledged must come out and confess kuti vakabhadhara zvipo here. Celebrities like Mai TT pledged $1000 USD to Greatman but i seems she had not paid. Amai TT also had a wedding and many celebried pledged from $1000 to $10000 US Dollars but it appears a majority of this money was never paid.
Madam Boss is also a victinm of zvipo zvekunyepa.After she won her Peoples Choice awards, she had a celebration function and many celebrities and socialites pledged money on social media in front of the camera , but rumors are that out of the 50K USD plus that was pledged over 50% of the money was ever given to her.
The Greatman wedding drama has put light to people who promise to give people presents and never deliver. Social media is putting pressure on many of our celebrities and socialites who potray a perfect and successfull life on social media when in real life they struggle like the millions on Zimbabweans
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Greatman Accuses TEO Events Of Dishonesty
By A Correspondent- A dispute has emerged between Greatman (Tongai Gwaze) a Zimbabwean musician and TEO Events over the former’s failure to pay US$2 500 for services provided at his wedding.
Greatman wedded Silibaziso Masara barely two weeks ago at an event that was dubbed the wedding of the year.
The musician accuses TEO Events of dishonesty in handling donated funds and goods.
Speaking during an interview with the Sunday Mail, Greatman claims TEO Events completely took over the event and monopolized everything.
He said:
They monopolized everything! TEO directed all cash donations to their bank accounts and mobile numbers for mobile money transfers. Goods were received on our behalf. We got nothing.
What is surprising though is that there are service providers that are yet to be paid. I am said to be in arrears of more than US$2 500. However, I know cash donations that came through on the day and before could have easily settled the debts.
TEO has failed to provide a financial statement or receipts showing how funds were used. Up to now, I don’t even know how much money we got from various people, including pledges and goods. We have been kept in the dark.
Meanwhile, Matthew Mhembere of TEO Events said Greatman and his family were being ungrateful. He argued that it was not his responsibility to meet their debts.
He said:
They now want to ask how much money we got from donations and pledges, yet they don’t even care about the expenses I incurred in making the event a success. Besides, it is not my responsibility to meet their debts.
Mhembere said he doesn’t know what else they want from him since he settled all the wedding costs that came under him. He added that he doesn’t want to talk to Greatman and his family again.-statemedia
