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London (News Of The South) -In another setback UKBA Pretoria office failed to issue visas for Zimbabwean artists due to perform at the long awaited Heritage Festival set for Luton on Saturday.
This is not the first time it has happened and service users are continuously losing money and music fans are let down.
Priority visa applications were made for Zimbabwean artists Sam DONDO, Madam Boss, Kuda Mutsvene, Vimbai Zimuto, and Bazooker. According to UKBA priority visas are issued within 7 days but of late this has not been happening so a lot of music promoters keep losing money to UKBA.
Just a few months ago Phabb Entertainment were also let down in March when visas for Greatman, Macheso and Sulu Chimbetu could not be processed on time and the live gig had to be postponed.
Efforts to get a reasonable comment from Pretoria UK visa office were fruitless as all they could say was “We are processing”.
One wonders what’s going on at their office as everything is chaotic and service delivery is horrendous, to make matters worse they do not refund money spent on applications even though the delays and inconvenience are from their side.
Previously priority visa applications were processed and produced within stipulated times but now the service delivery which took a nose dive continues to deteriorate.
The good news though is that the Heritage Cultural Festival is going ahead with UK based artists Tsungai Tsikirai, Nommie , and other artists and DJS who will be in rotation.
Tickets are going for a s little as £10 .
The festival kicks off at 12 midday and event organisers Dream Team Entertainment led by Kudzai Chipadze aka “ Kaycee” are encouraging Zimbabweans and non Zimbabweans to come and enjoy the day where lots of food and drinks and entertainment will be in abundance.
Highly annoyed Festival Organiser Kaycee said “The UNited Kingdom embassy or high commission in Pretoria keeps letting us down as businesses we encounter a lot of losses as promoters we lose credibility with our customers. When we put a show together we expect it to happen smoothly like the way we take our money out of our pockets to pay for the services. Its ridiculous for them to charge for a priority service meant for one week then it takes more than a month”.
There will also be several stalls selling various products , the UK Zimbabwe Fund raising Committee will also have a stall selling various items and proceeds will go to the Zimgems , Zimbabwe. National Netball team.
The Heritage Cultural Zimbabwe Festival will be held at Stanbridge and Tilsworth Community Hall, Stanbridge road, Tilsworth, LU 7 9PN in Luton
For more information Tel 0044747549216025
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