Uyajola9/9 presenter Jub Jub fired by Moja Love

Presenter Molemo “Jub Jub” Maarohanye has been fired by Moja Love for alleged offensive behaviour that has landed the channel within the media for all of the flawed causes.

In line with Citypress, Maarohanye went too far in December after allegedly wrecking its relationship with one in all its funders, the Bakgatla-ba-Kgafela tribal neighborhood.

This got here after he was accused of inflicting the cancellation of the Moses Kotane Arts Competition, which is organised by Moja Love, and threatening to hurt enterprise accomplice Keabetswe Mokoena, which culminated in a courtroom case.

He appeared within the Rustenburg Magistrates’ Court docket in North West on Wednesday.

It is usually understood that this was not the primary time the Uyajola 99 tv present host was proven the door.

In December 2021, he was allegedly fired and later reinstated following his authorized staff’s intervention due to a controversial interview he carried out with media persona Macgyver Mukwevho on YouTube channel Podcast and Chill With MacG, which was aired on Channel O.

Within the interview, which went viral, Maarohanye talked about his former lovers utilizing derogatory phrases.

He additionally claimed that songstress Kelly Khumalo had lured him away from standard presenter and actor Amanda du-Pont, and he gave unflattering particulars about these relationships.

This time, nevertheless, Maarohanye appears to have run out of luck, as it’s understood that he was requested to go away Moja Love two weeks in the past.

He was knowledgeable that the channel wouldn’t be renewing his contract when it ends on March 18.

Nonetheless, the favored presenter is about to problem his dismissal this week, as his lawyer, Ntsako Baloyi of Baloyi-Ntsako Attorneys, has indicated that Maarohanye has directed him to file an software to overturn his boss’ choice within the Johannesburg Excessive Court docket tomorrow.

Baloyi confirmed that his shopper had been fired from the channel by means of an electronic mail he obtained after difficult its CEO Aubrey Tau’s choice to withhold his fee for final month.

Baloyi mentioned:
It’s not clear why he was dismissed. It’s unlucky that he wasn’t paid his wage for January. After we enquired about it and demanded that he be paid, we obtained a letter stating that he had been let go.

“We’re within the technique of approaching the excessive courtroom and we don’t wish to talk about particulars in the intervening time.”

A senior supply on the channel informed Metropolis Press that Maarohanye had been knowledgeable of his dismissal two weeks in the past, additionally by means of a letter.

This had been triggered by Maarohanye’s dissatisfaction with Tau’s choice to withhold final month’s wage as punishment for the matter involving Mokoena.

“They didn’t wish to fireplace him at first. They gave him the choice of apologising to the lady who was organising the Moruleng occasion with him, after they withheld his wage final month.

That occasion was held in Moruleng, the place the Bakgatla-ba-Kgafela are primarily based. They’re the first funders of Siyaya TV [which owns Moja Love], so these guys referred to as Tau personally, asking him to intervene as a result of Jub Jub was disrespecting their folks and had insulted a younger lady who was from the realm and had spat of their faces,” mentioned the supply.

In December, Mokoena informed Metropolis Press that she had instructed her legal professionals, Munyai Tshilidzi Attorneys, to instigate a lawsuit and a safety order towards Maarohanye after the failure of the music competition.

She alleged that the Ndikhokhele hitmaker had despatched her WhatsApp voice notes, threatening to kill her and disrupt her enterprise.

She added that he had hurled insults at her by calling her a “bitch” and referring to her mom’s genitals in a WhatsApp group.

The supply mentioned that Tau had initially tried to point out leniency to Maarohanye – due to his recognition – by docking his month-to-month wage slightly than firing him.

“Nonetheless, Jub Jub ran to his legal professionals and made issues worse for himself by insisting that he obtain his January wage. Tau was aggravated by the language and tone Baloyi utilized in his letter to him, during which he wrote that Moja Love was being run like a spaza store.

Baloyi additionally wrote that he didn’t perceive why Jub Jub’s wage hadn’t been paid due to a dispute that wasn’t linked to his work at Moja Love,” mentioned the supply.

Metropolis Press has seen electronic mail correspondence between the Bakgatla-ba-Kgafela conventional council’s chairperson Kgosi John Pilane and Tau, during which the channel’s CEO expressed his disappointment in Maarohanye.

A part of an electronic mail learn:
I’ve obtained a name from Keabetswe concerning the behaviour of Jub Jub. He’s a really troublesome and ill-disciplined individual to work with. He doesn’t respect the settlement of contracts. I don’t speak to him so much, as I don’t like ill-disciplined folks … I believe he wants assist, however he’s the one one who may help himself.

By the point of going to print, Tau had not responded to requests for remark.

Metropolis Press understands that new Moja Love sensation and Maarohanye’s former bodyguard, Xolani “Mr X” Maphanga of the favored X-Repo present, has been tipped to switch the singer on Uyajola 99.

Moja Love head of channels Bokani Moyo mentioned: “Jub Jub is an impartial contractor and due to this fact can’t be dismissed, as he’s not a everlasting worker of the channel.

“Moja Love can also be not at liberty to debate the contents of his contract, as it’s confidential and of a privileged nature.”

– Citypress