BREAKING NEWS: Zambia deports racy SA dancer Zodwa Wabantu

Zodwa Wabantu. Picture: Instagram/@zodwalibram

Zodwa Wabantu. Picture: Instagram/@zodwalibram

Published Mar 10, 2018

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Lusaka - Zambia on Saturday deported controversial South African dancer, Zodwa Wabantu, who is

popularly known for performing without underwear, on the grounds

that her performance would "undermine national values".

Zambia is a very conservative country whose constitution

explicitly states that it is a Christian nation, in contrast

with more liberal South Africa.

"Zodwa has been deported," her Zambian promoter Lucky

Munakampe told Reuters. Munakampe said she had flown out at 0520

GMT on a South African Airways flight.

The dancer had been due to perform on Saturday in Lusaka at

the launch of a music album organised by a local entertainment

company, Sunset Sound Production.

The organisers of the show said in a statement earlier this

week that Zambia's National Arts Council had rejected their

application.

"The Council stated that... Zodwa's performances were not in

the public interest and undermined our national values," the

statement said. 

Reuters

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