Cape Town - A video purportedly showing rapper and television presenter Nomuzi Mabena involved in a freak accident while doing an Instagram live broadcast was not part of an awareness campaign, says the Road Traffic Management Corporation.
RTMC, an agency of the national Department of Transport, issued a statement after the crash trended overnight and most of Friday morning.
1/ The Road Traffic Management Corporation distances itself from the video that has been circulating on social media, purporting to be a road safety awareness campaign.
— Road Traffic Management Corporation (@TrafficRTMC) January 11, 2019
2/ The Corporation has not commissioned any music artist or celebrity to do a road safety awareness or arrive alive campaign. The alleged incident that has gone viral on social
— Road Traffic Management Corporation (@TrafficRTMC) January 11, 2019
3/ We condemn the actions of recording a video, texting or utilising social media whilst driving. This is one of the conducts that undermines the efforts to reduce road crashes and fatalities on the roads, which claims thousands of lives and costs the economy billions of rands.
— Road Traffic Management Corporation (@TrafficRTMC) January 11, 2019
The video caused consternation on social media late on Thursday night.
In the video the popular celebrity, who is best known by her stage name Moozlie, can be seen making an appeal for aspiring artists to sign with her label. The live feed lurches and the car windscreen can be seen shattering before the feed is abruptly cut.
Details about the accident as well as Moozlie's condition are unclear. Repeated attempts to contact her manager Sbuda Roc have been unsuccessful.
Author Jackie Phamotse, who is a friend of Moozlie's, also took to Instagram to make a tearful appeal for anyone with information on the rapper's whereabouts to come forward.
Rapper Rouge posted a similar appeal for information on Twitter.
Guys listen has anybody been able to get ahold of @NoMoozlie???????? I'm so scared! Please let me know If Anyone can reach her????????????