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Kwaito king Arthur Mafokate in racist spat over guest house

Picture credit: Gallo Images / The Times / Shelley Christians.
Picture credit: Gallo Images / The Times / Shelley Christians.

Kwaito king and Kaffir hitmaker Arthur Mafokate has been entangled in a racist dispute with two business people over the website of his newly acquired guest house Villa Rosa in Carlswald, Midrand.

Mafokate was told on Thursday that he is  a  “racist  b***ard” by Midrand website designer Quintin Myers.

The 999 Music boss was also allegedly told that he was a “fool” by a businesswoman only known  as Vanessa,  whose  husband sold him a guest house.

This after he complained that she was a “white lady who treated him  with disrespect because he is black”. The imbroglio will not go nowhere as Mafokate, who is aggrieved by the tiff, has forgiven them.

Mafokate confirmed  that  he  was  involved inaracist dispute with the duo but said he had forgiven the pair. He claimed the  fight started when Vanessa allegedly subjected him to a racist attack when she found him at the guest house.

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