Spending row in Durban over $100k Nicki Minaj gig
eThekwini Municipality has come in for criticism after it emerged it will spend almost 4m rand on two concerts by Minaj and TI
News By IQ | 9 March 2016
A political row is brewing in South Africa over plans by eThekwini Municipality to spend 3.7 million rand (US$241,800) promoting concerts by American rappers Nicki Minaj and TI.
TI (pictured) will perform at Durban Botanic Gardens this Friday (11 March) at a cost to the city of R1.5m ($98,000), while Minaj will play the 54,000-capacity Moses Mabhida Stadium, also in Durban, on 20 March, with R1.5m of public funds spent on hiring the stadium and a further R250,000 ($16,350) towards marketing the…
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