The following is a letter from the well-known South African business man Kenny Kunene addresses to the local newspaper (Sunday World). I must say Kenny if the letter was written directly by him, well, he can make a good editor for the Sunday World and the Sowetan newspaper too. LOL at the Sunday World!
Dear
Sunday World
The word “allegedly “is
not a get out of jail free card for all journalists, and I intend to prove that
by using the unfounded and vindictive article on page 1 and 2 of 27 November
2011 as a case study. Ngwako Malatji’s article claims to have an
anonymous source which is supposedly a family relative of mine. This supposed
source seems to believe that my wife, Mathato, and I are getting a divorce.
This
is the first major error in your article. We are
not getting a divorce, nor is it something that either of us have ever even
considered. Please feel free to confirm this fact with Mathato, if she could
ever even be induced to speak to you in the first place, as speaking to anyone
from Sunday World is a lot like trying to kiss a cobra.
The
second falsehood in the article is the statement
that Ezra is my cousin. He is not, a fact that should hardly be difficult to
prove. He has made it utterly clear that he never said any of the things that
your article claims, and he is willing to make a sworn affidavit to this
effect. Find attached an email from Ezra distancing himself from your bullshit
story.
Thirdly, you claim that my “affair” with Eda Rose (not “Edith” can
you not even get someone’s name right?) incensed Mathato. This is untrue. My
wife does not care about anything that happens on my TV show. Eda Rose was my
date to a wedding. That controversy existed mainly in the mind of the media. My
wife could not have cared less.
It’s no secret that I believe in polygamy,
and my wife knows this. For your fourth blunder, your source
claims that my family
“reprimanded me for my licentiousness” in a “series
of meetings”. These meetings never took place. I would like to see any proof
you have that they did. No one in my family has reprimanded me. I would never
tell my wife to jump into the nearest lake. That’s not a phrase that even
exists in my lexicon. I don’t speak to my family like that.
Fifth
error: I have never stopped visiting my family home
in Welkom. Not long before your article ran, I was at my house with my wife and
kids filming an episode of So What? My wife was interviewed during
this and spoke of how strong our marriage is. I have this evidence, timecoded
on Panasonic cameras. In return, ask yourselves, what evidence do you have?
Your claim that I don’t even go to my house, is aimed at creating perception that I am an
irresponsible father who does not even visit his children, which is completely
untrue.
Most
importantly, the insinuation that my wife is
sleeping around is one that does not sit well with either of us At all. You
have not only insulted a mother, a wife, a sister but have also insulted a
teacher whom those young kids under her guidance look up to. Your
choice of words does not erase the perception your article has created about
Mathato. As for the ludicrous comment that Mathato said something snide about
Ezra’s car, the article veers towards the absurd. She does not drive the same
model as Ezra, as you claim. By the way I only have 2 kids with Mathato, not 3
as you fabricated.
Just
wonder what type of journalist Sunday World employs,
Xolile Mtshazo can’t even get his facts right about when the first Sushi Party
happened which was last year. My wife and children don’t stay in Odendaalsrus
and Kutlwanong Township is not in Virginia, such stupidity, please get your
facts straight before hating.
I
realise I am in the public eye, so have accepted I will need to eat the dirt
kicked into my face by reckless journalists as they
supposedly dig for the truth. In reality, though, all they are succeeding in
doing is clawing through a pile of steaming shit. When it comes to my family, I
draw the line, no one including the Sunday World fucks with my family. No man
can sit idly by and witness someone attempting to tear his life apart using nothing
but lies and fabrication. It’s obvious to me that there is a vendetta against
me at Sunday World. Previously, the paper had to print a retraction when it
speculated groundlessly that my financial well-being is based on crime. Need I
point out that this history will not look very good in court?
I am normally always willing to make a
comment and to give time to a journalist. The writer, however, did not reveal
the full extent of the libel that you eventually opted to publish, so I was not
given the opportunity to respond and perhaps save you from yourselves. Finally,
your seventh deceit is that you claim that you could not reach Mathato at the
time of going to print. Her phone is never off. We can print out copies of her
phone records to show that you did not attempt to contact her. If your source
was so close to my wife, you’d think the least he/she would have would be a
phone number. Once again, I wonder how this is going to look before a judge?
I am willing to find out. The question is,
is Sunday World? I am going to give your paper the same opportunity I afforded
it the last time. Print a retraction and an apology. I’m not talking about an
insignificant box on the corner of the front page or whatever page. I’m talking
about a proper retraction, as prominent on the front page as the libel you
published on the 27th.
Failing
this, we are heading for a very interesting civil
suit, one that I must tell you I am actually looking forward to. Perhaps your
mystery source is the one I should be suing, but for now I couldn’t even begin
to speculate about such a person, so I can only assume that this person is as
much a figment of your imaginations as Ezra’s comments were. I wonder if a
judge will believe that you really have a source. I wonder how easy you might find
it to introduce the two of them to one another.
Last
I checked, no judge on this planet has imaginary
friends. So I doubt they’ll appreciate imaginary witnesses. Don’t think I
don’t like a good fight. But if you print the retraction, I will be true
to my word, and leave you to write your nonsense for another day.
This
type of journalism makes one understand why most
politicians and celebrities don’t co-operate with journalists, because
some of you use the platform you have to hate and commit your time and
energy to destroy those you have an agenda against. It’s really sad. I
have never stopped any journalist from writing stories about me, it is
their pap and milk. Lies have been written about me but when you involve
my family I don’t give a fuck how big or a giant you see yourself to be, I
will take you on.
I
will be waiting in anticipation for a retraction and apology this Sunday,
failing which my legal team will be communicating with you not me.
Letter
by Kenny Kunene
Published:
www.zaronline.co.za
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