Podcaster Thakgi Ledwaba has broken his silence about abuse allegations against him. When addressing the allegations in the recent episode ofPiano Pulse, Ledwaba got emotional when he shared screenshots of “evidence” when denying the allegations. Ledwaba recalled the day he met Malepa at Little Manhattan Village, a student residency near TUT in Pretoria West during a freshers party where he was invited to MC.
He went on to explain that after he and his friend ended up at her unit, he got into a squabble with his friend and when Malepa attempted to get involved, he hurled insults at her. “I can talk, I’ve got a mouth — but I’m not a violent person. I never fought a day in my life.
I can tell you right now, this is false. This did not happen,” he said. I am now left with this bad reputational damage.
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This is not the end of me. I will get to the bottom of this Ledwaba read a supposed e-mail from the user where she clarifies that she was not implying that she was assaulted by him but was rather referring to an incident where she was violated by someone else and since removed the comments. Ledwaba said he has been consulting his legal team in an attempt to clear his name and found that a case was never opened against him.
I will get to the bottom of this. To the people that are behind this and to the person that is behind this: you will not de-campaign me.” Ledwaba went on to criticise comediansMpho PoppsandFarieda “Pharoahfi” Metsilengfor feeding into the allegations by suggesting he could have violated the women.
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