A day after history was made in South Africa with the first-ever quarantine online party, hosted by P.H and five other top-tier DJs, Sho Madjozi has come out in criticism over the organisation of the virtual event.
South Africa hosts its first-ever quarantine online party
We were tuned in to the six-hour virtual party and it felt very real. The vibes that were streaming from the booth were incredible. Darque kicked things off at 18:00, followed by kings of Amapiano, Kabza De Small and DJ Maphorisa.
DJ Zinhle was a crowd favourite but Black Motion’s elite performance left the booth so hot a fan had to be brought in to cool things off.
Shimza followed up at 22:00 and the man of the hour, P.H closed the virtual show.
The next day, fans were still in awe from the success of a party hosted online for hundreds of thousands of fans who were tuned in from their homes.
Sho Madjozi blasts organisers as irresponsible
However, Sho Madjozi viewed things a little differently.
The John Cena star went on social media to vent her frustrations with the way the organisers of the event may have placed South African lives at risk with the way the venue they were streaming from was packed to the rafters.
“I was so impressed by the quarantine online party kanti the DJs and their friends were all touching the same equipment and grooving in one house,” she tweeted.
Sho Madjozi accompanied the tweets with pictures of the venue, showing a lounge filled with guests who were visibly inebriated, sharing the same equipment and not in quarantine, as the promotion information suggested.
“Like that’s literally still a party… among people who are the highest risk of spreading it, i.e people who’ve been travelling all over the country and world recently,” she said, placing a ‘facepalm’ emoji at the end.
Of course, this opinion was not taken very well by supporters of the virtual party movement. However, none of the artists who were involved in the event has issued a response.
