Sungura maestro Alick Macheso has received a letter of demand from Mataga Promotions, a local design firm. Mataga has given Macheso 5 days to settle a debt of R18 723 for services rendered. Failure to do so will result in Mataga’s lawyers, Maeresera and Partners, filing a lawsuit at the courts.
The letter of demand reads:
Our client advises us that you contracted it to design a logo and to supply you with duly designed T-shirts, hats, berets, scarves amongst other items and you were supplied with the aforementioned items
We are advised that of the agreed amount, you have not yet paid R16 612 and the amount has been outstanding for quite a long time. Several promises to settle your indebtedness have been made, but not fulfilled.
On those premises, we are instructed to demand, as we, hereby, do, payment of the sum of R16 612 in terms of the by-laws of the Law Society of Zimbabwe (LSZ). The total amount in the sum of R18 273 must be deposited into our trust account within five days from the date of service of this letter, failing which our strict instructions are to issue summons for the recovery of the stated amount as well as cost of suit…
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