SA’s Songbird Zahara risks a sentence of 4 years in Prison

Award winning songbird Zahara is going up against the possibility of going to prison for seemingly forever or paying a solid fine if the state considers her to be at risk on seven checks of duty evasion.

This is as shown by a charge sheet, which was seen by Sunday World, masterminded by the National Prosecuting Authority’a (NPA) South Gauteng Tax Unit against the craftsman last week.

Zahara, certified name Bulelwa Mkutukana, appeared in the Palm Ridge Commercial Court on Tuesday last week for contempt of court resulting to fail to appear in court on April 19 for charge aversion. She was advised to appear again on June 25 to uncover the substance of the plan to her genuine specialist.

In spite of the way that nuances of the plans were not disclosed, Sunday World would today have the option to uncover that Zahara is going up against one check of nullifying charge laws and six for fail to introduce her administration structures from 2013 to 2018.

“Check 1, inconsistency of region 75(1)(a) of the Income Tax Act 58 of 1962. In that roughly the evaluation season of 2012, and at or near Johannesburg, in the Regional Division of Gauteng, the accused unlawfully fail to concur with the plan of region 75(1)(a) of Act 58 of 1962.

Discipline plan: fine or season of confinement not outperforming two years.

NPA South Gauteng agent Phindi Mjonondwane said they were not at opportunity to look at the worth of the case yet said Zahara was forewarned to appear in court at the accompanying appearance date with extra conditions associated with her notification.

“She was referenced to turn in her ID to the Commercial Crimes authorities inside 24 hours of the court appearance and to reply to the Roodepoort Police Station on Tuesdays and Thursdays some place in the scope of 08h00 and 18h00.”

She said when Zahara appeared in court, her appearance was overseen in two folds. “Judge Magampa at first heard confirmation for powerlessness to appear in court and moreover, the case wherein she is charged in her own capacity similarly as a specialist of her association Zahara Trading (Pty) Ltd. The accuses distinguish of the non-convenience of individual and companions yearly evaluation structures toward the South African Revenue Service,” she said.

She said Zahara’s VIP status didn’t make her safe from going up against value.

Zahara couldn’t be followed comment at the hour of going to print.

She conveyed her latest single, Nyamezela (which means drive forward) last month. In the song, she talks about how she has expected to drive forward in the midst of torture after the end of her sister Nomonde Mkutukana in March.