Chicco Thwala And Bongan Resume Legal Battle Over Brenda’s Biopic. Later last year former Brenda Fassie’s manager Chicco Thwala and son Bongani were at war over the making of Brenda’s Biopic which ended with Thwala getting an interdict.
Bongani and the production team planning to make the film said they won’t let Thwala get away easily which is why they are now back in court and more information is revealed in the mix.
According to reports by SowetanLIVE Advocate Earl Abrahams‚ representing Bongani and Eaton spoke about the rights of Brenda’s music.
“The applicant [Twala] claims to have the only right to make the Brenda Fassie film. Should the agreement be legal‚ the applicants were granted a non-exclusive agreement. Contrary to what the applicant believes‚ Bongani Fassie is within his full right to contract with whoever he wants to for the film‚” Abrahams said.
Bongani believes he has the rights as the son and sole heir of the estate‚ Twala believes he owns the rights as the music producer.
Twala‚ who was in court‚ said the process was “stupid” because a film could not‚ in any event‚ be made without his input.
“We are fighting for nothing. Bongani has the rights to his mother and I have the rights to the music. Why don’t we work together?” Twala said.
Judge Mngqibisa-Thusi said it appeared that Twala and Fassie had promised what they did not have because neither owned the rights at the time when they entered into the first agreement.
Tshivhase conceded that at the time of the first agreement‚ neither Twala nor Fassie had the legal rights to make the film.
“You keep on including the third respondent [Bongani] in your demand that the other respondents should not have the rights to make the film…bearing in mind that at the time he was the sole heir and a major‚ the decision the estate takes needs to consult the sole heir‚” Mngqibisa-Thusi said.
