Mzansi Magics Queen Modjadji will air this Sunday as planned, this after the High Court ruled in favour of MultiChoice in the court case against the Balobedu Royal Council over the screening of the TV series.
On Tuesday, Queen Masalanabo Modjadji VII, the Balobedu royal family and the Balobedu Royal Council approached the Pretoria High Court on an urgent basis to interdict the broadcast of the series.
Acting judge Anthony Minnaar dismissed the application for lack of urgency. Led by Chief Gabriel Rasebotsa, the council approached the High Court in Pretoria to interdict the airing of the series.
Rasebotsa said they had approached the courts because they felt undermined by the producer of the Queen Modjadji series and Multichoice.
The Balobedu Royal Council was not consulted and the Queen was not consulted. We have been undermined by the Apartheid government, he said.
