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If South African socialite Zodwa Wabantu goes to Lesotho this weekend, she will be denied entry because her on-stage antics go against the country’s beliefs.

This was revealed by Local Government, Chieftainship, Home Affairs and Police Minister Lebona Lephema in a letter addressed to Elibo Guest House in Maseru, which intended to host her today.

Lephema said Wabantu’s conduct “amounts to public indecency”.

Wabantu is known for performing at times without underwear or in revealing clothing, and Lephema said she would be violating the country’s laws by offending “any reasonable member of the public” as defined by the Lesotho Penal Code Act.

“Lesotho is a Christian nation which jealously guards and/or cherishes its Christian values and, as a Christian nation, we are not prepared to compromise our Christian values,” he said in the letter.

This is not the first time she has been declared persona non grata by a country in the Southern African Development Community.

In 2017, the late Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe warned at a Zanu-PF rally that he would not allow her to set foot in the country for a government-sponsored function.

This was despite the fact that she had been to Zimbabwe before.

Wabantu was meant to make an appearance at the Harare International Carnival, but was told that she would need to wear underwear as there would be traditional leaders present who would not appreciate her signature look. – News24.com