{"id":40757,"date":"2015-06-29T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-06-29T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/za\/2015\/06\/29\/icymi-mfundi-vundla-is-accusing-the-producers-and-writers-of-uzalo-of-plagiarising-his-story\/"},"modified":"2015-06-29T14:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-06-29T14:00:00","slug":"icymi-mfundi-vundla-is-accusing-the-producers-and-writers-of-uzalo-of-plagiarising-his-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/za\/2015\/06\/29\/icymi-mfundi-vundla-is-accusing-the-producers-and-writers-of-uzalo-of-plagiarising-his-story\/","title":{"rendered":"ICYMI: Mfundi Vundla Is Accusing The Producers And Writers Of Uzalo Of Plagiarising His Story!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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So first Mfundi said that he\u2019s not worried about Uzalo\u2019s ratings and now he claims that they\u2019ve stolen his storyline?<\/p>\n

The City Press reports that Generations: The Legacy<\/em> Mfundi Vundla sent a series of emails to senior officials at the SABC offices accusing the producers and writers of Uzalo<\/em> of plagiarising his storyline.<\/p>\n

In his emails to the officials Mfundi accused the creators of Uzalo<\/em> of sabotaging his 20-year-old soapie and stealing it and making it their \u2018own\u2019 by simply changing the title to a Zulu word.<\/p>\n

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You see the isiZulu word \u2018Uzalo\u2019 is basically a loose translation for \u2018lineage\u2019 or \u2018direct descendants\u2019. Or in it\u2019s simplest form \u2018generations of the same family\u2019.<\/p>\n

This story comes after Uzalo<\/em> knocked Generations: The Legacy<\/em> from it\u2019s number one spot on television. Even though Mfundi claimed to not be shaken by these reviews and added that Uzalo<\/em> is not competition and that he\u2019s been in the industry for 22 years and knows his story.<\/p>\n

Besides all that drama it was also reported that The Legacy may be taken off our screens soon. Drum magazine reports that the South Gauteng High Court may rule in favour of the 14 actors who were fired by Mvundla in 2014.<\/p>\n

Bulelani Mzamo, the actors\u2019 legal counsel and adviser, says he\u2019s confident that the court will rule in their favour\u00a0because \u201cGenerations: The Legacy is illegal as it was commissioned before the dispute\u00a0 [the actors\u2019 firing) was resolved.\u201d<\/p>\n

Where there\u2019s Mfundi, there\u2019s trouble!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n