JOHANNESBURG – Kwaito star ‘Brickz’ is believed to have lost an estimated R3 million in income since he was arrested for rape.

Brickz, whose real name is Sipho Ndlovu, is accused of raping his 16-year-old niece in March, but the rape was only reported last month.

He’s been in custody for three weeks and his advocate, Isaac Mokgobi, says the artist has lost a substantial amount of money due to missing corporate gigs and other performances because of his arrest.

Mokgobi says his client is pleading with the Roodepoort Magistrates Court to grant him bail of R2,000 because he’s been cash-strapped since his arrest.

“He’s been losing money and he doesn’t have money to pay anything.”

Mokgobi says Ndlovu lost a large amount of money after corporate gigs and other performers he was billed for were cancelled.

The City Press online reported that Ndlovu lost R500,000 after shows he’d been booked for by the education department and Nando’s were cancelled.

The artist will know on Monday morning whether or not he’ll get bail when he appears in court.
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