The organisers of the annual Makhado Show, Makoya Multi Media, came under severe criticism in the days following this year’s show, especially with regard to the deafening noise emanating from the show grounds until the early hours of Sunday morning.

“We apologise to the community for keeping them up through the night, as well as the Indian community busy with Ramadan,” said Ms Thato Ledwaba of Makoya Multi Media on Wednesday.

Although it might mean little to those people who where kept awake, Ledwaba did try and explain what happened.

“Our time management of the artists performing was a problem. The show had to have closed at midnight, but by that time several of the paid national and local artists still had to perform. This is why the performances dragged on longer,” says Ledwaba. She added that they were seriously going to look at the issue of time management next year, which includes stricter control over the time given to artists performing and starting the performances earlier during the day.

It is the first time that Makoya Multi Media have hosted an event of this magnitude.

“We acknowledge that there were problems, not only with regard to the noise but also in terms of crowd control. We have learned a lot and will definitely take what we have learned and the criticism we received into account during our planning process for next year,” Ledwaba said.