Roka goes down...

I am not a huge fan of Roka but for the few times I have been there I enjoyed the the place. But I thought I should share that DJ Kenzhero's Party People will have to find another joint to jol in as its main venue Roka is not getting a new lease.

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JOHANNESBURG’s trendy world-class nightclub has appealed to its regulars to spam its landlord with requests to keep their favourite party place open.

Roka Lounge, in the posh 44 Stanley Centre, in Milpark , is set to be kicked out next month because its landlords reportedly don’t like the “crowd the club attracts on weekends”.

Shakir Jadoo — owner of the club, which has hosted international acts such as US rapper J-Live and US poet Bahamadia, and held parties for big clients such as Levi’s — is pleading with his clients to “help to stop Roka from being closed down”.

Jadoo, who has owned the club for three years, e-mailed a statement to his regulars in the hope that they would contact landlords Brian Green and Mark Batchelor.

Jadoo told The Times yesterday that he felt there was more to the club’s imminent demise than the “wrong crowd”.

“I think they have a problem with the fact that this is a non- white club and [Green] has said before that he was scared that this crowd would rob his clients at the restaurant in the same centre,” he said.

When The Times contacted Green yesterday he was very angry.

“Yes, we are closing down Roka. They know exactly why we are closing them and I am not interested in this bulls**t of a story,” he said in reaction to Jadoo’s allegation that he disliked the black patrons.- The Times