Cape Town — A former bouncer at Zanzou nightclub in Pretoria has revealed that he has many more incriminating videos to expose the horrid acts that occurred at the club.
Disturbing footage went viral that showed club bouncers violating and torturing patrons who allegedly did not settle their bills. These heinous acts include extreme human rights violations including kidnapping, sexual assault, and attempted murder, with the victims bound and waterboarded.
In response, the club’s management acknowledged the videos, saying that an investigation was launched and the responsible security personnel were dismissed.
“At the time when management became aware of the practices, an immediate investigation was conducted in the immediate halting of such as well as the dismissal of security personnel responsible,” the management said in a statement.
Zanzou acknowledges allegations of torture by bouncers, takes legal action
Zanzou, a nightclub in Pretoria, has acknowledged the “practices” carried out by its bouncers after videos surfaced, showing patrons being tortured for allegedly failing to pay their bills.
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According to IOL, a man identified as Pablo, came forward and claimed responsibility for leaking the shocking videos. He was a bouncer at the club and he took to TikTok to say that in the past seven years that he was with the establishment, he witnessed all forms of torture and abuse suffered by the victims.
He said he has over 75 videos which he plans to release over the coming days to show the horrific acts.
“I would like you guys to see everything with your own eyes, the media will share everything with you so everyone can watch all of it,” he said.
He explained that two people were beaten and allegedly killed by the people in the club, and he has proof thereof.
“Those people [work] with police, Sunnyside, Brooklyn, all the police are under them, they pay the supervisor and when you open a case against Zanzou, they will delete the case,” he claimed.
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“I will be posting each video, and I’ll give details, all the proof, all the pictures and all the confirmation so that you guys can see everything.
“I know right now those people are looking for me, they promised to kill me, they promised to do some bad things to me but you guys must know that I will do what is right,” he said.
“If there is some sh*t that is …I’m going to expose all the sh***t,” he added.
He maintained that the statement Zanzou released was fake and said that it was “just the way the industry was.” He explained that he was the only person who filmed the graphic acts as there were no phones allowed.
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“I was acting like I was hitting them but at the same time [I’m secretly recording] because I couldn’t take videos in that area because it was not allowed and there is no one taking a video. I know everyone is surprised how I got the videos; I’ve got more, they can say what they want to say but I’m going to expose everything, those people are evil” he said.
He added that when some victims reported the assault to the police, the case would be destroyed as the perpetrators were allegedly connected with police.
He said that everything that Zanzou said about his firing was fake and he denied that he was fired.
“When did they fire me?” he asked.
“I was at the staff party before we closed. I was there with the bosses. I have a video, and I have proof of my last payment at the end of the year so I don’t know when they fired me?”
Everything they wrote [in the statement] is fake. We came back to work month-end Feb, I did not come to work because I did not want to work for them. This is how they operate, when you don’t want to work for them, they will make sure they kill you,” he concluded.
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