TORONTO, June 4, 2007 - Carole Adriaans, Event Director for arts organization MusicaNoir, learned today that Ms.
Madikizela-Mandela has been denied access by the federal government to enter Canada
and will not be able to travel to Canada to attend the previously scheduled A Night in Soweto fundraising gala
concert and dinner to be held in Toronto on Tuesday, June 5 for MusicaNoir.

According to her office, Ms. Mandela was packed today and ready to travel to the airport with her daughter (Zindzi Mandela,
the daughter of Nelson Mandela and his former wife Winnie) when she was informed that her visa had been denied by the
Canadian Embassy in South Africa. Her staff reported that Ms. Mandela was devastated by the decision of the Canadian
government especially in light of the fact that Ms. Mandela was in New York City just two weeks ago accepting an award for
her work with AIDS and the Save Africa Concerts Foundation affiliated with the United Nations.

Although MusicaNoir is extremely disappointed that Ms Mandela was denied access to Canada, the gala will continue as planned on Tuesday, June 5 th. MusicaNoir is pleased to announce special celebrity guest LeVar Burton an African-American
actor, director and author who first came to prominence playing Kunta Kinte in the 1977 award winning television miniseries Roots, based on the novel by Alex Haley. He is best known for his role of Geordi La Forge in Star Trek: The Next Generation. He is a huge fan of the work of Bongani Ndodana Breen, Artistic Director of MusicaNoir, and is thrilled to be able to speak at this event, as he is an avid supporter.

As a director, his first foray into the world of theatrical film direction was a notable success. Not only did 2003's Blizzard garner him a "Best of Fest" award from the Chicago International Children's Film Festival, but he also picked up a Genie Award nomination for his work on the film's theme song, " Center of My Heart." He will be flying in from Los Angeles tomorrow Tuesday morning to be at the event.

MusicaNoir is still ready to present The Passion of Winnie as part of the Toronto’s Luminato Festival which is set to premiere this Friday, June 8 th at 8:00pm

.For more information on the gala and MusicaNoir contact Carole Adriaans: 416.691.9406