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Some Johannesburg musicians heard an older mbaqanga tune in it, and said so for decades.
Mason notes that the melody strongly resembles "Jackpot", recorded by the saxophonist Zacks Nkosi around 1960, and reports that the Sunday Times wrote in 2006 that Nkosi and his son believed "Mannenberg" was taken from it. Mason himself rejects the copy claim.
Music 1960–2006 Accounts differ South Africa-wide