{"id":41305,"date":"2025-11-10T16:35:29","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T16:35:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=41305"},"modified":"2025-11-10T16:35:29","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T16:35:29","slug":"utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignmzansi-gushes-over-brenda-fassies-lookalike-niece-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2025\/11\/10\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignmzansi-gushes-over-brenda-fassies-lookalike-niece-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Mzansi gushes over Brenda Fassie\u2019s lookalike niece (Video)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"mvp-content-main\">&#13;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_187288\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-187288\" class=\"wp-image-187288 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Mzansi-gushes-over-Brenda-Fassies-lookalike-niece-Video.jpg?resize=600%2C364&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"364\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Mzansi-gushes-over-Brenda-Fassies-lookalike-niece-Video.jpg 600w, https:\/\/fakazanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Gemma-Fassie-Brenda-Fassie-300x182.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-187288\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gemma Fassie\u2019s resemblance to Branda Fassie got people talking<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>A touching birthday tribute to the late music legend Brenda Fassie has set social media alight after her niece, Gemma Fassie, recreated her aunt\u2019s iconic energy in a viral video.<\/p>\n<p>The clip, shared on TikTok and reposted across platforms, has left fans convinced that the spirit of the \u201cQueen of African Pop\u201d lives on through her niece.<\/p>\n<p>On what would have been Brenda Fassie\u2019s 61st birthday on 3 November 2025, Gemma visited her aunt\u2019s statue in Langa, Cape Town, and posed beside it in a moment that felt straight out of the \u201980s.<\/p>\n<p>Dressed in a stylish white top, leather mini skirt, and beret, an unmistakable nod to Brenda\u2019s bold fashion sense, Gemma held a microphone and flashed a mischievous smile that sent fans into a frenzy.<\/p>\n<p>The short clip, captioned \u201cHappy 61st Birthday Auntie Brenda\u201d, quickly went viral, amassing more than 1.1 million views on X (formerly Twitter).<\/p>\n<p>Social media users couldn\u2019t help but point out the striking resemblance between the young creator and her famous aunt, with many joking that Brenda had \u201ccome back\u201d through her niece.<\/p>\n<p>One fan gushed, \u201cBrenda reincarnated,\u201d while another wrote, \u201cA cuter-looking version of her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A third user added humorously, \u201cShe looks more Brenda than Brenda herself, banna!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Even sceptics joined the conversation, with one comment reading, \u201cShe just looks like her. And there\u2019s a simple scientific explanation for it. Being the reincarnation of Brenda is a heavy burden to put on a young woman.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Watch the video below:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Genetics are crazy! This is her niece. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZGFN80UWfY\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/ZGFN80UWfY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Millenial Boomer (@GacheriNdumba) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GacheriNdumba\/status\/1987219864415535436?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">November 8, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 4 -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#Mzansi #gushes #Brenda #Fassies #lookalike #niece #Video<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#13; Gemma Fassie\u2019s resemblance to Branda Fassie got people talking A touching birthday tribute to the late music legend Brenda&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41306,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mzansi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41305","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41305"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41305\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41307,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41305\/revisions\/41307"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41306"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}