{"id":45034,"date":"2025-12-15T20:10:59","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T20:10:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=45034"},"modified":"2025-12-15T20:10:59","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T20:10:59","slug":"utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignzee-nxumalo-turns-heads-in-somizi-mhlongo-designed-dress-at-sama-31-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2025\/12\/15\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignzee-nxumalo-turns-heads-in-somizi-mhlongo-designed-dress-at-sama-31-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"Zee Nxumalo turns heads in Somizi Mhlongo-designed dress at SAMA 31 (Photos)"},"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_187961\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-187961\" class=\"wp-image-187961 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Zee-Nxumalo-turns-heads-in-Somizi-Mhlongo-designed-dress-at-SAMA.jpg?resize=600%2C422&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Zee-Nxumalo-turns-heads-in-Somizi-Mhlongo-designed-dress-at-SAMA.jpg 600w, https:\/\/fakazanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Zee-Nxumalo-300x211.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-187961\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Zee Nxumalo<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>South African music star Zee Nxumalo made a bold fashion statement at the 31st South African Music Awards after stepping out in a dress designed by media personality and fashion graduate Somizi Mhlongo.<\/p>\n<p>Somizi dominated fashion conversations throughout the day, having also designed Makhadzi\u2019s dramatic white gown for the same event.<\/p>\n<p>While Makhadzi\u2019s look received widespread criticism online, Zee\u2019s outfit sparked a mixed response, drawing both praise and backlash from social media users.<\/p>\n<p>The amapiano singer shared photos of her SAMA look on social media, captioning the post, \u201cSomizi said \u2018Zee let\u2019s put on a show\u2019 at the SAMAs,\u201d suggesting the outfit was intentionally dramatic.<\/p>\n<p>Reactions on X were divided. Some users questioned the honesty of celebrity friendships, with one writing, \u201cCelebrities are the biggest liars. They KNOW when something is trash, but they\u2019ll still wear it just to protect friendship and look supportive. No honesty, just fake smiles and forced confidence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another user commented, \u201cHe did Makhadzi dirty,\u201d while one viewer added, \u201cDoesn\u2019t look comfortable at all!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Others were more critical of Somizi\u2019s fashion credentials altogether.<\/p>\n<p>One X user shared, \u201cSomizi is an incredible person, but fashion is not his strength. To be a designer, you need a strong sense of style. Somizi often dresses poorly, and this garment reflects that lack of fashion sense.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DSQSqNQDfN-\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\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 defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/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#Zee #Nxumalo #turns #heads #Somizi #Mhlongodesigned #dress #SAMA #Photos<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#13; Zee Nxumalo South African music star Zee Nxumalo made a bold fashion statement at the 31st South African Music&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":45035,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45034","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\/45034","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=45034"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45034\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45036,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45034\/revisions\/45036"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45035"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}