{"id":45278,"date":"2025-12-18T18:27:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T18:27:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=45278"},"modified":"2025-12-18T18:27:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T18:27:07","slug":"utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignnota-drags-shimza-for-not-publicly-mourning-dj-warras","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2025\/12\/18\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignnota-drags-shimza-for-not-publicly-mourning-dj-warras\/","title":{"rendered":"Nota drags Shimza for not publicly mourning DJ Warras"},"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_134906\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-134906\" class=\"wp-image-134906 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Nota-drags-Shimza-for-not-publicly-mourning-DJ-Warras.jpg?resize=600%2C392&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Nota-drags-Shimza-for-not-publicly-mourning-DJ-Warras.jpg 600w, https:\/\/fakazanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Nota-Shimza-300x196.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-134906\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nota Baloyi criticises DJ Shimza for staying silent on DJ Warras\u2019 killing<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Nota Baloyi has taken aim at DJ Shimza for not publicly mourning the late DJ Warras, who was shot and killed in Johannesburg on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Since news of the respected media personality\u2019s death broke, social media has been flooded with tributes from fans, colleagues and public figures across the entertainment industry.<\/p>\n<p>However, Nota questioned Shimza\u2019s silence, accusing the DJ of failing to acknowledge someone who allegedly played a key role in his career.<\/p>\n<p>Taking to X, Nota called out Shimza for continuing to post unrelated content instead of sharing a tribute to DJ Warras.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShimza tweeting about everything under the sun but won\u2019t even post a tributary post in honour of the very DJ Warras that put him on primetime radio\u2026 There\u2019s no friends or family in the DJ industry,\u201d Nota wrote.<\/p>\n<p>His comments quickly sparked debate online, with many users pushing back against his criticism and coming to Shimza\u2019s defence.<\/p>\n<p>Several argued that grief is personal and should not be dictated by public expectations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is not fair for you to coerce them into posting what suits you. You have posted for your side and it really is enough,\u201d one user responded.<\/p>\n<p>Another added, \u201cDon\u2019t be like that. Just because he\u2019s not tweeting or posting about him doesn\u2019t mean he\u2019s not hurt. People grieve differently.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Shimza tweeting about everything under the Sun but won\u2019t even post a tributary post in honour of the very DJ Warras that put him on primetime radio\u2026 There\u2019s no friends or family in the DJ industry!\ud83d\ude14<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MORAL Authority (@lavidaNOTA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lavidaNOTA\/status\/2001563103834898701?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">December 18, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Still shocked on Facebook\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MORAL Authority (@lavidaNOTA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lavidaNOTA\/status\/2001599408232874044?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">December 18, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The situation is further complicated by the long-standing tension between Nota and DJ Shimza.<\/p>\n<p>The two have previously been embroiled in legal disputes, with Shimza having taken the outspoken music executive to court months ago.<\/p>\n<p>In the latest development of their ongoing feud, reports indicate that Shimza\u2019s lawyer recently seized over R400,000 from Nota\u2019s personal bank account, linked to comments Nota made during an eNCA expos\u00e9 involving the Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development, Mmamoloko Kubayi.<\/p>\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 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#Nota #drags #Shimza #publicly #mourning #Warras<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#13; Nota Baloyi criticises DJ Shimza for staying silent on DJ Warras\u2019 killing Nota Baloyi has taken aim at DJ&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":45279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45278","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\/45278","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=45278"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45278\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45280,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45278\/revisions\/45280"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}