{"id":49521,"date":"2026-02-09T16:44:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T16:44:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=49521"},"modified":"2026-02-09T16:44:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T16:44:13","slug":"utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaigndonald-publicly-praises-amanda-black-in-heartfelt-tribute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2026\/02\/09\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaigndonald-publicly-praises-amanda-black-in-heartfelt-tribute\/","title":{"rendered":"Donald publicly praises Amanda Black in heartfelt tribute"},"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_189141\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-189141\" class=\"wp-image-189141 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Donald-publicly-praises-Amanda-Black-in-heartfelt-tribute.jpg?resize=600%2C380&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Donald-publicly-praises-Amanda-Black-in-heartfelt-tribute.jpg 600w, https:\/\/fakazanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Donald-Amanda-Black-300x190.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-189141\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Donald appreciates Amanda Black<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Musician Donald took to social media to share a heartfelt open letter expressing his admiration for fellow South African artist Amanda Black.<\/p>\n<p>The post, which included a video of Amanda performing on stage and a screenshot of a 2018 WhatsApp message he had sent her, has captured the attention of fans online.<\/p>\n<p>In the letter, Donald declared himself Amanda Black\u2019s \u201cNo. 1 fan,\u201d recalling how he has followed her career since her time on Idols.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf anyone has never told you, I\u2019m here to tell you you have had an amazing career so far, one that many artists out there can only dream of having,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re regarded as one of the most powerful voices of our generation and I\u2019m here to remind you that YOU DID THAT girl, and I know there\u2019s so much more for you to do going forward.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Donald shared a personal memory of seeing Amanda perform live at the State Theatre in 2016, during her first single \u201cAmaZulu.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He admitted the performance moved him to tears: \u201cI swear I was in tears that day but I had to play it cool around people because you know a thug can\u2019t be seen crying in public mos lol. I knew that day you were destined for greatness.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also revealed that he had once written a verse for \u201cAmaZulu\u201d hoping to collaborate with her on a remix, and that he had sent her a supportive WhatsApp message in 2018, which remained unread after she changed her number.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve sometimes worried about you from a distance because I feel like some people don\u2019t understand just how lucky we all are to be experiencing you and your talent in real time,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Donald concluded the letter with gratitude and admiration: \u201cIn this moment I am not your colleague, I\u2019m just a guy who loves your music and who respects you as a human being\u2026 PS: I don\u2019t know why I\u2019ve never asked you to do a song with me, Oh well, who knows what the future holds?\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\/DUitS9HjJOA\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\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 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#Donald #publicly #praises #Amanda #Black #heartfelt #tribute<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#13; Donald appreciates Amanda Black Musician Donald took to social media to share a heartfelt open letter expressing his admiration&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":49522,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49521","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\/49521","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=49521"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49521\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49523,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49521\/revisions\/49523"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}