{"id":50793,"date":"2026-02-25T09:31:04","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T09:31:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=50793"},"modified":"2026-02-25T09:31:04","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T09:31:04","slug":"utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignlebo-m-slams-robert-marawa-over-false-claims-in-2022-biography","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2026\/02\/25\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignlebo-m-slams-robert-marawa-over-false-claims-in-2022-biography\/","title":{"rendered":"Lebo M slams Robert Marawa over \u2018false\u2019 claims in 2022 biography"},"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_80196\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-80196\" class=\"wp-image-80196 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Lebo-M-slams-Robert-Marawa-over-%E2%80%98false-claims-in-2022.jpg?resize=600%2C458&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"458\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Lebo-M-slams-Robert-Marawa-over-\u2018false-claims-in-2022.jpg 600w, https:\/\/fakazanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Lebo-M-300x229.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-80196\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lebo M disputes Robert Marawa\u2019s claims about him in his book<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Grammy-winning producer Lebo M has issued a sharp rebuttal to veteran sports broadcaster Robert Marawa, accusing him of publishing misleading and defamatory statements in his 2022 book, <em>Gqim Shelele: The Robert Marawa Story<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Released in October 2022, the biography details Marawa\u2019s personal and professional life.<\/p>\n<p>However, Lebo M, whose real name is Lebohang Morake, insists that several claims made about him in the book are \u201cdemonstrably false\u201d and have prompted legal action.<\/p>\n<p>In particular, Marawa\u2019s book alleges that during maintenance proceedings involving actress Zoe Mthiyane, Lebo M \u201ctook the stand to give evidence about what share of the DStv [Marawa\u2019s son] Awande was using and the cost of the garden service and the nanny,\u201d adding that the legal bid to justify R35,000 in expenses failed and that \u201cthey lost the case with costs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lebo M strongly disputes this account, saying the official court record tells a different story.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cContrary to the assertions made in Marawa\u2019s publication, the judgment of the magistrate\u2019s court for the district of Attridgeville, which is a matter of public record, does not support the claim that Zoe Mthiyane \u2018lost the case with costs\u2019,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>According to Lebo M, the court ordered Marawa to pay monthly maintenance covering Awande\u2019s lodging, schooling, groceries, clothing, and transport.<\/p>\n<p>He further challenged Marawa\u2019s framing of his role as a father, questioning the broadcaster\u2019s narrative around absence and accountability.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMarawa would have the public believe that assertions relating to his absence as a father are recent fabrications. Yet the question remains: why did Zoe Mthiyane institute legal proceedings against Marawa at the time during the period in which her son was under the care, support and presence of Lebo Morake if there was no dereliction of paternal responsibility?\u201d Lebo M said.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing suggestions that his response is merely for attention, he added: \u201cThe statements published about Morake in Marawa\u2019s biography are not only misleading but demonstrably false, and any attempt to now reframe legitimate accountability as \u2018attention-seeking\u2019 is intellectually dishonest and legally precarious. Protecting one\u2019s name, reputation, and lived truth is not theatrics; it is principle.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lebo M confirmed he has instructed his legal team to pursue formal legal recourse, aiming to correct the public record and hold those responsible accountable.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe trust that moving forward, this matter will be engaged with where it properly belongs in a court of law, where facts, not biographies, carry evidentiary weight,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n<p>At the time of Lebo M\u2019s statement, Marawa had not publicly responded.<\/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 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#Lebo #slams #Robert #Marawa #false #claims #biography<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#13; Lebo M disputes Robert Marawa\u2019s claims about him in his book Grammy-winning producer Lebo M has issued a sharp&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":50794,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50793","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\/50793","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=50793"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50793\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50795,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50793\/revisions\/50795"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}