{"id":53632,"date":"2026-03-23T11:26:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T11:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=53632"},"modified":"2026-03-23T11:26:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T11:26:00","slug":"utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaigndumisani-dlamini-denies-deadbeat-dad-claims-blames-doja-cats-mother-in-heated-rant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2026\/03\/23\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaigndumisani-dlamini-denies-deadbeat-dad-claims-blames-doja-cats-mother-in-heated-rant\/","title":{"rendered":"Dumisani Dlamini denies \u2018deadbeat dad\u2019 claims, blames Doja Cat\u2019s mother in heated rant"},"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_189945\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-189945\" class=\"wp-image-189945 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Dumisani-Dlamini-denies-%E2%80%98deadbeat-dad-claims-blames-Doja-Cats-mother.jpg?resize=600%2C461&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Dumisani-Dlamini-denies-\u2018deadbeat-dad-claims-blames-Doja-Cats-mother.jpg 600w, https:\/\/fakazanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Dumisani-Dlamini-300x231.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-189945\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dumisani Dlamini blames Doja Cat\u2019s mother for their poor relationship<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Dumisani Dlamini has spoken out in defence of his name, pushing back against long-standing accusations that he abandoned his daughter, Doja Cat.<\/p>\n<p>His comments came shortly after his unexpected appearance at her South African show, part of the Global Citizen Move Afrika held at the SunBet Arena, where their strained relationship once again drew public attention.<\/p>\n<p>In a now-deleted Instagram post, the veteran actor said he felt compelled to finally share his side of the story, insisting that the narrative about him being an absent father was unfair.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to tell you the facts. I\u2019ve worked hard to make my name, my reputation. I\u2019ve worked hard, I\u2019ve fought for this country\u2026 with Sarafina. I have been sad, but no one knows why\u2026\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Dlamini went on to reflect on his past relationship with Doja Cat\u2019s mother, Deborah Sawyer, whom he met while in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, tensions within the family and his experiences abroad played a role in how his relationship with his daughter later unfolded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can\u2019t be in a foreign country and find a woman\u2026 And then she becomes so lucky that she gives birth to a superstar. She gives information to the superstar that her father is not a good man,\u201d he claimed.<\/p>\n<p>He further alleged that he had supported the household financially at the time and rejected claims that he walked away from his child.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not going to be used\u2026 I was feeding those kids with the money from Sarafina. I love my kids [and] I took care of her kids,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Maintaining that he never abandoned his daughter, Dlamini added: \u201cThat white woman brainwashed my baby, that I had left her. I never left my kid.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He concluded by describing himself as \u201ca man of integrity, respect and love,\u201d even as the post was later taken down.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"tl\">Zandile AKA Dojacat\u2019s father Dumisani Dlamini expressing his side\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8q3Olu8C7y\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/8q3Olu8C7y<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u2014\ud835\ude7a\ud835\ude8a\ud835\ude7c\ud835\ude8a\ud835\ude95\ud835\ude9e\ud835\ude95\ud835\ude8e\ud835\ude94\ud835\ude8a\ud83c\udf38 (@Sizi_phiwe) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sizi_phiwe\/status\/2035603204247830746?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">March 22, 2026<\/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#Dumisani #Dlamini #denies #deadbeat #dad #claims #blames #Doja #Cats #mother #heated #rant<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#13; Dumisani Dlamini blames Doja Cat\u2019s mother for their poor relationship Dumisani Dlamini has spoken out in defence of his&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":53633,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53632","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\/53632","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=53632"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53632\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53634,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53632\/revisions\/53634"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53633"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}