Ntsiki Mazwai denies defamation accusation after Simphiwe Dana‘s plan to take legal action against her. Simphiwe Dana is accusing Mazwai of suggesting in a series of tweets that she is an alcoholic and that the musician slept her way to the top.
The ongoing feud between the two musicians started on Monday, after Ntsiki claimed to have discovered Simphiwe during one of her open mic sessions. However, Simphiwe claimed to have no knowledge of this.
Things escalated quickyl with both of them exchanging words on the social media platform. Things seemed to reach a boiling point when Ntsiki shared a series of tweets which seemed to take aim at Simphiwe.
In her tweets Ntsiki calls out musicians who “sleep their way to the top.”
Miss Dana latter responded to tweets which she assumed were about her.
We would like to take the time to inform you that the reports by the media, of alleged comments made by Miss Ntsiki Mazwai, on Miss Simphiwe Dana are FALSE.
In a statement released on Miss Ntsiki Mazwai blog, below, she states that she did not mention any names in her tweets.
The tweets did not have any name on them as a result Miss Mazwai claimed she has no idea how Miss Dana came to this conclusion that the tweets referred to her.
We would like to take the time to inform you that the reports by the media, of alleged comments made by Miss Ntsiki Mazwai, on Miss Simphiwe Dana are FALSE. Miss Dana responded to tweets which she assumed were about her. The tweets did not have a name on them as a result Miss Mazwai has no idea how Miss Dana came to this conclusion.
We kindly ask Miss Dana and her media associates to stop fabricating stories about Miss Mazwai in news reports….with her name on the reports, this DOES constitute as defamation.
Miss Mazwai tweets to over 50 000 people daily and cannot be held responsible for how her tweets get interpreted. She is currently working towards a Master Degree and cannot be distracted by petty distractions. Miss Mazwai wishes Miss Dana well on her endeavours.