For the primary time in her life, US singer Doja Cat – actual identify Amala Ratna Zandile Dlamini – might be visiting South Africa, the house of her father, Dumisani Dlamini.

The Grammy-winning star has been introduced as one of many headline acts for the Hey Neighbour Competition, which can happen in August in Pretoria.

Will she use the journey on “house soil” to attach along with her South African roots?

DOJA CAT TO PERFORM IN SA!

This week, Hey Neighbour Competition organisers made the shock announcement that Doja Cat could be visiting South Africa for the primary time.

The 29-year-old entertainer – who was born to Dumisani Dlamini and Deborah Elizabeth Sawyer – will carry out on the Hey Neighbour Competition on the Legends Journey Farm in Pretoria.

Whereas Doja Cat has by no means set foot in SA, she has proven nice love and appreciation for the nation the place her father, Dumisani Dlamini, was born. In April 2024, the quirky star introduced out Durban’s acapella group, The Pleasure, to carry out alongside her at Coachella. Later within the yr, she wore a surprising beaded gown that includes the South African flag on the World Residents Competition live performance in New York Metropolis’s Central Park.

Information of Doja’s efficiency in South Africa comes simply days after US rapper Travis Scott introduced that his Circus Maximus World Tour could be making a cease in Johannesburg in October.

DEAD-BEAT TO DADDY DEAREST?

Though they’ve by no means formally met – a minimum of in keeping with the general public’s information – Doja Cat has had a lot to say about her father, Dumisani Dlamini.

In Might 2024, Doja went on a social media rant in regards to the Yizo Yizo and Sarafina actor.

In it, she known as him out for “abandoning” his household and being a “b*tch.”

Clapping again at largely South African critics, she responded: “Go give the deadbeat a kiss on the lips for me.” She added: “[Dumisani] gave me a lazy eye and dipped.”

Beneath a publish on Dumisani’s Instagram account, Doja Cat commented: “F**ok you.”

Simply lays later, Doja seemingly retracted her feedback, posting: “JK [Just Kidding] Love you, I used to be mad.”

In a 2019 interview with Leah Henry and DJ Quicksilva, Doja Cat infamously claimed that she had by no means met or spoken to her organic father.

‘SHE NEEDS TO MEET HER ANCESTORS’

Doja Cat was born in 1995 to Dumisani Dlamini and his then-partner, Deborah Elizabeth Sawyer. After fathering a son, Doja’s brother Raman Dalithando, Dumisani left the US to return house.

In a 2020 interview with Metro FM, Dumisani claimed he had, the truth is, tried to succeed in out to Doja Cat. Nevertheless, his efforts had been allegedly halted by the singer’s administration.

“They don’t need me to attach along with her. I’ve tried to ship her messages on social media,” he stated.

He added: “I’m trying ahead to connecting along with her as a result of, as a Zulu lady, she wants to return and meet along with her ancestors.”

DO YOU THINK DOJA CAT WILL FINALLY MEET HER DAD, DUMISANI DLAMINI, DURING HER SA TRIP?

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