Johannesburg - 2016 has barely begun and Ntsiki Mazwai has already found herself on the familiar battlegrounds of Twitter.
This time the outspoken musician has taken aim at none other than afro-soul singer and fellow activist, Simphiwe Dana.
It all began when Ntsiki was challenged to come up with a concept for a talent search competition. That was when she decided to prove her scouting credibility by name dropping just a little.
@Malankabe artists like the soil, simphiwe Dana come from open Mic sessions i hosted hun.....
— DownloadPowerNtsiki (@ntsikimazwai) February 1, 2016
While many of her followers were impressed, Simphiwe Dana certainly wasn't. Simphiwe took to Twitter a few minutes later to set the record straight.
I don't recall this....at all https://t.co/Ybo5CE5M5i
— Firebrand (@simphiwedana) February 1, 2016
Awks!
What followed was a war of words that seemed, like wine, to just get better with time.
Alcoholism is REAL.....it makes you forget a LOT of things????????
— DownloadPowerNtsiki (@ntsikimazwai) February 1, 2016
Many times we feel shame for the period of our lives a person reflects......and we block things out
— DownloadPowerNtsiki (@ntsikimazwai) February 1, 2016
For a record with more integrity.my 1ST open Mic session I hosted was in Auckland park in Jozi and simphiwe Dana was the Star ??back in 2002
— DownloadPowerNtsiki (@ntsikimazwai) February 1, 2016
Sisters took a platform to celebrate you SISTER.....and you don't remember. Says more about you than me ????lots of love and less bitterness
— DownloadPowerNtsiki (@ntsikimazwai) February 1, 2016
Now y'all have made Ntsiki angry. And you know she starts abusing people when she gets angry.
— Firebrand (@simphiwedana) February 1, 2016
Ntsiki was part of a poet group called Feelah Sista. She was not discovering any artists but her own talent, like we all were
— Firebrand (@simphiwedana) February 1, 2016
Lucky I don't need a reminder.....coz I was there and have witnessed how you have changed....you are not who you say you are simphiwe eish
— DownloadPowerNtsiki (@ntsikimazwai) February 1, 2016
I wish Ntsiki would leave my name out of her mouth. I will never badmouth her as she insists on doing with everyone. I wish her all the best
— Firebrand (@simphiwedana) February 1, 2016
?????? I'm sure I'm also a breathaholic, I breathe too much of her air. Ntsiki has everything I do under a microscope https://t.co/8os4ZFSIXH
— Firebrand (@simphiwedana) February 1, 2016
Ntsiki and Mdu should form a coalition of people against Simphiwe. Somehow my existence hurts their feelings. And still I rise
— Firebrand (@simphiwedana) February 1, 2016