HARARE – Orchestra Dendera Kings leader Sulumani Chimbetu has denied making any advances on Zimbabwe’s former first lady, Grace Mugabe, describing reports that he had done so recently as a social media fabrication.
According to unconfirmed social media reports, Sulumani, the son of Dendera music legend Simon Chimbetu, ran into the former first lady during an excursion in Mazowe and immediately professed his desire to get into a relationship with her.
Grace reportedly did not take kindly to his advances and reported him to law enforcement authorities for harassment.
The musician is said to have been subsequently detained following the fiasco. According to the reports, charges against the musician were eventually dropped by the former first lady, leading to his release.
In an interview with ZimLive, Sulumani said the reports were a social media fabrication grounded in fiction.
“I’m just seeing the messages and posts going viral about the allegations. It’s not true. Nothing of that sort has ever happened, and these are just people trying to create content in a bad way,” he said.
Police are yet to offer any comment on the supposed arrest of the musician, while the former first lady has also not yet commented.
Sulumani is married to Linda Samuriwo, to whom he tied the knot in a glitzy ceremony at Zimbali Gardens in 2016.
The musician was previously married to Marigold Mutemasango before he got hitched for a second time.
