Singer-Songwriter Threatens to Sue South African Women's Magazine

January 2017 issue cover-line roils Zahara.

True Love magazine bills itself as an ‘indispensable accessory that inspires, entertains and advises modern African women.’ But the January issue of the South African monthly women’s glossy has proved to be less than inspiring for the person featured on its cover, Bulelwa Mkutukana, who goes by the stage name Zahara.

A photo posted by Bulelwa Mkutukana (@zaharasa) on

Per the Instagram post above and an interview published today in Johannesburg daily newspaper The Times, the popular singer-songwriter is outraged at the main cover line’s use of the word “Drugs:”

“Before the interview we had agreed on what we would talk about.

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