{"id":35296,"date":"2020-02-19T16:56:56","date_gmt":"2020-02-19T16:56:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/za\/2020\/02\/19\/dumi-mkokstad-reacts-to-criticism-after-releasing-love-song\/"},"modified":"2020-02-19T16:56:56","modified_gmt":"2020-02-19T16:56:56","slug":"dumi-mkokstad-reacts-to-criticism-after-releasing-love-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/za\/2020\/02\/19\/dumi-mkokstad-reacts-to-criticism-after-releasing-love-song\/","title":{"rendered":"Dumi Mkokstad Reacts To Criticism After Releasing Love Song"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"the-post\">\n<p><!-- .entry-header-outer \/--><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<!-- .share-buttons \/--><\/p>\n<div class=\"featured-area\">\n<div class=\"featured-area-inner\">\n<figure class=\"single-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"470\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/wp-1582129174657-780x470.jpg\" class=\"attachment-jannah-image-post size-jannah-image-post wp-post-image\" alt=\"Dumi Mkokstad Reacts To Criticism After Releasing Love Song\" is_main_img=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"single-caption-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"tie-icon-camera\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/> Dumi Mkokstad Reacts To Criticism After Releasing Love Song<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content entry clearfix\">\n<p><!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Dumi Mkokstad Reacts To Criticism After Releasing Love Song Dedicated To His Wife! Gospel star Dumi Mkokstad released a romantic, love song on Valentine\u2019s Day dedicated to his wife but not everyone is pleased.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dumi released the song after fans begged him to make it an official song following a viral video from their wedding in which he sang it to her. Upon release, critics felt it was unnecessary for the gospel singer to do a love song. <\/p>\n<p>Mkokstad took to Instagram to defend the release of his single <em>Ziphozenkosi<\/em>. 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