South African-based Ugandan socialite and businesswoman Zari Hassan has carved a space for herself in the showbiz industry. She has the looks and showmanship in her; two great qualities that she has leveraged well and made a fortune out of.
Some judge her for her not-so-popular dating habits, while some applaud her for it. Either way, Zari still gets her way. She is just that awesome, even when it comes to parenting.
Zari Hassan is one beautiful woman and a household name in Uganda, Tanzania, South Africa, and Kenya. She takes motherhood seriously, juggling it with business and pleasure.
This mother of five looks barely over 20 with a youthful body and a gorgeous smile that she often flaunts to her 10.3 million Instagram followers. It can be argued that this is one of the reasons Tanzanian singer Diamond Platnumz and all the other guys she has dated could not resist her.
Zari Hassan is constantly showing up on news channels with one new story after the other. Lately, there are photos making rounds on social media showing her in the company of a youthful man and the two seem to be enjoying each other’s company.
In the photos, the two are seen hugging and whispering into each other’s ears, however, Zari has not yet shared the photos on her IG.
Last evening, Zari shared photos wearing the same clothes she was wearing in the photos she took with her alleged new man and captioned, “Plans fail but moves don’t”.
However, before the script thickens, let us look into some of the men she has been with in the past.
Ivan Ssemwaga
The death of this business tycoon hit the entertainment industry hard. A successful young entrepreneur suffered a heart attack and succumbed to death. It is during this moment that the past life of Zari Hassan came to light. Ivan was Zari’s first husband.
Zari Hassan was married to Ivan Ssemwaga for approximately 12 years. The two met when Zari moved to South Africa after staying in the United Kingdom. Their marriage was relatively low-key, and Ivan continued to keep it that way even after Zari left. In 2011, the two had a lavish traditional wedding whose total expense was upwards of a billion Ugandan shillings.
Zari and Ivan had three sons including Diddy, Pinto, and Quincy. In 2013, Zari divorced Ivan, hinting at the possibility of domestic violence as the reason for the divorce. Whereas Zari moved on pretty quickly, Ivan still held the hope that they might get back together as witnessed by his reluctance to pull down photos of them on Instagram.
Diamond Platnumz
Tanzanian music star Naseeb Abdhul Juma alias Diamond Platinumz was the next man Zari Hassan spent most of her time with. Apparently, they met on a plane when Zari requested for a selfie. The relationship then blossomed from that point till the moment Zari Hassan divorced Ivan.
In 2014, Zari Hassan and Diamond Platnumz got married. They had quite a romantic marriage filled with lavish gifts, surprises, and exotic holidays. Diamond actually bought Zari a house in South Africa for her birthday. Zari seemed to blossom under love. The two had two children during the time; Latifah Dangote and Prince Nillan.
Two years into the marriage, scandals of Diamond hooking up with various females began to mushroom at an alarming rate. His relationship with Hamisa Mobeto is said to have caused a lot of issues in their otherwise happy marriage. It is also during this period that Zari Hassan was rumored to be spending a lot of time with her first husband.
On 14th February 2018, Zari Hassan took to Instagram posting the famous black rose. Within the hour, reports of the Diamond and Zari break up trended on the internet. Yes, she actually divorced her husband on the most romantic day of the year, with a black rose and a long caption. And that was as dramatic as it got.
The two are now co-parenting.
Williams Bugembe alias Boss Mutoto
Being a trustee of Ivan’s estate, Zari flew back to be with him in his last moments and also his funeral. It was during this time that she was rumored to be dating Williams Bugembe. She shared a photo on her Instagram insisting that they just ate sausages all night. Believable?
Maybe, but Boss Mutoto was of a rival gang. As CEO of The Money Team (TMT), Zari was seen to be colluding with Ivan’s rival gang so soon after his death. Zari’s first husband, Ivan, was affiliated with the Rich Gang. Boss Mutoto had come to pay his respects, and from the look of things, nothing substantial came out of the sausages.
Isaac Lugude aka LK4
After her divorce from Ivan Ssemwaga, Zari Hassan was rumored to have dated quite a few men. Isaac Lugude, alias LK4, a basketball player and former Big Brother representative, was one of them. He claims that Zari sought him out and approached him after watching him play a few times.
Farouk Sempala
Immediately after LK4, Zari Hassan allegedly hooked up with Farouk Sempala. Little is known about this bodybuilder with some speculating he was a drug dealer and con man. These reports were never substantiated. Being out of the public eye, Farouk Sempala’s relation to Zari Hassan remains suspect.
King Bae
Ever the queen of strategy, Zari Hassan on February 14, 2019, unveiled a new man ever since she broke up with Platnumz. Instead of the black rose, Zari Hassan posted a photo of gifts from her new boyfriend on Valentine’s Day though they are no longer together.
Rasta Rob MC
In 2017, legendary radio personality and DJ Rasta Rob MC revealed that Zari was his girlfriend before she met the late Ivan Semwanga and he is the one who brought her to Kampala from Jinja.
During an interview on local television, Rasta Rob MC said he had a relationship with Zari Hassan in the 90s and she was quite sharp thus catching up with trends quite quickly.
“Zari was my girlfriend and I’m the one who introduced her to Kampala city. She was quite sharp and she caught up with the trends quite quickly,” Rasta Rob MC.
Peter Okoye
Following their breakup, Platnumz accused Zari of cheating on him with Nigerian musician Peter Okoye, a member of the P-Square duo.
Zari and Peter all came up to dispute Diamond’s Claims. Nevertheless, we pin him on the list.
Personal trainer
When Zari and Platnumz separated, the music star came out and revealed that his baby mama had an affair with her Kenyan personal trainer while the two were in a relationship. He said that he forgave Zari for the affairs that he knew about because he was also moving out in the relationship.
Dark Stallion
In 2021 Zari shocked her followers when she announced her breakup with Boyfriend Dark Stallion.
Zari took to her Instagram stories and publicly made it known that she and Stallion are no more and living worlds apart.
“I miss him, but I had to let him go. If it doesn’t build me, I won’t keep it,” Zari revealed.
Frederick Naumah
Zari unveiled this Ghanaian actor and producer on her 40th birthday in 2020.