By Fidelis Manyange
IT is now 25 years since the death of the legendary Leonard Tazvivinga, also known in music circles as Leonard ‘Musorowenyoka’ Dembo.
The ‘Chitekete’ hitmaker who died on April 9 1996 is one of the the most celebrated artistes in Zimbabwe.
Dembo’s birth name...
By Fidelis Manyange
IN the early 2000s, the late Piwayi Dzuda, a ZTV presenter of a gospel music programme ‘Psalmody’, once stirred a hornet’s nest after playing a song called ‘Mabvi nemagokora’ from Khiama Boys.
ZTV was also equally condemned for allowing Pastor Bandimba’s musical video...
Talk about leadership skills
Rumble in the Jungle
By Norman Moyo
Published by Porcupine Press (2014)
ISBN: 978-1-920609-74-0
LEADERSHIP is a fundamental needed for the success and development of any given community.
It is through good leaders that members of society can be able to achieve greatness and be successful...
FROM the pre-colonial annals of history to present day Zimbabwe, almost every indigenous clan or group of the Shona peoples were obliged to follow an intricate set of regulations governing the cuisine protocol of the communal heirloom chicken – Makarekare hari yehuku yaive nemitauro...
By Fidelis Manyange
PROMINENT UK-based gospel artiste Lewis Ngara who has been riding high on local radio stations has released a series of singles and videos, some of them featuring popular local gospel artistes. Ngara who grew up in Zimbabwe became popular when he went...
By Fidelis Manyange
IN addition to being drawn back by the COVID-19 lockdown, artistes have always been crying foul over many ‘obstacles’, which they claim hamper their success.
They ignore important things which matter in their industry while concentrating on minor issues.
Some have been given funds...
ZIMBABWEAN-BORN songstress and the queen of the trending ‘Amapiano’ genre Sha Sha made Zimbabwe and southern Africa proud when she bagged the prestigious Black Entertainment Television (BET) gong for Viewers’ Choice: Best New International Act earlier this week.
The South African-based sensation made history by...
By Fidelis Manyange
THIS year marks 24 years since the death of sungura legend Kwangwari Gwaindepi, aka Leonard ‘Musorowenyoka’ Dembo, who died on April 9 1996.
For the first time in history, a local radio station played Dembo’s music for 24 hours continuously on April 9...
Patriot reporter
THE tourism industry across the world has been ravaged by COVID-19 scourge and, to avoid total collapse, stakeholders have begun engaging to find survival strategies.
The country’s Environment, Climate, Tourism and Hospitality Industry Minister Mangaliso Ndlovu, speaking during a post-COVID-19 tourism recovery consultative meeting,...
By Fidelis Manyange
BESIDES churning out people’s favourites and entertaining crowds in various entertainment joints, some musicians have hogged the lime light for all the wrong reasons.
There are musicians who have strayed from the right path and found themselves behind bars.
They have been incarcerated for...
Rainbows in the Dust
By Chenjerai HovePublished by Baobab Books (1998)ISBN: 1-77909-001-3
WORDS, as has been proven time and again, have the power to create or destroy life.
Words, which form the basis of communication, have been captured in song, poetry, drama and other forms of writing.
These...
At the mercy of COVID
By Fidelis Manyange
WITH the cases of people who have tested positive for COVID-19 in Zimbabwe on the increase, President Emmerson Mnangagwa was spot on by extending the lockdown period.
COVID-19, which has affected the world, is real and is a deadly...
