It was an eventful year in Zimbabwe Celebville, the year had one very high-profile marriage, some events left our hearts broken, some tore us up in laughter.
It also was a good year for Zimbuzz as we celebrated our First Anniversary in October, we also became the biggest celebrity news blog in Zimbabwe and to top it all we won The Best Online Media Award at the Zim Hip Hop Awards.
But the real newsmakers, our beloved celebrities made all the news. Here is a selection of the Most Buzzing Celebrity News of 2016.
Stunner
He probably was the biggest news and noise maker in 2016. His year was characterised by all the hip-hop drama you can expect from him.
On 3 April the rapper surprised all and sundry after he paid lobola and Zimbuzz exclusively revealed the details here. The rapper is believed to have parted with $16 000 for the bride price.
The months to follow saw him having a brush with the law, on Monday, June 20 he was involved in an accident, in which he rammed into four parked cars and caused the injuries of two pedestrians. He was later sentenced to 210 hours of community service.
Jah Prayzah and the MAMA
He launched his album Mudhara vachauya at the HICC and managed to fill up the venue. Despite the sexual abuse allegations from former band mate Gonyeti, Jah Prayzah’s stock continued to rise as his video Watora Mari featuring Diamond Platnumz managed to hit a 1 million views in just 18 days.
This December he also announced a collaboration with Mafikizolo something we are eagerly waiting to sample in 2017. He also became the first Zimbabwean to win an MTV Award for the People’s Choice category.
He also dropped the Mudhara Vachauya Video and well, we think it was Dololo.
The Miss Zimbabwe Circus and the Glamourous Miss Tourism Zimbabwe
The pageant was initially pencilled for April and was later pushed to July leading to the cancellation of the contest. The decision was reached after the Trust did not get the sufficient number of ladies during the scouting process.
We later learnt that Miss Zimbabwe Trust Chairperson Mrs Mary Chiwenga said that they failed to find beautiful girls to represent the country.
In November we witnessed one the most glamorous beauty pageants ever hosted in the country when Mrs Barbara Mzembi spearheaded the rebranding of the Miss Tourism Zimbabwe. The event saw the queen walking away with prizes in excess of $20 000.
Skimbo and Lady Squanda
A pitiful and stunning video of Lady Squanda forcing comedian Skimbo to lick her feet became a web sensation in July. The casualty described to Zimbuzz how he was allegedly taken from his home after Squanda said she wanted to do a collaboration with him.
The video forced the organisers of a UK gig to remove Squanda from the tour and later replaced her with Skimbo as a show of pity.
Morgan Heritage finally performed in Zimbabwe
Grammy award-winning ensemble Morgan Heritage finally came to Zimbabwe but through a new promoter, 2Kings Entertainment.
The group had for a long time been pencilled to perform in Harare in December of 2015 but the show was cancelled. However, in October, they performed before a full house at the HICC.
The ZiFM Exodus
Zimbabwe’s first privately-owned radio station ZiFM was hit by it’s worst employee crisis ever following a mass exodus of presenters, Zimbuzz exclusively revealed.
The likes of Candice and Sokostina also left the Station, with DJ Eskay joining his wife in the USA.
Braai Fest and the 12000kgs of meat
The target was to set a record of consuming 10000 kgs of meat in a single event. However, an unprecedented 12,453 kgs of meat was eaten.
And Alick Macheso’s ex-wife Tafadzwa appeared in court facing allegations of hitting a reveller with a beer bottle at the Castle Lager Biggest Braai Festival.
Sulu wedded but there was drama
Heir to the Dendera kingdom Sulumani Chimbetu exchanged nuptials with wife Linda Samuriwo at Zimbali Gardens in Greendale. But his ex-wife Marigold Mutemasango, tried to block the wedding from happening as she made claims she was still customarily married to Sulumani.
Blackperl revealed she was still a Virgin
Award winning female rapper Blacperl exclusively revealed to Zimbuzz that not only did she wear the Crown Hip Hop Queen on her head, she additionally wore her Virginity Crown.
Xndr and Zaleekhah broke up and made up
Hip Hop’s Power Couple Zaleekah and Xndr split up in July .and they did it with a hashtag #AboutAyearAgo. The couple spoke exclusively to Zimbuzz about the break up citing different reasons of course.
We wondered what the hell had happened to probably the most visual and vocal social media/Celebrity couple we have known in Celebville.
To our utmost happiness, the two reconciled and are back to posting those envious Instagram selfies.
Trevor Dongo revealed new bae and also had a fight with a street kid
Around mid-October Urban grooves musician Trevor Dongo was involved in a street fight with a street kid at Five Avenue Shopping Centre.
A video made rounds on social media showing Dongo in a nasty brawl while onlookers cheered the fighters. Trevor claimed the man had snatched his food
Earlier on in September Zimbuzz revealed a pic of Trevor Dongo with a new girlfriend and her stunning diamond ring.
Mudiwa’s finally found a new girlfriend, Broke Jah Prayzah’s Award
Since the beginning of April, it was difficult for one to miss the #TeamSingle messages and posts that dominated the normally Up Beat Rapper’s FB page and Instagram.
For the larger part of the year, Mudiwa had been posting Bi-Polar statuses ranging from Why am I single to Single and Waiting is better than Taken and Faking.
Honestly, we almost felt the loneliness permeating from Mudiwa’s Posts, luckily for him, he landed himself a hottie
But the year ended in embarrassment for the rapper as he broke Jah Prayzah’s Award at the Style Oracle Awards in Avondale.
Pokello finally revealed pictures of new baby
Rumours of a pregnant Pokello Nare went wild in 2015 but the couple managed to keep the news under tight wrap.
However, the during the Easter Holidays in March the formerBig Brother Africa contestant decided to share with us a picture of what we believed then to be their newborn baby, maybe 2-3 months old.
The Queen of Swagger later confirmed that they had been blessed with a baby boy named Tristen.
Sharon Macheso’s naughty boobs
Alick Macheso decided to release an ‘Tsoka Dzerwendo’ a long hiatus. However, her daughter Sharon decided to flash her ‘twins’ during the album launch.
She decided to reveal more boob than was necessary to considering she was sitting right in front of her dad Alick.
This was just a pick of some of the storues that made noise on Zimbuzz. Looking forwad to an even more Buzzing 2017. From myslef and the rest of the Zimbuzz team thanks you for all the support you gave us in 2016. Have a Happy New Year everybody
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