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Winky D releases politically charged Song in time for the elections

With exactly 16days left for Zimbabweans to speak out through a ballot box Winky D has delivered some leadership bars.

 

Riding on Tman’s heavy baseline Elders Riddim, The Gafa asks for a chance to sit in parliament and close a gap that is leading to the social ills left unaddressed in his new single Parliament.

“Hapachada mafun apa pakuda chiGafa muparamende, Ndipei mukana pakaboka ndivhare vende….” says Winky D in one of the lines.

Parliament is a mind-opening track to high-density suburbs residents where one become a Member of Parliament who only shows up during election time and have less knowledge on their daily life routine.

In as much Zimbabwe’s high-density suburbs have literally become a hallmark of social vices most of which are chat topping, MPs from such areas merely address key issues in Parliament.

As problems seem not to disappear and the angels are yet to save, Winky D now ask for the Speaker of Parliament to go down to the Ghetto and discover how the social ills have been a societal cancer of late to the youths.

“Point of order Mr Speaker paGhetto ndinokumbira kuti dai masvika, hapamboda zvekutumira huyai mega muzvionere kuti maGhetto youth akasticker”

The mention of House of Hunger writer Dambudzo Marechera is a personification that would make it easy for senior citizens to understand how youths are living including the learned ones.

But the message seemed to be directed at President ED whose second name is Dambudzo.

Winky D who grew up in Kambuzuma has been always expressing his concern and a deep pain with how ghetto youths are shortening their lifespan.

Can this track be a hint that they he Gombwe wants a Parliament seat as an independent candidate?  But again his hope can only be in the next five years.

With how comically-painful the Parliament sessions are it’s high time to have meaningful discussions and top-notch solutions or ideas so – “Hapachada mafun pakuda chiGafa muParamende” says Winky D in Gafa Chete chorus.

Listen to the song below

 

Kendall Jenner Beefs Up Security Team, ‘scared’ of Tinashe

Kendall Jenner has reportedly beefed up her security team after Ben Simmons’ ex Tinashe sent her nasty messages about her new NBA player boyfriend.  

 

According to Radar Online, a source has revealed that Jenner, 22, is “scared” of the singer-songwriter.

“Tinashe’s been DMing Kendall like crazy, telling her how bad of guy Ben is and warning her to dump him. She’s writing nasty things about Ben and it’s upsetting Kendall.”

The informant tells Radar exclusively Kendall’s in shock Tinashe, 25, is behaving this way and feels her safety may be compromised.

“She’s hiring more bodyguards for herself for those times Ben’s not by her side to protect her,” the source adds.

“She feels this Tinashe situation is seriously a thin line between love and hate.” Last week, Tinashe was at the same club as Jenner and Simmons.

She told paparazzi he was texting her while there with Jenner.

Tinashe Picture/Dennis Leupold

Sources close to him told TMZ that Tinashe was lying and admitted it when Simmons called her out on it.

Reports have since gone around that Simmons and Jenner think Tinashe is stalking them and are getting extra security.

Kendall Jenner who is half-sisters with  Khloe, Kourtney and Kim Kardashian stole the headlines in June accused of a being in a cheating scandal with Ben who was dating Zimbabwean Tinashe at the time.

Kendall Jenner’s summer romance with NBA player Ben Simmons first survived a love triangle with Anwar Hadid.

But its second hurdle—the drama with his ex Tinashe becoming tabloid fodder—is really getting to her.

Baby Boom: Chengeto Brown is Pregnant!

Zim Celebville, now, more than ever, has been proudly displaying their adorable baby bumps rather than hiding them.  

 

Pop Star and mbira player Chengeto Brown on Wednesday revealed to her Instagram followers the bun that’s been keeping her busy in the kitchen.

There’s nothing cuter than a baby bump — which might explain why so many of her followers went absolutely gaga when she shared a photo of her growing belly.

Her shocked followers quickly sent out their congratulatory messages to Chengeto who still look absolutely amazing while pregnant.

The picture had a caption “First of all, why were you yelling in my ear, second of all, I was hungry” presumably referring to the male standing next to her whom we believe to be the boyfriend/fiance/husband.

Chengeto Brown Picture/Instagram@chengetob_official

Chengeto, born to now late parents Andy Brown and Chiwoniso Maraire has been missing on the airwaves since her famous collaboration with sister Ammara on the track Wachu Want.

Now we know why! She been making a celebrity baby!

How you can earn a Free Ticket to see Beyoncé, Jay-Z, Ed Sheeran live in South Africa

International advocacy organisation Global Citizen officially announced last Monday that Beyoncé and Jay-Z will headline the first Global Citizen Festival to be held in Africa on Sunday, 2 December 2018 at the FNB Stadium in Johannesburg.

 

The Global Citizen Festival is a free, ticketed concert that brings together musicians, world leaders, and global citizens in an effort to influence positive change on a global scale.

The event will be hosted by Oprah Winfrey, Naomi Campbell, Gayle King, Bob Geldof, Tyler Perry and Forest Whitaker.

Cassper Nyovest, D’banj, Ed Sheeran, Eddie Vedder, Femi Kuti, Pharrell Williams & Chris Martin, Sho Madjozi, Tiwa Savage, Usher and Wizkid will also perform at the event.

Below are instruction from The Global Citizen on how to earn a free ticket

How to Take Action With Global Citizen

Actions take a few different shapes and happen in different places.

1.) You can take action on the Global Citizen website and in our mobile app. These actions can be things like sending tweets, signing petitions, or sending an email to express your support for a particular issue, like more funding for girls education, or making sure more people have access to clean drinking water.

2.) Facebook Messenger: For the first time ever, Global Citizens can take action using a Facebook Messenger bot; these actions are similar to the ones on our site but are designed for phones with Facebook Messenger Lite.

3.) Days of Action: If you prefer to take action in person, we’ll have several Days of Action in Johannesburg in the run-up to the festival. You can join other Global Citizens in a community service project.

Getting Free Tickets

Global Citizen will hold four action journeys between now and the festival in December. In each action journey, there will be 8 to 10 actions you can choose between. Each action earns you a certain number of Festival points.

Once you have earned enough Festival points by taking action, you’ll be entered into the raffle to get your free pair (2) of tickets.

We’ll announce when the draws are happening, and let winners know if they’ve won the next day. We’ll be communicating the points you need to earn and the dates of the draws to everyone who signs up here .

If you didn’t win a ticket, you can still take more actions in the next action journey, which starts the next day, and then enter to win tickets again. More than 70,000 tickets will be given away for free in this method.

The Issues — What Are We Taking Action On?

Global Citizens in Africa and around the world are calling on world leaders to make commitments to empower people in extreme poverty. This includes:

  • Ensure people don’t suffer needlessly from preventable diseases;
  • Give every child access to a quality education;
  • Eradicate laws that hold girls and women back;
  • Make sure all people have access to enough nutritious food;
  • Ensure everyone has access to clean drinking water.

Can non-SA residents participate?

Yes, but you must be able to attend the festival to participate. We want to make sure tickets are going to people who can be there on 2 December at FNB Stadium.

What do I do between now and 21 Aug?

If you sign up via the email field on globalcitizen.org.za or via Facebook Messenger before 21 August, you will have a chance to earn bonus points before the rest, by referring your friends and family.

These bonus points can be applied to the draw which opens 21 August. Global Citizens will also have the exclusive opportunity to enter into special rewards for premium tickets to the Global Citizen Festival Mandela 100 by taking action.

Harry Kane reacts to England’s World Cup elimination: ‘It hurts a lot’

There will not be many Englishmen more gutted at the national team’s 2018 FIFA World Cup semifinal loss, than captain Harry Kane and manager Gareth Southgate.

 

Harry Kane insisted England’s World Cup elimination at the hands of Croatia “hurts a lot” but believes they should be proud of their achievements and look to build on a “great foundation”.

The Three Lions suffered a 2-1 defeat to Croatia in extra time despite going ahead within five minutes after Kieran Trippier’s superb free-kick.

Croatia grew into the game towards the end of the match with Mario Mandzukic bagging the winning goal in the second half of extra time.

‘It is tough, we are gutted, we worked so hard and the fans were amazing,’ Kane told ITV.

‘It was a tough game, a 50-50 game, I’m sure we will look back and there is stuff we could’ve done better.

‘It hurts, it hurts a lot, but we can hold our heads up high – we have gone further than a lot of people thought we would do.

‘We created some good chances being 1-0 up, there are lots of ifs and buts and it is hard in these games, it is small margins and it went their way today.

‘Until they scored we were always under the cosh. There is a lot we could have done better but they played better.

‘Obviously it has been great to get to this stage and we know we have done everyone proud but we wanted to win.

It hurts, it just hurts. It shows we can be up here, that we can win knockout games, can get to semi-finals and the next step is to go one step further.

Harry Kane during the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia Semi Final match between England and Croatia Picture/Getty Images

‘This is a great foundation we have built with the gaffer, we are proud of what we have achieved but we wanted more and are sad we couldn’t give our fans a final.’

England aren’t leaving Russia just yet as they face Belgium in the third place playoff match on Saturday as they look to cement their highest World Cup finish since 1966.

Croatia will now face France in the World Cup final on Sunday in Moscow.

‘Miss World Zimbabwe auditions still Open’ – Organisers

The search for the Miss World Zimbabwe finalists is still open after the weekend call which attracted models from across the country.

 

Auditions which ran last week from Thursday to Saturday saw more than 25 girls making it to the provisional boot camp selection.

Speaking to Zimbuzz, Miss Zimbabwe Trust administrator Mrs Lorraine Chawanda-Mukoti said the call was still open.

“A lot of girls are still coming to our offices to audition and we have decided to extend the call to accommodate as many girls as would want to audition,” she said.

Mrs Chawanda-Mukoti also expressed satisfaction with the quality of models coming.

“I think this year is going to be a tough one to chose a winner as we have seen a lot of beautiful, intelligent and confident girls,” she said.

She was impressed by the level of commitment shown by others who travelled from far away places for the audition.

“We have had two girls who flew from Canada and South Africa specifically for the chance to represent their country as a queen, we have also had girls from Bulawayo, Gweru, Mutare, Norton coming for the Miss World Zimbabwe auditions,” she revealed.

The winner of this year’s Miss World Zimbabwe will take over from Cape Town groomed Chiedza Mhosva who went on to represent the country in China.

The film and acting student with the University of Cape Town walked away with a $20 000 prize money and a brand new car.

Last year’s edition also had a royal touch to it with first Princess crown going to Gokwe’s Evelyn Njelele who is the daughter of Chief Njelele.

For those wishing to audition, visit the Miss Zimbabwe Trust Offices at 14 Boundary Road, Highlands. (Eastlea Side)

Ninja Lipsy reveals Struggle with Major Health Issue

Dancehall singer cum Rapper, Ninja Lipsy has for the first time, publicly revealed her struggles with a major health issue that has haunted her for years.  

 

Sharing the news with her thousands of followers on Instagram, the beau shared that she had epilepsy.

She said he had hidden it for years as she felt ashamed of it. She decided to share the ordeal in her native Shona language. Below we translate it to english.

“Yes I have epilepsy and I have been hiding it for a very long time because I thought it as embarrassing,” she said.

“I have had people who left me because they too thought it was a shame to associate with someone in my condition but I have forgiven them because they don’t have knowledge or understanding of what epilepsy is, they don’t know what to do when one is having a seizure.”

She went on to say that there is a misconception that epileptic people are demon possessed.

Epilepsy is something that society tends to shove under the rug and treat as less important than other things, even though it is a struggle faced by many.

Epilepsy is a chronic disorder, the hallmark of which is recurrent, unprovoked seizures.

A person is diagnosed with epilepsy if they have two unprovoked seizures (or one unprovoked seizure with the likelihood of more) that were not caused by some known and reversible medical condition like alcohol withdrawal or extremely low blood sugar.

The seizures in epilepsy may be related to a brain injury or a family tendency, but often the cause is completely unknown.

Ninja Lipsy Picture/Instagram@ninja_lipsy

Many people with epilepsy have more than one type of seizure and may have other symptoms of neurological problems as well.

Lipsy said she was not aware how she got the chronic illness.

“I don’t know whether I was born with it or I got it as I grew up, but what I know is that I have seen a lot,” she said.

She also sad that she has been frowned upon by society because of her epileptic condition.

“Let’s not discriminate epileptic patients, instead let’s learn more about the disease so that we can know how to help them, and to those who are suffering fro it, speak out so that you can be assisted,” she ended.

Idols SA Season 14 is Back!

The quest to find the next Mzansi’s idol has begun…Season 14 premiered on Sunday, 8 July on Mzansi Magic, packed with drama, fashion, tears, triumphs and unforgettable moments.

 

Season 14 of Idols SA promises to change the game, taking entertainment to another notch, from bringing dreams to a reality, showcasing singing talent accompanied by entertaining wooden mic moments to the emotional journey to stardom and so much more.

It would not be a great season without the infamous judges, like Unathi tearing up. The colourful “Whoo Shem” Somgaga with his hilarious and extra personality returns to shape and inspire some of Season 14’s Idol wannabes.

Lastly, Randall returns to bring about a different sort of subtle entertainment that only those with the tuneful ear will understand.

Who better to offer his shoulder for comfort than our Host, Proverb. He still has the tough role to play as a hero that consoles Idols hopefuls and congratulates the ones that make it to another round.

South Africa’s most popular reality singing show kicked off auditions phase in Kwazulu-Natal at North Beach Amphitheatre in South Africa.

In the past years, Durban contestants have always come in large numbers to showcase their talent.

This year’s audition was no different. Musa Sukwene, the Idols SA Season 9 winner filled a seat on the panel as a guest judge.

We will see how he handles being on the other side of the fence.

The journey of finding Mzansi’s next Idol continued to Cape Town’s Century City Conference Centre. Hopefuls came in numbers having been inspired by Paxton’s rise to stardom in Season 13.

South African’s award-winning multitalented House producer, DJ Cleo filled the guest judge’s seat for Cape Town.

If the Capital City, Pretoria had a personality it would be vibrant and entertaining. Who better to be on the hot seat as a judge than the ever-entertaining, fly kicking-musician Dr Malinga.

The final stop for the auditions was Johannesburg where the legendary Dr Rebecca Malope brought her warm personality and extensive music experience to play.

Idols made its way to Bloemfontein, Port Elizabeth and Polokwane for pop up auditions with the help of Telkom.

Whose talent will warm the hearts of Mzansi people, whose vocals will fall short and who will be the next Mzansi’s idol?

Get the 411  on  DStv’s Mzansi Magic, Channel 161, every Sunday and on the dedicated Idols channel, (Idols Extra) Channel 198. The show is also available on DStv Catch Up.

Italian Serie A football back on DStv

DStv’s SuperSport and Serie A of Italy have reached an agreement that will see top-tier Italian football return to the Channel of Champions for the 2018-2019 season, which kicks off on Sunday August 19.

 

According to Liz Dziva, publicity and public relations manager of MultiChoice Zimbabwe, this will ensure a continuation of coverage of one of the world’s most popular football leagues on SuperSport.

“SuperSport aims at offering viewers the best football from around the world and the return of Serie A helps fulfil the promise of an unrivalled football offering,” she said.

 “SuperSport viewers will be able to watch all 380 matches of the league, which was founded in 1898, and has 20 top Italian teams competing for the championship trophy.

Serie A is regarded as one of the best football leagues in the world and it is often described as being the most tactical national league.

The 2017-2018 season was a particularly exciting one and the winning team was uncertain until the end, thanks to an epic duel between Juventus and Napoli throughout the season, and indications are that the coming season may be equally or even more thrilling.

DStv Customers are in for a fascinating 2018/19 football season as Italian league, Serie A rejoins the MultiChoice family

“We know from feedback that football fans in Zimbabwe enjoy Serie A almost as much as the English Premiership and there will be great delight to hear that 2018-2019 will be covered in full on SuperSport,” said Ms Dziva.

Umtiti goal sends France through to World Cup final as Kylian Mbappe dazzles

Samuel Umtiti’s second half header was enough to send France through to the World Cup final at Belgium’s expense.

 

Didier Deschamps’ side, the beaten Euro 2016 finalists, had to withstand a late onslaught from their opponents but held on and will now have the chance to win their first World Cup in 20 years.

Belgium enjoyed the majority of possession in the opening exchanges and nearly drew first blood in the 15th minute when Eden Hazard flashed his shot across goal after Kevin de Bruyne’s inventive flick had presented the Chelsea winger with a sight of goal.

Hazard came even closer shortly afterwards, this time cutting in on his favoured right foot and blasting the ball towards the far corner, only for Raphael Varane to divert the ball over the crossbar with a brave header.

Hugo Lloris was then forced to make one of the saves of the tournament, diving full length to his to turn away a curling effort from his Tottenham teammate Toby Alderweireld.

Paul Pogba and Kylian Mbappe both showed fleeting glimpses of their ability but the best France could muster in response during the opening half an hour was Olivier Giroud’s header from a set piece which drifted harmlessly wide.

France’s forward Kylian Mbappe (L) vies with Belgium’s defender Jan Vertonghen Picture/ CHRISTOPHE SIMON/AFP/Getty Images)

That miss appeared to galvanise France who missed the best opportunity of the opening period when Thiabut Courtois produced a brilliant save with an outstretched leg to deny Benjamin Pavard who had been sent clear by a clever Mbappe pass.

The goal the first half had promised arrived just five minutes after the restart when Samuel Umtiti beat Marouane Fellaini to Antoine Griezmann’s corner at the near post and guided his header past a helpless Courtois.

Giroud nearly doubled the lead soon after but was smothered by the Belgium defence having been played in by Mbappe’s impudent backheel.

Roberto Martinez summoned Dries Mertens from the bench and the change nearly reaped instant dividends when the Napoli winger’s cross was headed narrowly wide by Fellaini.

Belgium threw everything they could muster at the French but were unable to really test Lloris, aside from one speculative long range effort from Axel Witsel.