Singer, songwriter and producer Tytan and businesswoman Olinda Chapel have been announced as hosts for this year’s Miss World Zimbabwe UK beauty pageant taking place at the De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms in London on the 1st of July.
Tytan
Pageant Director Chiedza Ziyambe said that the team were over the moon with the recent development and that Tytan would appeal to the audience.
“Tytan is a vibrant, talented and charismatic young man and I am confident that he and Olinda will bring wit, charm, chemistry and undeniable presence to the pageant,” said Ziyambe.
In the last two years, Tytan has been making waves on the music scene with his Afro/urban contemporary songs and refreshing music videos that have shown the extent of his artistry and musicianship.
Tytan said that he was honoured to have been approached to host the prestigious beauty pageant next month.
“I am humbled and truly looking forward to hosting Miss World Zim UK with the wonderful Olinda Chapel, and celebrating the remarkable work that this year’s finalists are doing and aspire to do,” said Tytan.
“It is inspiring to see young women who are passionate, intelligent, and who are working towards fulfilling their dreams – demonstrating what beauty with a purpose means to them.
I wish all the finalists the very best as they progress,” he added.
Olinda said: ” l am honoured to be hosting Miss World Zimbabwe UK. Initiatives like this, that empower and give young girls the opportunity to discover their true purpose is amazing and, on the 1st of July we will celebrate the journey of these young girls and ultimately, witness the life-changing result of the winner.”
Nkomo recently released his highly anticipated music video Ndipe Mwoyo. Directed and produced by BegottenSun, the video chronicles the story of a nurse who falls in love with her patient.
Directed and produced by BegottenSun, the video chronicles the story of a nurse who falls in love with her patient.
Musician Adrian Tate is also set to perform on the night.
The former Soul Afrika group member, who has carved a solo career for himself, recently released his EP alongside Tytan and, has dubbed it as his comeback.
Mrs Daisy Mtukudzi wife to celebrated icon Oliver has urged local celebrities to do more for the less privileged in their communities.
Mrs Mtukudzi holding one of the orphans
She was speaking during a recent Simuka Africa outreach programme in Norton where she was joined by musicians Diana Samkange and Mudiwa.
“People think that celebrities don’t care about the community, yet they do, this is a noble cause that’s why I chose to be part of it,” she said.
“Those who can afford to share with the community should try to do so more often because we have a lot of people who are going hungry.”
“Let us not wait for foreigners to help our people, young celebrities like those in Dancehall and hip-hop should also pull resources together and start assisting those close to their communities
Mrs Mtukudzi thanked Nikhil Saini and Ajchida Dayiki the founders of New Africa Food Alliance Group (NAFA) for their generous donation.
NAFA donated 1000kgs of rice, 200 unit of 375ml of cooking oil and 200 packets of 1kg salt, the foodstuff was shared between the orphanage and Norton residents.
Nikhil Saini, Diana SamKange and Mudiwa after donating NAFA foodstuffs to a Norton lady
Addressing some of the Kids at the orphanage Mrs Mtukudiz urged them to be good kids and not to steal from each other as this breeds a bad culture in the society.
The orphanage is run by Church on the Rock Ministries led by Doctor Chikowa, who grew up without parents a situation which prompted him to start an orphanage.
Tiara Baluti’s performances are usually coupled with ridiculously creative outfits and serious body shaking, she has given us all these two but with a different touch of elegance.
Body Gyal Flex which features producer Simba Tagz is a blistering visual experience with some dope camera work by multi-award winning director – Andy Cutta.
She is all about pushing boundaries and shattering stereotypes, a quality which makes her videos outstanding.
In this video, Tiara shows that she is indeed the Queen of Hip Hop (although on this track she sounded dancehall) as she is not afraid to make a statement and take risks with her creativity.
Short in Botswana in a desert named Makgadikgadi Salts Pans this video is a trip worth taking, as Tiara and her accompanying dancers ooze sexy without trying too hard.
Her modified hijab dress and ornamented burka gave the video added uniqueness.
The African Women Awards has called for nominations for the third edition of the awards submissions are open until 22 July 2017.
“We would like everyone across the world to nominate an African woman who has shown that she is phenomenal, ambitious, a game changer and a trendsetter.
“AWA aims to empower women to maximise their opportunities for self-actualisation through innovation and creativity. This platform endeavours to create a fresh brand of African women role models and share what is possible in Africa,” read the press release.
The African Women Awards which was founded by Carol Nyazika and Lisa Chiriseri will be hosting the third edition of the prestigious award ceremony in Johannesburg, South Africa on the 4th of November 2017.
The venue will be confirmed in due course.
“The African Women Awards will be held in South Africa this year and next year. We aim to host the awards in a different country every two years to ensure that we celebrate each country on the continent and share the beauty with the rest of the world,” said founder Carol Nyazika.
After hosting successful award ceremonies in 2015 and 2016, the AWA team is working on hosting yet another unforgettable evening for all the nominees and guests.
The 2016 edition saw the awards attract the attention of international guests from Uganda, South Africa, Tanzania and other countries.
Representatives of different government departments and ambassadors were also present to support women nominated from their countries who couldn’t attend.
AWA is encouraging everyone from all over Africa to submit names of individuals they would like to nominate before the closing date. Women are also encouraged to enter their own names.
Nominations can only be submitted via their website.
Shortlisted nominees will be announced in the month of August in recognition and celebrating Women’s Month. The tickets will be available as from the 30th of August.
Fast-growing Tech start-up Senditoo has been announced as one of the sponsors for this year’s Miss World Zimbabwe UK (MWZUK) pageant scheduled to take place on the 1st of July at the De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms in London.
Senditoo co-founder Takwana Tyaranini
Pageant Director Chiedza Ziyambe said that the partnership with Senditoo was an exciting development as both organisations shared a similar work ethic and ethos.
“We are delighted to welcome Senditoo on board. The organisation is doing such amazing work in the Zim community and we are looking forward to working closely with them to bring a world class event,” she said.
Established in March 2016 by Zimbabwean born Takwana Tyaranini and Ibrahim Soumano, Senditoo currently covers 140 countries, including 35 countries in Africa. It is directly connected to over 400 mobile operators worldwide with a reach of 4.5 billion prepaid users.
Awarded the Business of the Year accolade at the recently held Zimbabwe Achievers Awards in May, the team said they are happy to be partnering with Ziyambe to bring one of Zimbabwe’s positive community initiatives to the world, as well as support the contestants entering the beauty pageant.
Tyaranini expressed his confidence that the new strategic partnership would allow the Miss World Zimbabwe UK more of an opportunity to develop and mentor young girls looking to pursue modelling as a career, as well as add more value to the pageant.
The Company has recently launched a mobile app that allows its users to send airtime within seconds, enhancing its rapidly growing platform.
The high-speed application is now available for download on Playstore, powered by Google for Android users and the App Store for iOS users.
First-time users who download the app will receive $2 free airtime using the Promo code WORLD.
The enterprise’s steady growth in the last year has seen an increase in transaction volumes across the continent, with Nigeria and South Africa coming in as its second and third biggest destinations, respectively.
“The ultimate requisite for people living and working in the diaspora is to stay in touch with their families and friends back home and we anticipate that Senditoo’s strategy of keeping the conversation flowing across the African continent will aid in its growth and, will sustain the flow in the number of mobile subscribers throughout the continent,” he said.
With revenue that has increased by 600% globally, Senditoo is progressively becoming the favourite airtime transfer platform for Zimbabweans living in the diaspora.
Approximately 70% of the company’s transactions volume currently comes from Zimbabweans.
The Miss World Zimbabwe UK (MWZUK) has entered the final phase of its search with finalists being announced next Friday.
Chiedza Ziyambe
The grand finale is set for the 1st of July in London, and the organisers have promised a world-class event.
Pageant Director Chiedza Ziyambe said that the casting roadshows have been successful and a host of young, talented girls have turned out in their numbers to be in with a chance to be part of the pageant this year.
“The last few weeks have been fantastic and an eye opener,” said Ziyambe.
“Having conversations with these young women, who have such high aspirations for their lives has kept us in sync with what kind of woman we are looking for to represent us, not only in the UK but on an international platform.
We are in the process of finalising the shortlist of contestants and we will be revealing them shortly,” she added.
The Miss Zimbabwe UK winner and her two princesses will be flown to Zimbabwe to compete for the Miss Zimbabwe 2017 title, with the overall winner being entered into the Miss World competition later in the year.
The pageant this year will be held at the prestigious De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms in London
Prizes for the pageant will include a character building session with FOSTA and the winner will also become the Face of Cherrielle Cosmetics.
Casting roadshows began in April and covered a number of cities including London, Nottingham and Manchester.
Profiles of this year’s contestants will be featured on the website and will highlight stories of their modelling careers and community-based initiatives.
The Miss World Zimbabwe UK campaign is a celebration of Zimbabwe, its culture and of women.
NAMA nominated and Zimbabwe’s top female comedian Gonyeti together with her Bus Stop TV family are back from South African where they participated in the “No to Women abuse Show”
The show also attracted some local and South African based female Zim-dancehall artists like Ninja Lispy, Kadjah, Pauline,DaRuler and many others.
The show which was promoted by Rokafella Promotions sought to send a message against all forms of violence against women.
Gonyeti is now preparing for her highly anticipated “Meet the people show” scheduled for June 24 at New Ambassador Hotel in Harare where she will share the stage with Dian Nomsa a female comic from Bulawayo, Mandla Da Comedian from Bulawayo, Tinaye, Mai TT, King Kandoro and Kadem.
Dj Layness will be on decks while multi-award winning pop star Cindy Munyavi will be the guest artist.
The Nash Paints Meet The People Show is being supported by Senditoo, Tnash Photography, Oredz, Temp-bag, Nakai Media, Jan Jam, Moto Republik, ZISO MEDindividuals. individuals .
The Bustop TV family plans to go around Zimbabwe with females comedians headline the tour unfortunately there are few female comedians in the country.
The show (Meet the people) will also be her farewell to fans as she will head for the UK Comedy Show billed for the first and second of July, she will perform along with Clive Chigubhu, Macdee, Selmor Mtukudzi and her husband
By Michael Shoko, recently in Sun City, South Africa
Babes Wodumo expressed her disappointment in not winning a South African Music Award (SAMA) this past weekend and accused people of buying awards.
Babes Wodumo Pic by Ok Mzansi
Babes could not stomach the news that she walked away empty handed and went on Instagram live to launch an attack at the SAMAs organisers.
She was also joined by fellow stable mate Mampintsha who threw his own outburst.
There was a fierce social media debate in South Africa and parts of Africa with the fans divided as to whether Babes was robbed of hard work or she plainly was not enough of a star.
Recording Industry of South Africa (RiSA) CEO Nhlanhla Sibisi explained to TshisaLIVE that judges had looked at Babes Wodumo’s entire album and not just her single.
“The SAMAs has always evaluated the entire album of an artist to judge their entire body of work. The Record of the Year category is the only category in which a single track is considered and so an artist may have a great single or series of singles but their album may not be better than another artist,” he explained.
He said the SAMAs were not a popularity contest.
“Wololo was the biggest song in the country. It was in the top 10 of all charts we consulted for our nominations shortlists and was massively popular, but the SAMAs is not a popularity contest,” he explained.
By Michael Shoko, recently in Sun City South Africa
Singer Zahara has come out guns blazing and is threatening to sue Somizi and the South African Music Awards for a bar comment made by Somizi.
Somizi, who co-hosted the awards told audiences that there was a bar at the after-party and that Zahara would be there, making reference to Zahara’s alcohol problems
Revealed Zahara in an Instagram post: “I only wish what I heard apon (sic) my return from Swaziland #BushfireFestival this past weekend about what Somizi said at the SAMAS is not true! Because if he did I am suing Somizi and the SAMAs for deformation (sic) of character I am tired of this.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BUr6H2cDHox/
She later told TshisaLIVE that she was really upset and offended by the remarks Somizi made at the awards.
“I don’t care if he was joking. At whose expense was the joke? This will hurt my image and could impact whether I get sponsorship deals or not. It is not funny and I want him to apologise,” she said.
Somizi is said to have apologised to Zahara during his Metro FM radio show.
Rapper Stunner yesterday added his voice to the long winding list of artists who are complaining about a raw deal they are being offered by music video director Vusa Blaqs.
Stunner touched on a lot of issues in his rant that included accusing Blaqs of sabotaging other artists works by delaying the release of their videos.
He gave an example of how Takura had to wait a long time to get his video for the song Mungandidii, a product which Stunner said was done badly by Blaqs.
He also said his ex-girlfriend Pokello had a bigger following that Jah Prayzah.
And Blaqs responded by saying that Stunner had touched on important matters which needed to be looked at.
“Stunner Da Des thank you for the reality check. It’s humbling to be chided by the vets in the industry. I have nothing to hide. What you said is the absolute truth. We take such criticism as we grow. It hasn’t been easy but we get better
“What you said is the absolute truth. We take such criticism as we grow. It hasn’t been easy but we get better every day. God bless you and your hustle. Peace,” he said.
Zimbuzz unearths the real story behind the feud which has many fans and readers baffled as to how it all started.
In our previous article, we gave a brief biography of who the director in question is.
Vusa Blaqs is currently one of the most sought-after video directors whose works have managed to change the face of the Zimbabwean music industry and has been hailed by many as a game changer.
He has done star quality videos for Ex Q’s Bhachura which has reached a million views a few days ago, he also did Ammara Brown and Chengeto’s Whatchu Want, Extra Large’s Papi Pacho just to mention a few.
The Real Story
Information gathered by Zimbuzz show that a number of artists are up in arms with the video director who has been accused of deliberately delaying the release of their videos.
Vusa Blaqs – Picture Vusa Blaqs Facebook
Stunner then took it upon himself to speak on behalf of all the aggrieved artists.
Commenting on a Zimbuzz article on Facebook, 8L’s manager Fungai Chaks fired a salvo at Vusa Blaqs confirming what Stunner had said about the video director.
“Not far from the truth Vusa blaqs (can’t tag he unfriended me)….Not only #teamTakura SoulAfrikaTannia N’yasha Ngwena even us clientele money Blessed Zikaliwon’t get much into detail but we finally got the video after 5 months should I get into Tamy’s own??? Talented director but his character is without excellence!!! Munhu wese kunaAndy Sobhuza#dependable, ” she said.
Tannia N’yasha Ngwena from Takura’s management also weighed in and registered her displeasure at Blaqs
“We the creative community are just trying to get him to be accountable. We appreciate his talent already hence why we commissioned him to do the jobs in the first place! Don’t over promise only to under deliver – it slows our progress down as an industry,” she said.
She also thanked Stunner for letting people know the truth.
“I am tired of the b*** sh*t served up in this industry!! #ThankYou for speaking out. Fighting for excellence and growth,” she said.
Zimbuzz can also confirm that Boom Beto paid in full for the production of Kudonhedza Musika video in February but the video hasn’t been shot yet.
A source within Boom Beto’s camp said that Vusa Blaqs had been dilly-dallying around the issue.
“The song has now lost its relevance even if the video came out today, a transfer was made to Blaqs but his management has been shifting goal posts in providing us with a production date,” the source said.
Vusa Blaqs, however, said Boom Beto had decided to do a video for a different song.
“The Boom Beto situation (sic) they decided to do a different song, that is an ongoing business transaction which is confidential,” he said.
However the source told Zimbuzz that they had decided to shoot another video because of the delays caused, and management made a decision because they don’t think Kunonhedza Musika is still a hit song.
Other videos that we have been told to be causing a lot of conflict include Beautiful/Ndozvandiri by Tamy featuring Takura and Doba Don.
Another source within the ongoings said that they were still awaiting their video but with no official communication coming from Blaqs.
“I have been having conversations with Tamy’s management who are also her parents after I did the first cut of the video I won’t lie to you they were not impressed they thought maybe we should probably re-shoot or re-edited or something,” said Blaqs about the situation with the Tamy video.
He said that he was not holding anyone’s work.
“I never deliberately hold on to a project. It’s my job to make videos why would I hold anything back,” he added.
Killer T’s video ‘Bvunza Tinzwe’ is said to have been delayed also only to be released after Killer T had threatened to take action.
Killer T’s management, however, did not respond to questions sent to them by this publication.
Blaqs said the Killer T, Takura and 8L stories were unsubstantiated rumours.
The video was however released but without the branding of Blaqs, making it difficult for people to know who directed it.
Another video which is also at the centre of the contention is Tehn Diamond’s ‘No Stress’. We sent out questions to Tehn Diamond a month ago to find out about the said rumours but he didn’t respond.
Vusa Blaqs on set with Tehn Diamond. Picture was taken on February 28, 2017, and posted on Vusa Blaqs’ facebook page. However Tehn Diamond released a different video this morning
This morning (19 May 2017) Tehn Diamond released the video but it was done by a different director, one Mr Galston Anthony, confirming that he too had a fall out with Vusa Blaqs.
There, however, is a conspiracy theory that has been doing the rounds in the showbiz, artists who spoke to Zimbuzz said Vusa Blaqs is now associated with Jah Prayzah Studios, therefore, they are sabotaging other musicians works.
“They are sabotaging the industry so that only Military Touch Movement works are pushed, look my brother they have a dancehall artist in the form of Nutty O, so they won’t release a video from a competitor like Boom Beto or Killer T,” said one artist who requested anonymity.
Zimbuzz contacted Jah Prayzah’s manager Keen Mushapaidze a month ago and he dismissed the allegations saying “I have not heard any complaints of such nature.”
Contacted for comment yesterday Vusa Blaqs said he was not sabotaging anyone but instead opening doors for many artists.
“That is not true. I’m doing the opposite of sabotage. Look at my work. It speaks for itself. My work has opened doors for many people. I feel It has somehow restored national pride,” he said.
“Be reminded that I didn’t get this far by sabotaging people. I’m 100% dedicated to every project that comes my way and I try to give my creativity space to refresh so that my products don’t look the same.
“I would say to these artists I have not forsaken you for anyone or anything.
“As a human being, I make mistakes and fail. It’s part of life but I will never ill-treat anyone to please the next person. I have not come to destroy but to build.
“I urge the public and artists to keep supporting us because we all trying to achieve the same thing: Make Zimbabwe great with the talents that God gave each and every one of them
“What I have learned from this whole fiasco is that people are expecting a lot from Team Blaqs and we are humbled by the response we have been getting.
“We have already put measures in place to increase capacity. Soon the world will see the change. Once again thanks to the viewers for the overwhelming support,” he added.
It still remains a mystery how all the said artists who are accusing Blaqs of a contract breach have not taken legal action against him if indeed the allegations are true.
