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27/01/2020

All set for Selmor Mtukudzi Album launch this Friday !

Popular Afro-jazz musician and heiress to Tuku music legacy, Selmor Mtukudzi will launch her sixth album ‘Dehwe ReNzou’ at RM Garden Hall at the Harare Show Grounds this Friday 31 January 2020.

‘Dehwe ReNzou’ follows up on the release of a single ‘Mandidzimbira’ dedicated to Oliver Mtukudzi last week. The well-received single has set the tone and warmed the stage for the launch of ‘Dehwe ReNzou’.

The much-anticipated album launch has been spiced up with the inclusion of the evergreen Alick Macheso, on the performance line up. Macheso, undoubtedly the King of Zimbabwean music after the death of Oliver Mtukudzi, brings in a Sungura flare to Selmor Mtukudzi’s Katekwe.

Over the last two months Macheso has also roped in Selmor Mtukudzi as a supporting act during his tours. That fatherly gesture significantly helped to take Selmor’s music to the people.

A fusion of Afro-Jazz and traditional local beats, ‘Dehwe Renzou’ is an 11 track album. It was produced by Steve Dyer at Dyertribe studios in South Africa except a single house track which was done by McDee.

Steve Dyer is renowned for producing Oliver Mtudzi’s platinum album ‘Tuku Music’. He also produced ‘Bvuma’ and ‘Paivepo’, albums which totally changed Mtukudzi’s music fortunes. On the other hand, McDee is credited for producing Selmor’s popular house tracks like ‘Hangasa’ and ‘Nguva Yangu.’

Veteran Black Spirits members Picky Kasamba, Never Mpofu and Sam Mataure also featured on the album. Picky Kasamba did backing vocals and percussion whilst Never Mpofu and Sam Mataure played bass and drums respectively.

Legendary South African musician Vusi Mahlasela popularly known as ‘The Voice’ also features on one of the tracks.

Though it is not easy to pick the best tracks from the well-packaged album, Zvine Basa Rei, Uchafinhwa, Tanda Mbizi and Unconditional Love are leading the others in terms of popular appeal.

The album launch starts at 7.30 pm till late. Admission is US$ 5 equivalent for ordinary tickets and US $10 for VIP tickets.

5 Things We Learned From the ZIMA Awards 2020

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27/01/2020

5 Things We Learned From the ZIMA Awards 2020

Four years is a long time to be away, but Saturday 25 January came up fast for music lovers who had waited for the return of the Zimbabwe Music Awards.

Newlands was the venue and the expectation was high and so was the appetite for a good time.

Here are the Five things that we learned.

1. We still struggle to sing our own National Anthem.

Treasonous! That’s how I can describe the way Fusion 5 bastardized the National Anthem. You see, the national anthem is our national prayer, it is a solemn patriotic song, it is an expression of national identity.

It represents the tradition, history, and beliefs of a nation and its people. Now for someone to mumble through the lyrics of such an important song is utter disrespect. Disrespect both to the language and to the Nation.

2. There are corporates who still believe in Showbiz

Now for a cement company to be a headline sponsor of a music show was a stamp of confidence on the organisers’ part. This shows that someone and something is right up there with the new organisers led by CEO Reason Sibanda.

Kudos to PPC for believing in music. We don’t know how much you poured in, but we had an event and it went almost well.

3. We still use the sunset and shadows of trees to determine time

I saw some organisers wearing nice watches but those were just to decorate their wrists. Because if the watches did work, how is it that an event can start 2 hours late? Do you know what can happen in 2hrs?

That’s a whole soccer match including half time break. We really felt patronised by ZIMA considering that nobody cared to explain the cause of the delay or apologise for it.

4. The Awards have lost credibility

On the same day as the ZIMAs, Jah Prayzah had an appreciation concert in Budirio where he was thanking his real paymasters – the fans – for raising him and supporting his music. So were some of the nominees whose absence goes to show the level of disdain and mistrust towards the Awards.

Who can blame them when you have adjudicators making the whole country believe that Takura did more for Hip Hop than Ti Gonzi.

Who can blame them for snubbing a ceremony that saw it fit to award Ishan the Best Male gong. Who would bother to attend the next edition when history will record that Gemma was 2019 Best Female artist. That was scandalous!

5. NAMA and Star FM in serious danger.

Almost the same constituency will be expected to attend the NAMAs and Star FM Awards in just a month’s time. The precedence that ZIMA has set will have a direct consequence on how Awards are to be viewed in this country and the same snub may befall the two aforementioned.

NAMA and Star FM organisers now need to do some serious PR work to make sure theirs won’t become a sham.

Check out the complete Winners’ List Here

Ti Gonzi quotes ED as he blasts ZIMA Awards

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26/01/2020

Ti Gonzi quotes ED as he blasts ZIMA Awards

Rapper Ti Gonzi has broken silence about his treatment by the Zimbabwe Music Awards (ZIMA) where many feel he was robbed.

Ti Gonzi was nominated in Best Male, Best Hip Hop and was also nominated for Song of the Year and Best Collaboration categories for the song Kure which he did with Ishan.

He walked away with no award.

Despite dominating with the year and winning Best Male at the Zim Hip Hop award, Gonzi lost the ZIMA Best hip hop to Takura.

And they was a sudden gush of fury and vitriol from his fans and music lovers alike as they blasted ZIMA for what they termed the greatest robbery.

Ti Gonzi was also listening and reading what the people were saying and he gave a response.

“The voice of the people is the voice of God.No matter how much they try, they will never lie to the masses/people,” wrote Ti Gonzi, quoting a phrase which was popularised by President ED when he rose to power in 2017.

“Ndirikuzviona hangu kuti ruzhinji (majority) rwevanhu harisi kufara but the work I put for the music industry (ZimHipHop) in 2019 does not need a panel to validate me. Like I said on my previous post,just the 4 nominations were a win for me coz it showed me where I am now.”

He congratulated all the winners but said he was dissapointed by the ZIMA organisers.

“..And to ZIMA honestly I am disappointed. My perception of ZIMA Awards has changed, had I known, I wouldn’t even let my management submit for the awards or even talk about it to my followers,” he added.

Zimbabwe Music Awards 2020 Full Winners List

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26/01/2020

Zimbabwe Music Awards 2020 Full Winners List

Here are all the winners of the Zimbabwe Music Awards ZIMA 2020 which took place at the Newlands Country Club in Harare last night.

The event was marred with a lot of controversy and we shall delve into that in our review Monday morning.

ZIMBABWE MUSIC AWARDS FULL WINNERS LIST

Best Female Artist of the Year
* Gemma Griffiths

Best Male Artist of the Year
* Ishan

Best Group/ Duo of the Year
* Fusion 5 Mangwiro

Best Newcomer of the Year
* Ishan

Best Album of the Year
* Gango – Freeman

Zimdancehall
* Freeman

Sungura
* Nicholas Zachariah

Hip Hop
* Takura

Afropop
* Ishan

Contemporary Gospel
* Janet Manyowa

Traditional Gospel
* Mambo Dhuterere

R&B & Soul
* Gemma Griffiths

Jazz
* Willis waTaffi Afirika

Dance (House/Gqom/Kwaito/EDM)
* DJ Stavo

Tshibilika
* Clement Magwaza

Traditional Folk (Chinyakare/Chimurenga)
* Andy Muridzo

Traditional Folk (Ezomdabu/Imbube)
* Indosakusa

Best Alternative
* Sylent Nqo

Special Awards
Zim Icon – Retro Female
* Chiwoniso Maraire

Zim Icon – Retro Male
* Simon Chimbetu

Lifetime Achievement Award
* Andy Brown

Best International Zim Artist
* Sha sha

Best Collaboration
* ‘Mugarden’ – Winky D ft. Gemma

Best DJ
* DJ Stavo

Best Promoter
* Impala Car Rental

Best Corporate Sponsors
* Econet Wireless

Technical Awards
Best Music Video
* ‘Ngaibake’ – Freeman ft. Alick Macheso

Videographer of the Year
* Umsebenzi Ka Blaqs

Producer of the Year
* Oskid

Engineer of the Year
* GT Beats

Public Vote Category
Song of the Year
* ‘Murgaden’ – Winky D ft. Gemma Griffiths

Ti Gonzi to release Gospel Video financed by Prophet Passion

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24/01/2020

Ti Gonzi to release Gospel Video financed by Prophet Passion

2019 Zim Hip Hop Best Male artist Ti Gonzi has just announced that he is dropping a gospel song this coming Monday.

Writing on his social media the rapper said the video was financed by US-based Prophet Passion who has been financing a lot of dancehall projects of late.

The song which features seasoned urban singer Sanni Makhalima is titled Devil is a Liar.

Meanwhile, Ti Gonzi is up for 4 ZIMA Awards which are happening this Saturday at the Newlands Country Club.

High Court Orders VP Chiwenga to Return Children to Marry Mubaiwa-Chiwenga

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24/01/2020

High Court Orders VP Chiwenga to Return Children to Marry Mubaiwa-Chiwenga

The High Court has this afternoon ordered Vice President Constantino Chiwenga to return children to his estranged wife, Marry Mubaiwa-Chiwenga within 24 hours.

He was also ordered to allow her access to their home in Borrowdale Brooke, Orchid property in Domboshawa and their cars.

VP Chiwenga was also instructed to allow her access to her clothing items.

The former model and Miss World Zimbabwe licence holder had not had access to their three children since her arrest in December last year.

Marry Mubaiwe-Chiwenga is currently out on a $50 000 bail pending her trial in which she is accused of attempting to murder VP Chiwenga, illegally externalising US$1 033 000, laundering US$990 000 and fraudulently seeking to upgrade her customary union to a civil marriage without her husband’s consent.

ZIMA 2020 Song of the Year Voting lines Now Open

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22/01/2020

ZIMA 2020 Song of the Year Voting lines Now Open

The voting lines for the 8th edition of the Zimbabwe Music Awards ZIMA Song Of The Year Category is now open.

The award ceremony takes place this Saturday 25 January at Newlands Country Club.

The voting code is available to Econet Subscribers only and voting closes at 3 pm on 25 January 2020.

Here are the voting codes for the Song of the Year Nominees

Kure – Ishan x Ti Gonzi – SMS 333 to 34446

Ngaibake – Freeman x Alick Macheso – SMS 444 to 34446

MuGarden – Winky D x Gemma Griffiths – SMS 555 to 34446

Reurura – Seh Calaz x Mambo Dhuterere – SMS 777 to 34446

Sadza NeMuriwo – Jah Prayzah – SMS 888 to 34446

Meet TeeMak the Young Businessman who Signed Enzo Ishall

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22/01/2020

Meet TeeMak the Young Businessman who Signed Enzo Ishall

The name TeeMak has made the showbiz rounds lately particularly the announcement that he had signed dancehall star Enzo Ishall.

He is also the same guy, together with his friend who purchased a vehicle for DJ Towers.

So who is TeeMak and what is he all about. Zimbuzz has previously written about him as an artist from as far back as 2015.

He says he could likely be Zimbabwe’s youngest self-made millionaire.

At just age 23 years, TeeMak is your unlikely entrepreneur whose unparalleled discipline and seemingly crazy ambition has seen him build Maximus Capital a multimillion-dollar hedge fund based in Malaysia (a country he moved to at the tender age of 13).

As founder and CEO of Maximus, TeeMak aims to sustainably disrupt the existing financial space by providing investors with the means to safe investment options that produce exceptional returns through lean enterprise management whilst using proven profitable trading methodology.

Always being one to challenge the status quo, the investments maverick, dropped out of university where he was studying Computer Science to embark on an entrepreneurial journey that ironically leveraged the discipline and networks he had developed in his short stint in university.

The decision was one not taken lightly, but one driven by the vision to attain financial freedom at a young age in order to serve as an inspiration to others and be able to invest in empowering the youth in his home country of Zimbabwe, Africa and then the world.

Whilst running his business, he later went on to complete his university qualification through a UK online based Open University.

TeeMak started out as a salesperson, selling investment opportunities in green energy for a United Kingdom-based company. It was a role he thrived in but also a role that had its fair share of challenges.

Even though he was able to achieve sales of over USD500 000, he was unable to successfully tap into the African market after having had various conferences in Southern Africa.

After spending months in Zambia trying to expand his sales business, he was overcome by the desire to work for himself and realized that he could convert his already existing clientele if he were to present them with another investment opportunity.

So, the markets savvy TeeMak capitalised on his skill set in forex trading and built Maximus from there using funds from a few close friends.

Since then TeeMak has partnered with equally driven Malaysian locals who handle the operations of the company while he diligently focuses on the trading aspect of the business.

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Maximus’ exponential growth can be attributed to its vast network of high net worth individuals whose appetites grew after enjoying great returns resulting in them investing more and telling their friends.

The company also runs a parallel fund, which helps it to protect investors’ capital at all costs, making it attractive for even risk-averse investors.

TeeMak is taking giant leaps out of his and has his eyes set on growing his fund through the expansion of his investor base, investing in businesses by Zimbabwean youth, and partnering with African governments to eradicate poverty.

African Reality Series ‘Ultimate Love’ Premieres February 9 on DStv

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21/01/2020