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8 iconic musicians from Bulawayo

Bulawayo has a rich musical tradition and has been home to several iconic musicians who have made significant contributions to Zimbabwean and African music.These musicians have not only entertained audiences but also played important roles…

Published: 10 Jul 2024 at 17:41hrs | 213 | by Staff reporter

Catching up with Lovemore Majaivana

IT was quite refreshing to be able to speak to Lovemore Majaivana again after 13 years. False rumours had begun to do the rounds that he was dead.In 2008, we boarded the same flight from Harare. I was going to England while he and his chil…

Published: 21 Mar 2021 at 08:32hrs | 16 | by Fred Zindi

Bosso, Majaivana and other taboos

A number of political philosophers and sociologists of the Global South have noted how sport and religion were used by colonialists to divert the minds and energies of natives from politics.Of religion Karl Marx wrote in 1843 that "religio…

Published: 30 May 2017 at 09:24hrs | 2 | by Cetshwayo Zindabazezwe Mabhena writes from South Africa

Lovemore Majaivana: Legend who has shunned adulation

Over the past decade, only Lovemore Majaivana's distinct sound has refused to be drowned by South African music which has become the favourite of many in Bulawayo.The likes of DJ Cleo, Dr Malinga and Professor are so popular in the City of…

Published: 03 Nov 2013 at 14:07hrs | | by Jeffrey Muvundusi

Has Lovemore Majaivana quit music forever?

I regret not being able to speak Ndebele. That realisation came when I introduced myself as a Zimbabwean to a business partner in Johannesburg recently.He started speaking to me in Zulu. He assumed that every Zimbabwean speaks Ndebele and …

Published: 06 Jun 2011 at 12:14hrs | 16 | by Fred Zindi

Lovemore Majaivana: The Reincarnation

NEARLY 2 000 people have signed up to a petition on the social networking site, Facebook, calling on Lovemore Majaivana to come back home and tend to his legion of fans, but that prayer is likely to go unanswered - there are no signs he wi…

Published: 02 Jun 2011 at 19:12hrs | 4 | by Zivisai Chagaka I Edited by Mafu Sithabile

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Search / Majaivana

8 iconic musicians from Bulawayo

Catching up with Lovemore Majaivana

Bosso, Majaivana and other taboos

Lovemore Majaivana: Legend who has shunned adulation

Has Lovemore Majaivana quit music forever?

Lovemore Majaivana: The Reincarnation

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