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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 entert...Published: 10 Jul 2024 at 17:41hrs | 76 | by Staff reporter
The Chemist Siziba and Oasis bar story
It is hard to find a patron who would mostly and consistently drink in one bar for 44 years - a whole generation; a lifetime.Yet Chemist Siziba, a local businessman and socialite, did. Before ...Published: 14 Mar 2024 at 17:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Bosso striker appeals for medical assistance
BEDRIDDEN former Highlanders Football Club striker Patrick "Mboma" Mpofu, who has been unwell for some time with his condition deteriorating, is appealing for funds so that he gets medical assistance....Published: 09 Jan 2023 at 06:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Lovemore Majaivana to cheer up the elderly
SEASONED artistes Albert Nyathi and United States-based Lovemore "Majaivana" Tshuma are set to bring smiles to the elderly in Highfields, Harare and Luveve, Bulawayo as part of their birthday celebrat...Published: 17 Nov 2022 at 05:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube gets bashing for buying Sandra Ndebele's album for US$8,500
Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube has taken some social media bashing after buying musician Sandra Ndebele's newly launched album for US$8,500.The treasury boss was a conspicuous dignitary among a...Published: 14 Nov 2022 at 19:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube pays US$8 500 for Sandra Ndebele's latest album
November 12, 2022, will go down in the history of the arts in Bulawayo and Zimbabwe, not only as a celebration of Sandra Ndebele's 20-year career but as the day an album launch united the arts sector....Published: 14 Nov 2022 at 05:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Majaivana's love-hate relationship with Bulawayo
BULAWAYO is a subject that runs like a thread through Lovemore Majaivana's extensive catalogue of music.Perhaps, because he hails from the city, some might take it as given that Majaivana, wit...Published: 23 Oct 2022 at 09:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ndumiso Gumede's footprints remain forever
HE is a revered administrator, an icon in football administration and a larger-than-life character who commands a lot of respect even outside football structures, yet he has no league title medal....Published: 26 Jun 2021 at 07:47hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Albert Nyathi salutes fans
Zimbabwean poet-cum-musician Albert Nyathi says he owes his National Arts Merit Awards (Nama) Living Legends trophy to the people who made him what he is today.Nyathi was among the 40 legends ...Published: 18 Apr 2021 at 09:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Majaivana gives fans Sayiwela hit one more time
WHEN Lovemore Majaivana's face popped up as he made his acceptance speech during the Nama virtual awards on Saturday night, the comments section was awash with praises of his work on a number of Faceb...Published: 29 Mar 2021 at 06:15hrs | | 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 Harar...Published: 21 Mar 2021 at 08:32hrs | 7 | by Fred Zindi
Fans beg for album as Lovemore Majaivana turns 68
It is not every day that a new picture of Zimbabwean music legend Lovemore Majaivana is shared on social media, but when it does surface, it is always a special occasion.Recently, Majaivana wa...Published: 20 Dec 2020 at 23:37hrs | | by Staff Reporter
'Oh Ntuthuziyathunqa, my heritage, kindly refuse to die!'
It is with utter dismay, sadness and inexplicable shock, to native Bulawayans and Matabelelanders in general, to hear through the grapevine, of the proposed monstrous intentions of the culturally inse...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 10:12hrs | 1 | by Nhlanhla Moses
Majaivana disowns son?..Majee fed up with Derick’s antics
UNITED States-based Zimbabwean music legend Lovemore Majaivana has reportedly grown tired of the behaviour of his son Derick Sipho Majaivana, who he has denounced for soiling his image and reputation....Published: 28 Apr 2019 at 07:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Price hikes thwart salary increase relief
Janet Ncube*, a nurse who like all civil servants received a 29% salary increment on Monday, got angry when she woke up to the news of an effective 94% price increase for bread only a day later....Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 18:38hrs | | by James Thompson
The coming of Majaivana that never was
WERE you fooled yesterday? Remember it was April Fools' Day! The Chronicle Showbiz team pulled a prank on you, its readers on the article "...Published: 02 Apr 2019 at 08:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Lovemore Majaivana sneaks into Bulawayo
Musician Lovemore 'Maji' Majaivana reportedly sneaked into Bulawayo on Friday afternoon from the United States. Sources told Showbiz yesterday that Maji of the Umoya Wami hit was in the countr...Published: 31 Mar 2019 at 23:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Majaivana's sad farewell
IT is the album that was almost never made. Isono Sami, released at the turn of the century by Lovemore Majaivana, was Majaivana's farewell, released when the artiste was about to turn his bac...Published: 10 Mar 2019 at 08:49hrs | 2 | by Bruce Ndlovu
'Bulawayo artistes more popular outside Zimbabwe'
Southern region artistes say they are more popular outside Zimbabwe due to a number of reasons, chief being the imbalance in airplay which favours artistes from the other parts of the country....Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 08:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Call to honour Cont Mhlanga
Many showbiz followers are calling for the recognition of arts doyen Cont Mhlanga, who is widely touted as the "King of Zimbabwean Theatre" with an honorary doctorate for his contribution to the arts ...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 07:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Why Dan Tshanda became Bulawayo's darling
WHILE he was never shy to talk about his roots, few knew that Dan Tshanda, the music legend and founder of the music movement known as Splash, was actually of Shona extraction from Zimbabwe.Th...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 07:48hrs | 1 | by Bruce Ndlovu
Falling In Love - Part 1
Her desire is deepest in the morning. She is too much woman for me, at sunrise. But I sip eagerly from her cup and inhale her essence. She is my thick cup of creamy coffee.We both wake up earl...Published: 26 Nov 2018 at 22:40hrs | 3 | by Jerà
Matebeleland needs to forgive 36 years after Gukurahundi
Zenzele Ndebele has produced a gripping and emotionally intense documentary about the perennial talking point in Matebeleland - Gukurahundi. Media reports suggested that the releasing of this film cau...Published: 16 Oct 2018 at 06:33hrs | | by Xolani Ndlovu
Majaivana rejected Tuku
TO demonstrate how serious he was when he vowed never to sing again, self-exiled musician Lovemore "Majee" Majaivana rejected Oliver Mtukudzi's plea for him to come back home for a few shows, and even...Published: 07 Oct 2018 at 08:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
How poorly attended shows drove Majaivana to exile
Rejection is never a pleasant experience for anyone to go through. Once in a while, blood spilt by jilted lovers washes up on newspaper pages, as the public gets a taste of the violent extremes some g...Published: 08 Jul 2018 at 13:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Andy Muridzo is a threat to Jah Prayzah
When I watched Andy Muridzo performing live in Bulawayo, it became clear why Jah Prayzah could not tolerate him – the guy is just too good.Jah Prayzah and his Military Touch Movement should ...Published: 14 May 2018 at 06:40hrs | | by Melissa Mpofu
Cont tells Majaivana not to come back
AFTER the euphoria that gripped Zimbabwe after Chimurenga musician Thomas Mapfumo's visit, arts doyen Cont Mhlanga has said that self-exiled music star Lovemore Majaivana should not be swayed by those...Published: 13 May 2018 at 11:39hrs | | by Staff rpeorter
Why Majaivana would be a hit if he were to return to Bulawayo
WITH the new dispensation upon the country, it will be a fairytale if Lovemore "Majaivana" Tshuma - who left the country in 2001 for the United States as he apparently felt unappreciated locally - wer...Published: 28 Apr 2018 at 14:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Madlela won't follow Majaivana's footsteps
RHUMBA music expert, Madlela Sikhobokhobo, who stormed the industry when he dropped a foot-stopping hit titled Ngamnanka has dismissed any chances of him following Lovemore Majaivana who broke Zimbabw...Published: 04 Mar 2018 at 17:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
The return of Mukanya . . . Can it inspire Majaivana?
The local music industry has for decades been robbed of talented gems that are self-exiled because of their satirical political and social commentary vested on the lyrical content of their creative pi...Published: 26 Jan 2018 at 05:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Majaivana for SA debut show
Derrick Sipho Majaivana, son to legendary musician, Lovemore, is set to stage his debut performance with the Super Legends Mlambos Express Band at Boksburg Hotel, Hillbrow Theatre in Johannesburg, Sou...Published: 22 Jan 2018 at 06:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Majaivana unlikely to visit Zimbabwe anytime soon
Veteran musician, Lovemore Majaivana, who is based in the United States, is not likely to visit Zimbabwe anytime soon, his family has said.Lately, there have been rumours circulating that Mage...Published: 21 Jan 2018 at 11:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mthwakazi Republic Party raps tribalists who heckled Jays Marabini
Mthwakazi Republic Party has rapped the tribalists who heckled Bulawayo musician Jays Marabini during the inauguration of Emmerson Mnangagwa as president in Harare recently.Party Secretary Gen...Published: 01 Dec 2017 at 06:32hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Majaivana's mother vomiting blood, lost contact with son
THE last time that Lovemore Majaivana's mother heard from her son was when he called from the United States when she was seriously sick. MaNyathi, as Magee's mother is commonly known, had been vomitin...Published: 12 Nov 2017 at 07:24hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Unpacking Majaivana's Jenny
WHILE it is highly regarded by fans as a rare but excellent love song by the legendary Lovemore Majaivana, few followers of the nimble-footed maestro know that his song, Ikula Lami, is Majaivana's ded...Published: 22 Oct 2017 at 13:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
All aboard Mamvemve Express Motorways: Zimbabwe has no soul left brothers and sisters
I adored the soulful action on Thursday nights. Lovemore Majaivana could do the classic leg shuffle and shimmy with resourceful elegance noticeably better than the self-styled godfather of soul James ...Published: 22 Aug 2017 at 07:15hrs | 1 | by Tafi Mhaka
Bob Mugabe and the phantom of a national hero
It happened in slow motion. The nation watched Robert Mugabe become the national hero who somehow defied all manner of common appraisal. The people had heard that Mugabe had remarkable intellectual ca...Published: 06 Aug 2017 at 22:12hrs | | by Tafi Mhaka
Derrick struggling to fill Majaivana's boots
OVER the past decade, Zimbabwe has witnessed an influx of young musicians taking over their families' musical reigns. The list is endless. In the spirit of continuity young musicians overwhelmed by mu...Published: 06 Aug 2017 at 13:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Majaivana pens Bosso, Dembare unity song
THE fierce rivalry between Highlanders supporters and their Dynamos counterparts which has sometimes led to the premature ending of matches has spurred musician Derrick Majaivana to pen a song titled,...Published: 22 Jun 2017 at 07:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
BCC bans Jah Prayzah, Macheso, Winky D with immediate effect
THE Bulawayo City Council has set itself on collision course with music promoters after it banned three of the country's chart toppers and all-time big stage performers Jah Prayzah, Winky D and Alick ...Published: 11 Jun 2017 at 09:49hrs | | by Staff Reporter
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...Published: 30 May 2017 at 09:24hrs | | by Cetshwayo Zindabazezwe Mabhena writes from South Africa
No amount of legislation can stop piracy
IN all articles that I write, the term ICT is always in the middle of the action. Just to make sure that I do not lose my readers, I will summarise what the term means in a few lines. ICT - Informatio...Published: 28 May 2017 at 08:37hrs | | by Robert Ndlovu
No amount of legislation can stop piracy
IN all articles that I write, the term ICT is always in the middle of the action. Just to make sure that I do not lose my readers, I will summarise what the term means in a few lines. ICT — Informat...Published: 27 May 2017 at 09:19hrs | | by Robert Ndlovu
LISTEN: Was Lovemore Majaivana a Prophet?
Majaivana's prophetic song that were sang way back in the days in preparation for the exile that Zimbabweans find themselves in.Lovemore "Majaivana" Tshuma (born 1954), commonly known as Lovem...Published: 03 May 2017 at 11:34hrs | | by youtube
Madlela, Majaivana clash
COMEDIAN and musician Madlela recently stirred Derick Sipho Majaivana's ire with his comical video posted on YouTube requesting the return of his legendary musician father Lovemore Majaivana....Published: 26 Feb 2017 at 09:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe arrives as 1,000s troop in for 21st bash
PRESIDENT Mugabe arrives in Bulawayo this morning for the 21st February Movement celebrations which roar to life at the Rhodes Estate Preparatory School (REPS) in Matobo District.Thousands...Published: 25 Feb 2017 at 09:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo-born Berita conquers South Africa
For someone who went to South Africa six years ago as a virtually unknown musician, Bulawayo-born Berita Gugugulethu Khumalo (25) has exceeded all expectations.Since 2012 when she dropped ...Published: 22 Feb 2017 at 10:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zim Achievers USA a resounding success - Lovemore Majaivana gets 'Special Recognition Award'
The first USA edition of the Zimbabwe Achievers Awards (ZAA) got off to a remarkable start last Saturday, as Zimbabweans living in different parts of the 50 state country turned out in their numbers f...Published: 22 Nov 2016 at 01:24hrs | | by Tidi Kwidini
#FillUpWhiteCity - a dream far fetched?
Bulawayo artists' coming together to fill up white city stadium in remembrance of the living and departed "LEGENDS" is quite a noble initiative to bring the Cultural capital of the country alive.A lot...Published: 21 Nov 2016 at 06:21hrs | | by Trevor Moekie Kaitse
'Meet Me in Zimbabwe' musician makes a comeback
Unheralded music songwriter and composer Themba Ndlovu of "Meet Me in Zimbabwe" fame has bounced back with several projects lined up to market his new brand.The song was a hit in 1985 locally and ...Published: 16 Nov 2016 at 05:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
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