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Did Mtukudzi speak his troubled life in song?

"TATSAUKA pano nekuti paita Tuku, (We passed by because you are playing Tuku music)" my late brother Johannes and his friend Evaristo Chiwara once told merrymakers in Rimuka, Kadoma, in the late 1990s after gatecrashing at a party.The unin…

Published: 17 Oct 2024 at 09:03hrs | 3620 | by Moses Chibaya

Chivayo gifts Daisy Mtukudzi a 2024 Toyota Fortuner

Controversial businessman Wicknell Chivayo has made headlines once again, this time by gifting Daisy Mtukudzi, widow of the late music legend Oliver Mtukudzi, a brand-new 2024 Toyota Fortuner. The gesture comes in the midst of an ongoing f…

Published: 01 Oct 2024 at 13:42hrs | 1146 | by Staff reporter

Selmor Mtukudzi battles depression amid ongoing family feud

Selmor Mtukudzi, the daughter of late music legend Dr. Oliver "Tuku" Mtukudzi, is currently grappling with depression stemming from a contentious family feud that has reached a boiling point. The emotional turmoil has left her feeling dish…

Published: 29 Sep 2024 at 11:23hrs | | by Staff reporter

Selmor excluded from Oliver Mtukudzi International Festival by Daisy

Could the legendary late national hero, Oliver "Tuku" Mtukudzi, be deeply disturbed by the rising tensions within his family ahead of a festival held in his honor?A rift between his daughter, Selmor Mtukudzi, and her stepmother, Daisy, has…

Published: 11 Sep 2024 at 08:41hrs | | by Staff reporter

Mtukudzi tried to avoid Zanu-PF

AT the turn of the millennium, Zimbabwe's government introduced what it called "galas", where top musicians performed at different national events to mark important events in the country's history.These events were notoriously partisan in …

Published: 12 Feb 2024 at 13:51hrs | | by Staff reporter

'Family members rejoiced when Tuku, Sam died'

DAISY Mtukudzi, the widow to the late music superstar Oliver Mtukudzi has claimed that some family members were happy about the deaths of Tuku and his son Sam. Tuku died of heart failure related to diabetes in January 2019 while his son Sa…

Published: 12 Jun 2022 at 09:20hrs | | by Staff reporter

Joint executorship for Mtukudzi's estate

THE Master of High Court has jointly appointed Daisy Mtukudzi and another family member - Vennah Muchakagara - as executors to the estate of the late music icon Dr Oliver Mtukudzi.Daisy and Muchakagara were appointed following an edict mee…

Published: 21 May 2019 at 23:22hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter

Mtukudzi's journey was not rosy

Tuku, it was a great honour for me to share that small portion of your journey of life. Yours was a very long journey in those short 66 years that you lived. It was a journey full of ups and downs, sorrows and smiles. You took it on with t…

Published: 26 Jan 2019 at 16:56hrs | | by Chirikure Chirikure

The pain

Zimbabweans are generally known or referred to as patient, polite, soft, dignified â€¦â€¦ bunch of people. Even when one takes too much advantage of these good characteristics sometimes we forgive and let it go but there is a time when its…

Published: 26 Jan 2019 at 08:50hrs | | by Dr. Takesure Tazvishaya

Tribute to Dr Oliver Mutukudzi - A Disability Perspective

When one reflects on such an artist and icon as is Dr. OLIVER MUTUKUDZI, one finds it difficult to even start writing WHAT'S ON ONE'S MIND about him. Suffice to say, TUKU, as we fondly called him, was multi-talented as an artist, indeed he…

Published: 25 Jan 2019 at 14:37hrs | | by Timothy Mudarikwa

Mtukudzi's long walk to music

He narrates the story at some of his shows. It is a sad tale that Oliver "Tuku" Mtukudzi jovially recounts about the beginning of his career. Although he spices it up with jokes, it is evident the narration has a soft spot in his heart. It…

Published: 20 May 2016 at 06:24hrs | | by Godwin Muzari

There can only be one Tuku

THE media is vibrating once again on Tuku's fame and fortune. There is a deliberate onslaught on his private life far off the musical icon's successful career path.Narrow and shallow- minded critics have launched heinous plunder and slande…

Published: 11 Apr 2015 at 09:09hrs | | by Morris Mtisi

Mtukudzi should come clean on HIV status

When Sam Mtukudzi died in that horrible accident in the early hours of March 15 2010, the father Oliver Mtukudzi mourned saying "death had robbed him of his only son".Though the circumstances were tragic, we felt he had lied to the nation,…

Published: 21 Sep 2014 at 11:47hrs | | by Garikai Mazara

Can celebrities ever keep their zips closed?

CELEBRITIES mirror and influence societies.It has become a norm that the so-called celebrities should lead by example, but it has turned out it is too hot to handle as most of them fail to set the pace. It seems a number of male musicians …

Published: 16 Sep 2014 at 08:25hrs | 1 | by Victoria Mushunje

Lessons from Oliver Mtukudzi

LAST weekend I went fishing with my former schoolmate Million and after toiling the whole day we caught nothing. I was very discouraged and I openly told Million that I will not go back to the dam until September when it is warmer. On the …

Published: 22 May 2013 at 03:40hrs | | by Ben Chiganze

Tuku is Forbes Magazine's October greatest achiever

Forbes Magazine is an international weekly publication with a circulation of over 900 000 and the company's 19 international licensee editions together reach six million readers worldwide.This magazine provides quite some rare insights int…

Published: 11 Dec 2011 at 07:21hrs | | by Staff reporter

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