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Chivayo steps in to aid Simon 'Pashoma' Ncube with $20,000 small donation
Prominent Zimbabwean tenderprenuer Wicknel Chivayo has pledged a life-changing donation to former ZBC Radio DJ Simon "Pashoma" Ncube, who has been living in destitute conditions. In a heartfelt ...Published: 19 Nov 2024 at 19:56hrs | 1540 | by Staff reporter
Former radio 2 DJ appeals for help
Former Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) Radio 2 presenter Simon Pashoma Ncube has made a public appeal for financial assistance to prominent businessman and tenderpreneur Wicknell Chivayo. The ...Published: 19 Nov 2024 at 13:41hrs | 776 | by Staff reporter
uGogo Wabancane Qha dies
Elizabeth Makhalisa popularly known as uGogo Wabancane Qha on ZBC's Radio 2 show has died.This was announced by popular media personality and former Radio 2 presenter Ezra Tshisa Sibanda on hi...Published: 30 Jun 2023 at 15:30hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Gift Mabhaudhi dies
FOR years, Gift "The Praying Mantis" Mabhaudhi's voice captivated radio audiences, especially Christians who followed former Radio 2, now Radio Zimbabwe's gospel programmes until 2004 when an unfortun...Published: 16 Oct 2021 at 06:28hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
'Broadcasters should speak all national languages'
Reaching 90 years of age on March 15 this year , retired veteran broadcaster and national languages enthusiast Amon Nyamambi, better known on the airwaves as 'uMaqhulayibambe' his grandfather's name, ...Published: 21 Mar 2021 at 08:26hrs | 19 | by John Masuku
Yesteryear songbirds who kept us going
I wish life could be rewinded backwards anti-clockwise the days we used to gather together in our dining rooms playing music on our one deck radio cassette player listening to those great songbirds....Published: 07 Dec 2020 at 15:12hrs | 6 | by Leonard Koni
SA leaders must come clean on xenophobia
IN the 1980s, a jingle played regularly on Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation's Radio 2, that went something like this: MuAfrica, kwayedza. Kwasara mbiri chete kuti ichibva yakwana. Kunoti Azania, neNa...Published: 05 Sep 2019 at 08:04hrs | 4 | by Editorial - Newsday
Which era had the best dramas?
So brilliant were their exploits such that long after the closing credits, their action on the small screen lingered, never to be forgotten.Their delivery was so sublime. Decades later, snippe...Published: 11 Aug 2019 at 07:23hrs | 14 | by Prince Mushawevato
Michael Jackson songs removed from radio stations
Dozens of radio stations around the world have pulled Michael Jackson's songs after explosive child sex abuse claims in a new documentary.The Billie Jean singer faces allegations in the HBO do...Published: 06 Mar 2019 at 11:55hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Cry my beloved Dynamos
As a staunch Dynamos supporter, my heart bled profusely when I looked at the current Premier Soccer League log standing where Dynamos is fighting relegation.Dynamos Football Club popularly kno...Published: 27 Sep 2018 at 07:11hrs | 1 | by Leonard Koni
ANC, MDC-T rap Chamisa for violence
African National Congress (ANC) national executive committee member and former spokesperson Mr Zizi Kodwa says MDC-Alliance leader Mr Nelson Chamisa must be held accountable for the violence that rock...Published: 02 Aug 2018 at 07:21hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
'Morgan Tsvangirai, Gibson Sibanda must be turning in their graves'
Zimbabwean media personality and former Radio 2 presenter Ezra Tshisa Sibanda has said late MDC founding fathers Morgan Tsvangirai and Gibson Sibanda must be turning in their graves for seeing their p...Published: 01 Aug 2018 at 18:57hrs | 2 | by Ndou Paul
Tshisa, Eric KNight sing Mnangagwa praises
POPULAR former Radio 2 disc jockeys Eric Knight and Ezra Tshisa Sibanda yesterday said they were eager to return home to Zimbabwe courtesy of the new dispensation led by President Mnangagwa whom they ...Published: 28 Jul 2018 at 09:24hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
SABC boss orders probe into Robert Marawa's reappointment
Acting SABC CEO Nomsa Philiso has ordered an internal investigation on sports anchor Robert Marawa's reappointment.Barely weeks after Metro FM and Radio 2000 listeners celebrated the popular a...Published: 25 Jun 2018 at 07:27hrs | 6 | by Staff rpeorter
Ezra Tshisa Sibanda honoured as private healthcare centre names theatre after him
Zimbabwean media personality and former Radio 2 presenter Ezra Tshisa Sibanda has been honoured by a private Bulawayo healthcare centre, which named a theatre after him.Tshisa was honoured by ...Published: 25 May 2018 at 11:09hrs | | by Byo24News Reporter
Crowds at rally do not mean anything as long as there are no electoral reforms - Ezra Sibanda
Former Radio 2 presenter Ezra Tshisa Sibanda has warned the opposition political parties that puling huge crowds at rallies does not translate to them winning elections as long as there are no elector...Published: 19 Mar 2018 at 15:00hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Veteran broadcaster Mutsinze dies
A veteran broadcaster Jonathan Mutsinze has died. This was announce on social media by former ZBC presenter Eric Knight."Ladies and Gentlemen, fellow scribes, Zimbabwean Broadcasters and all m...Published: 19 Oct 2016 at 13:08hrs | 6 | by Stephen Jakes
The Good Days
If you remember what I'm about to say then all I can say is you are old now ugugile wakwegura. Today I have just decided to remind people of the good old days in the then Zimbabwe, our country which h...Published: 09 Oct 2015 at 16:25hrs | 8 | by Thandekile Zikhali
Jarzin Man buried in Bulawayo
Veteran broadcaster, Lazarus Tembo who died on the 24th of August in the United Kingdom, was buried at Westpark Cemetery in Bulawayo.Friends and relatives had time to bid farewell to veteran b...Published: 14 Sep 2015 at 20:33hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Jarzen man (DJ) to be buried tomorrow in Bulawayo
THE late popular disc jockey Lazarus Tembo, who died of cancer in the United Kingdom a fortnight ago, will be buried in Bulawayo tomorrow on Monday.At the peak of his career on radio, Tembo wa...Published: 13 Sep 2015 at 15:34hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Funeral service held for 'Jarzin Man'
A funeral service for the late former Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation presenter, Lazarus Tembo, who died last month in the United Kingdom, has been held at a local parlour in Harare.Tembo di...Published: 11 Sep 2015 at 21:06hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Former Radio 2 producer presenter Tembo to depart tonight from London
The body of former Radio Two presenter and producer late Lazaras Tembo who died in London will depart from that country to Zimbabwe tonight at 9pm according to his former wake mate Eric Knight....Published: 09 Sep 2015 at 16:11hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
'Jarzin Man' to be buried in Bulawayo
Former Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) presenter, Lazarus Tembo who died in the United Kingdom will be buried in Bulawayo on a date still to be advised.His brother Million Tembo told R...Published: 29 Aug 2015 at 19:59hrs | 20 | by Staff reporter
'Look beyond Mugabe, Tsvangirai,' says Knight
Eric Knight Former Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation presenter, yesterday said President Robert Mugabe and MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai had failed to proffer solutions to the economic problems t...Published: 26 Aug 2015 at 07:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Former ZBC presenter 'Jarzin Man' dies
The former Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) presenter, Lazarus Tembo who used to present an advertorial quiz programme, Jarzen in the 1990s has died.His death was announced on Facebook ...Published: 25 Aug 2015 at 13:08hrs | 15 | by Stephen Jakes
Rapper's wife caught cheating
THE handsome businessman went to wash his fancy car.And there stood a gorgeous married woman . . .IT WAS CHEATING LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT!That's the allegation of a celeb source wh...Published: 03 Aug 2015 at 07:24hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
City man murdered in robbery attack
A MAN from Mahatshula suburb died at Mpilo Central Hospital early yesterday morning from injuries sustained in an attack by armed robbers outside the house of a relative he was visiting in North End....Published: 26 Nov 2014 at 07:13hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Extraordinary Zimbabweans awarded in SA
The inaugural MoneyGram Zimbabwe Achievers award winners were announced at a glittering gala event on Saturday with a star-studded line-up of artists that included the legendary Oliver Mtukudzi, HHP a...Published: 11 Nov 2014 at 15:53hrs | 3 | by ZAA
Ezra 'Tshisa' Sibanda sells his Skies FM stake for $30 000
VETERAN broadcaster and former ZBC presenter Haile Velaphi Mlangeni has bought radio legend Ezra Tshisa Sibanda's 30 percent shareholding in Bulawayo commercial radio licence hopefuls Skies FM for...Published: 03 Sep 2014 at 03:56hrs | | by Patrick Chitumba
Ezra 'Tshisa' Sibanda partners Zanu-PF's Obert Mpofu
RADIO legend Ezra "Tshisa" Sibanda could be making a comeback, after Skies FM, which is vying for a commercial radio licence in Bulawayo, was shortlisted with three others for a final round of select...Published: 25 Jun 2014 at 06:42hrs | 7 | by Pamela Shumba and Sifundiso Ndlovu
'Independent or private media is a fallacy,' says Prof J Moyo
THE following is the full text of a public lecture delivered at the National University of Science and Technology by Professor Jonathan Moyo, the Minister of Information, Media and Broadcasting Servi...Published: 26 Nov 2013 at 15:01hrs | | by Prof Jonathan Moyo
Bulawayo-born musician creates buzz in UK
Bulawayo-born musician Eska Mtungwazi is making waves in the United Kingdom music industry, Daily News reported.British Broadcasting Corporation"s (BBC) Gilles Peterson recently made Gatekeep...Published: 04 Nov 2013 at 05:56hrs | 2 | by Arts reporter
Ezra 'Tshisa', Erick Knight have no plans to go back to UK
Former ZBC DJs, Eric Knight and Ezra Sibanda, who lost to Zanu-PF candidates in Mbare and Vungu parliamentary constituencies respectively, say they have no plans to go back to the United Kingdom, but...Published: 09 Sep 2013 at 05:44hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
SUGER DADDY - Insingizi remembers Sizanani Moyo - Video
This classic...Published: 12 Jul 2013 at 05:57hrs | 4 | by Ramadu
Musicians, DJs fight in Zimbabwe election
Zimbabwean musicians and celebrities from Zanu-PF and MDC have taken the political bull by its horns by contesting in the upcoming legislative elections.Gospel music star Elias Musakwa and sun...Published: 07 Jul 2013 at 13:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC-T fields 3 candidates in Insiza South constituency
MDC-T has fielded three candidates in the Insiza South with one of them contesting as an independent.Ntandokayiphikiswa Ndlela and Nkululeko Sibanda both filed their nomination papers under t...Published: 30 Jun 2013 at 21:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ezra 'Tshisa' Sibanda wins MDC-T primaries for Vungu
Legendary ZBC radio 2 presenters Ezra 'Tshisa' Sibanda is well on his way to becoming the next MP for Vungu constituency after powering his way to a convincing win in MDC-T primary elections held on...Published: 30 May 2013 at 08:15hrs | 15 | by Ndou Paul
Eric Knight wins Mbare primary election
FORMER ZBC radio presenters Eric Knight and James Maridadi will represent the MDC-T in parliamentary elections expected later this year after winning in party primaries held across the country over...Published: 25 May 2013 at 20:09hrs | 3 | by Ndou Paul
Paul Mukondo dies
Insurance mogul Paul Mukondo has died. He was 68.Mukondo died this Thursday afternoon at the Avenues Clinic after battling with cancer.Mukondo was one of the early Zimbabweans to...Published: 09 May 2013 at 18:44hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Neo-fascist online groups attack Italy's first black minister
ROME - It was hailed as a giant step forward for racial integration in a country that has long been ill at ease with its growing immigrant classes. But Cecile Kyenge's appointment as Italy's fi...Published: 01 May 2013 at 12:13hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
MDC-T rejects 'chairperson's' candidature
The Bulawayo provincial executive on Friday rejected the candidature of their chairperson Mr Gorden Moyo who had been lined up to replace Deputy Prime Minister Thokozani Khupe as the Member of the Hou...Published: 07 Apr 2013 at 05:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mayor falls out of favour with MDC-T
THE MDC-T Bulawayo provincial leadership led by chairperson Mr Gorden Moyo is reportedly on a mission to remove Bulawayo Mayor, Councillor Thaba Moyo and replace him with city lawyer, Mr Kucaca Phul...Published: 06 Apr 2013 at 07:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Diaporas submit application to contest in the forthcoming elections
A NUMBER of MDC-T members in the Diaspora have submitted their curriculum vitae and applications to contest in the forthcoming elections, angering sitting MPs and local aspiring candidates who feel th...Published: 25 Feb 2013 at 06:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF plans to scuttle Ezra 'Tshisa', Eric Knight run for MP
ZANU-PF strategists are poring over the Electoral Act in a bid to scuttle Ezra Tshisa Sibanda and Eric Knight's political ambitions.The two former Radio 2 DJs plan to run for MP in general el...Published: 12 Feb 2013 at 09:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Veteran Radio 2 DJ laid to rest
VETERAN Radio Zimbabwe broadcaster Sam Sibanda who died on Sunday was yesterday buried at his rural home in Imhukai Village, Mberengwa. Sibanda died in the early hours of Sunday at his home in...Published: 17 Jan 2013 at 09:17hrs | 30 | by Entertainment Reporter
Veteran Radio 2 broadcaster dies
Veteran Radio Zimbabwe broadcaster, Sam Sibanda has died.Sibanda died early this Sunday at his home in Unit N, Chitungwiza.Elizabeth Chengeta, Thulani Siziba, Thandekile Simango and Si...Published: 13 Jan 2013 at 19:00hrs | 26 | by Staff reporter
50 Signs that prove you've finally hit adulthood
Getting a mortgage, having kids and paying into a pension are all signs you've finally hit adulthood.But for many people it's the little things in life that show you're really a grown-up Ã...Published: 15 Jun 2012 at 11:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
British intelligence agents behind Ezra 'Tshisa's MDC-T move - Zimpapers
HARARE- Zanu PF reacted bitterly to the decision by Zimbabwean radio legend Ezra 'Tshisa' Sibanda to throw his hat in the political ring and stand as an MDC-T parliamentary candidate in his rural...Published: 28 Jan 2012 at 06:34hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Ezra 'Tshisa' Sibanda to run for MP under the MDC-T ticket
RADIO legend Ezra 'Tshisa' Sibanda has held talks with the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party led by Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai to run for MP at the next elections.The former Zi...Published: 16 Jan 2012 at 08:33hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Music boss leaves two suicide notes before hanging himself
A South African record company executive and artist manager Mike Maswanganye who allegedly committed suicide, left two suicide notes, the Sowetan reported on Monday. Police found one of them i...Published: 20 Dec 2011 at 04:45hrs | 7 | by Ndou Paul
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