Sam and Owen buried in Harare
Sam Mtukudzi and Owen Chimhare who died in a car crash on Monday morning (15 March 2010), were laid to rest at Warren Hills Cemetery in Harare this afternoon.
Speaking at a service held earlier in the day, Sam’s mother said that she had been robbed of two sons. Her husband, music superstar Oliver Mtukudzi said that Sam and Owen were great children and never gave their parents too many headaches.
Many of those present, including some of the artists that Sam had worked with, broke down intermittently during the service and wept for their friend departed.
Sam Mtukudzi, Owen Chimhare to be Buried in Harare
Sam Mtukudzi and his friend Owen Chimhare will be buried side by side at Warren Hills Cemetery in Harare tomorrow.
The Mtukudzi family has decided not to bury him in their rural home so that he can be interred with his friend.
More about the burial arrangmements
Sam Mtukudzi is No More
Sam Mtukudzi (1988-2010)
Sam Mtukudzi is no more. The young music star passed away in the early hours of this morning on his way home in Norton from Harare.
He and his sound engineer Owen Chimhare both died on the spot when their car veered off the road along Bulawayo Road, in the Kuwadzana Extension area.
Carl Joshua Ncube takes piracy fight to the streets
Zimbabwean animator and graphics artist Carl Joshua Ncube will from this afternoon live on Harare’s First Street for a week to raise awareness of the seriousness of piracy and to convince Zimbabweans to buy original products to support the artists.
Reformation Report with Pastor Tom
I following Pastor Tom Deuschle’s blog www.reformationreport.com . There a number of fascinating posts. One of the recent posts is called ‘Have your say’. Its about the constitution, it encourages people to participate in the constitutional review process, I like the way he ends it.
”For Zimbabwe this is a critical time in their history and could set the course of the country towards greatness or towards what we have witnessed in most of Africa: Lawlessness, and all of the social and economic woes that accompany such a spirit.”
Have your say in a better Zimbabwe!
Happy birthday Zimbo Jam!
Filed under: Entertainment, Arts & Culture, Zimbabwean diaries
www.zimbojam.com turns one today.
Showbiz. Lifestyle. Culture. Fo sho!
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The Bally Vaughan lion who lost his roar
Courtesy of The Bally Vaughan Sanctuary News October 2009
It is eleven pm at the Bally Vaughan Sanctuary and twelve hours since I returned from my honeymoon. As our trucks come home from a day-long mission sourcing food for the animals, the throb of the diesel engines mask the ubiquitous night chorus of a thousand syncopating crickets and tree frogs. Three massive cow carcasses need to be processed immediately; dinner for two weeks for our many predators at the Sanctuary, and as I help load sacks of meat onto on of our elderly, rust-riddled wheel-barrows, I watch my French-manicured fingernails flick off one by one into the gore.
At 2am I fall into bed, only to be woken an hour later by the frantic ringing of the cowbell on my gate. A gigantic python has just seized a goat on the other side of the river. We race down to the water’s edge and see the python half out of the water, with a still-writhing goat clamped between its jaws. As we approach, it sinks beneath the surface, pulling the goat with it and we spend the next hour thrashing about in the freezing cold water trying, to no avail, to locate and rescue the goat. Read more
So you need cash?
Filed under: Business, Entrepreneurship, How Zimbabwe can be better
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Since Fungai James published that article about our blog, i’ve had a few emails from Zimba-bloggers asking all kinds of questions about how to start or grow their businesses. Well, most of those questions are answered in Cash Baron Secrets.
In this book, you’ll discover the four leverage keys for getting hold of other people’s money, time, skills etc. I’ve used these four keys to orchestrate joint ventures, partnerships and marketing strategies for businesses big and small and i use them every month to save thousands of dollars. In the book you’ll find examples from my earliest days -proof that you don’t need anything special to make progress in business…even without money, a bullet proof reputation or friends in high places etc. Read more
Rumbi Katedza’s new website brings Zimbabwe film to one place
Rumbi Katedza
Zimbabwean Filmmaker, Rumbi Katedza has launched a new website that archives information on the Zimbabwean film industry. The Zimbo Jam caught up with her and found out more about this new project.
Tell us about the idea behind the website?
ZimbabweFilm.com is a labour of love that I am so proud of. Having worked in film for well over a decade now, I have had the opportunity to travel to many festivals and film markets, and everywhere I go, people are pleasantly surprised to hear that there actually are films being made in Zimbabwe.
Unfortunately, as is the case in other African film industries, it is very difficult to access our films because of poor distribution networks.
ZimbabweFilm.com is a platform to market films and filmmakers from Zimbabwe so that people can learn about their work and access their films. It is a site where filmmakers can network, and ultimately, the website is there to encourage increased production opportunities in Zimbabwe. Read more
My unborn child
Filed under: Notes from the Diaspora, Poetry, Spirituality for such a time
My unborn child
An African fetus
Rocking the belly
As I watch the telly
Born out of this madness
A militant child
Baby of the revolution
Hear my nation cry
As another brother/sister dies
I am having visions of political prison walls
And I hear the call of angels
like doves cry
Will I die tonight
Only God knows
Where life goes
After a revolution
Will a nation
Die of starvation
Or will new politicians
Take us to a new millenium
A nation of thirteen million
Let me breathe
For this poetry could be my death
On The Zimbo Jam- Power FM Top Twenty- 20 March 2010Presented by DJ Chilli (Hazvine Sakarombe) on Power FM. 10:00-12:00hrs, 20 March 2010 Position Song Artist 20 Battle Field Jordin Sparks 19 If We Ever Meet Again Timberland ft Katy Peri 18 Falling Underdog 17 Emperor’s State of Mind Jay Z 16 How Low Luda Chris
- Famba Zvakanaka Sam MtukudziZvinosiririsa sei mhuri yeZimbabwe kusiiwa nemwana achine mukaka pamhuno. Apa ndinobva ndanzwisisa kuti Baba vake vaiedza kurevei uye zvinorevei muupenyu hwemunhu mumwe nemumwe wedu? Samson Mutukudzi gotwe uye ari mwakomana mumwechete wa Oliva na Daisy Mutukudzi nderimwe reruva ranga richangotanga kuyevedza rabva radamburwa tinoti mweya wake ngauzorore murugare.
- Salif Keita- A Music Legend Comes to ZimbabweOne of Africa’s all time great musicians, Salif Keita, will close off the 2010 edition of the Harare International Festival of the Arts (HIFA) on a high note with a long awaited main stage performance at the six day arts extravaganza set to explode into activity in Harare at the end of April.
- Power FM Top Twenty- 20 March 2010