Back with a Bang!

Hello everyone, I am back.Its been a while since I last published anything on my blog and I think I was running out of ideas. I hope this topic that I have chosen this time around  will make a difference on my blog.

I am going to blog about court cases mainly focusing on maintenance cases because i attend them everyday as part of my journalism job. I will be revealing the reasons why people drag each other to court.

 I must say, in my own opinion, it is important to make the right decisions at the right time. I think it is us women who decide to have children with the wrong people. I am saying this because from the cases that I have attended so far it seems like women are the ones who are dragging their husbands or estranged husbands to court for different reasons. 

I also understand that we as women sometimes fall pregnant by mistake and end up having to carry all the burdens on our own. However, I have noted that there are a few cases whereby women are having babies and sue the husbands as a way of capitalising.

There are just a lot of reasons but would like to explore them as time goes on.I will also be telling real stories about real people from the cases that I will be attending. This is just a brief idea of what I am looking forward to blog about.

I hope my blog will draw a lot of people's attention and hopefully it will help other people to learn something from the stories the way I am doing.

 

Zimbabwe's independence day duped, "JiveZim34"

Zimbabwe gained its independence on the 18^th of April 1980 therefore we as Zimbabweans, are celebrating 34 years of independence tomorrow. A massive independence concert has been lined up for the Borrowdale Race course tonight, portrayed as “ Jive Zim 34.” The concert will be running under the theme called Jive for self Determination. 

One of the organizer of the show said all was set for the concert meaning to celebrate the country’s independence. The celebrations have already started, people are so happy even the companies and some organizations such as Bulawayo City Council has out up a banner which says ‘Bulawayo celebrates Independence.’ 

Preparations of the gala have already started with people setting up the stage and the band crews rehearsing at the same time. Just like any other previous galas that have been taking place, there are going to be different artists with different performances. One of the performances that people love watching is Sandra Ndebele’s performance. She usually dresses up in a traditional kind of way and also does the tradition al dances especially those that were practiced a lot by the Ndebele people long ago.

The previous galas that have took place have featured artists from Botswana such as Vee who became popular by his song  ‘taku taku’ who was banned to perform in Zimbabwe because of his live performance that incited sexual activities on a few Zimbabwean girls that had came to the gala.  

 

All artists have confirmed that they will participate in the independence gala. The artists that will perform at the gala include Sandra Ndebele, Sulumani Chimbetu, Sniper Storm, Alick Macheso, Soul Jah Love, Sebastian, Iyasa , Babongile Skhonjwa , Mathias Mhere, Leonard Zhakata and many more.

This year’s independence has a line-up of different genres like the stand-up comedy. These include Vikela. Chimbetu,  Zhakata  and Macheso.

The Charamba’s, Nathias Mhere and Magacha will be representing the gospel sector whilst Masike, Weutonga and Tariro will be representing Afro Jazz music.

The gala is scheduled at Borrowdale Race Course from 6pm up to midnight. Admission is free and it will be broadcasting live at ZBC tv and radio from 9pm.

Jah Prayzah launches new album

Jah Prayza known as a sungura artist has launched his new album and has received the greatest support from the Zimbabe National Army.

 The Zimbabwe National Army has cemented its relationship with the contemporary sungura musician Mukudzai ‘Jah Prayza’ Mukoribe by partnering with him at his album launch scheduled yesterday at Harare International Conference Centre. The commander of the defense forces officiated at the launch while the Zimbabwe National Army led a procession of Jah Prayza’s fans and friends in a march from Jameson Hotel prior to the event.

The partnership is said to be as a result of a good relationship with the artist. I think this is because Jah Prayza has also shown great support to the ZNA by judging from the way he dresses. He loves wearing clothes as if he is a soldier and he has got caps that are designed like a military cap. 

The album carries song such as Soja Rinosvika Kure, kunariche, kumabuda neZuva, sei mambo and mukanika among others.

All was set for another significant event in the entertainment sector as the top musician launched his much hyped 10-track album kuffumbura Mhute.

Top artists Oliver Mtukudzi , Suluman Chimbetu have been slated to perform at the event together with Shinsoman, maskiri, Ex Q, Tererai, Pauline Gundidza, Gary Tight, Gotare and Ammor Brown. These artists all volunteered to participate in the launching of the new album. 

 

It is so amazing how people stood to support Jah Prayza as 23 out of 30 vip tickets which were costing $300 were sold with high expectations that the rest will be sold out by close of the business.  Despite the fact that the tickets were expensive, people still stood up and showed him the greatest support of all times.

The album will be available by tomorrow at major cities hoping that it will attract a huge audience.

How Celebrities become ‘Celebs’

I have noticed that being in a reality show has made a lot of people to become celebrities especially in the Western countries as well as here in Africa in countries like South Africa and Nigeria. First of all, I want to talk about Kim Kardashian because did not get famous through singing, acting  or dancing but she found a role of her life time in the fine art of playing herself in the reality television show.she is now considered the queen of reality tv.

What I have noticed about many celebrities that have become so famous and popular is that they did not have to become musicians or actresses but they became stars just by being themselves in front of a camera.  These reality tv shows such as The Kardashians, The Real house wives of Atlanta or Guliana and Bill have made the un-famous to become famous.

I have been following Giuliana and Bill and I found that Giuliana was just a presenter on E! but after she and her husband Bill started their reality show they became famous and much more popular than ever.

Zimbabwe also launched its first reality tv show called Zimbabwe ine stayira (Zimbabwe has got style) last year 2013 around August. It featured zim celebs such as Stunner, and Tinopona Katsande and 30 people from around Zimbabwe who were contestants. According to the producers of the reality tv show, Zimbabwe ine stayira was more like a big brother reality show and the winner was going to walk away with R200 000.

What really surprises me is that I don’t know what took place during the 13 weeks of the broadcasting of the show let alone the winner of the reality show. I didn’t see any priority being given to the show by the media the way other countries like South Africa give prominence to their reality shows. I don’t think we can ever have many celebrities in our country like other countries do.

The other way that has made people to become famous the exposure of sex tapes. Kim Kardashian’s 2007 sex tape with Ray J is what made her become noticeable in the media as well as the public. I think this has actually caused a lot of celebrities to produce sex tapes just for fame and publicity but it is not all the celebrities that have become popular because of their sex tapes but these sex tapes have also destroyed other people’s careers for example Tinopona Katsande.

I was reading an article by StephenKersey and she says, “You wouldn’t think that a radio dj in Zimbabwe can make world-wide news but that exactly what happened with Tinopona Katsande. In America she would just get more famous and celebrated for having her bedroom activities leaked to the public. But with her African nation where adult material is illegal, thus is no laughing matter.”

 She ends up by saying, “ lets hope she gets her job back and nothing too terrible happens to her.”

Roki Josphats: 'Life after Big Brother'

Roki is considered as the face of urban grooves in Zimbabwe with his popular song ‘chidzoka’. He says his song ‘chidzoka’ tells a story about a feeling of being lonely and being away from home. His music is enjoyed by many in the country.

Roki looks at himself as a role model to his children especially his two sons and other people that love his music and who want to be part of the music industry. He has five children from different mothers. He is not married. When he was asked in the show Makosi today about his first love he said, “Music is my first love.” Since he has got two sons, Roki says he usually goes out with them for shopping and does whatever they want. He says he has never really talked to his sons about same sex marriages because he has never really of thought of that topic.

He went to Big Brother Africa in the year 2012 where he talked more about Zimbabwe’s music. He says he entered the Big Brother house because he wanted to gain more attention and greater publicity from the people in Zimbabwe as well as in Africa as a whole.

When he was talking about his life after Big Brother, Roki says he is more into art and he owns an arts centre in Harare. He is a painter and loves drawing. He has got students whom he supervises in the art centre. He says one of his students made a paint of him as a thank you gift. Roki says he loves listening to his songs and he is also good at dancing. He is also a dance choreographer especially for his music videos. He recently released a song featuring Pauline where he shows his hiphop dance moves.

He says he wants his hair to look like Sonic the hedgehog.

 Roki says he is inspired by P.Square, African artists from Nigeria who are becoming international artists. He also loves pop music, hiphop and African music is his number one.

Now looking back at Roki in Big brother Africa, we always saw him as one of the coolest guys. He was loved by many Africans and I almost thought that he was going to make it to the finals. I actually blame Maneta a Zimbabwean girl who was representing the country in BBM who was so against Roki. I actually think she is the reason why Roki was kicked out of Big Brother. I actually think she saw a potential in Roki becoming a the Big Brother winner. To me, their fight symbolized lack of disunity amongst Zimbabweans but other people actually think that it was just a publicity stunt. 

I also think that he cannot look at himself as a role model especially looking at what he did to Maneta, slapping her in front of Africa. To me it shows that he is more like encouraging men to beat up women, which is not a good thing at all. It’s not like I am judging him but what I am saying is he could have solved what whatever problems he had with Maneta in other ways not through violence.

Simba Mhere

Simba Mhere is a  Zimbabwean born and is making it huge in South Africa. He is a presenter on the SABC 3 lifestyle television programme popularly known as Top Billing. It usually airs from 8:30 pm to 9:30 pm on Thursdays and repeats on Sundays 12:00 pm.

Simba was called the new  'South African latest hotshot' presenter. He is known for his confidence infectious personality which I believe led him to fame and success.  Simba moved to South Africa with his missionary parents when he was a year old. He attended school at Randpark High  and then went to University of Johannesburg were he was doing his B. comm accounting. 

Simba Mhere has been a presenter at Top Billing for four years now. je has aslo been making headlines on South African newspapers as well as local papers here in Zimbabwe such as Southern eye. He is considered as the youngest member of Top billing family .

As a presenter, Simba has got the privilege to travel around the world in new countries. He has also got the privilege to meet famous people like DJ Herca as well as getting into wonderful adventures. 

In an interview with Southern eye, Simba said : "Since my first year things have just grown, so many doors have opened and I’ve also become a lot more mature about what I want from my career.”

Simba is being watched with joy by many South Africans as well as Zimbabweans who love seeing their own doing great things in the entertainment industry. I hope Simba will always keep the Zimbabwean flag flying up high.

 

 

Bev, the first brave pole dancer in Zimbabwe.

Just thought of talking about Bev, Zimbabwe's young and talented vivacious pole dancer as well as her Sexy Angels. Bev and her crew have been making headlines in our country ever since she started pole dancing with her friend Zoe. Despite the fact that she is a pole dancer, what i liked about the girl is that she has got lots of talent. Her body is very flexible and she always gives her best performances, in other word she always delivers. I have watched one of her performance that was recorded and distributed widely especially on the internet, and the funny part about the show is that there were a lot of males who came to support her. I don't want to judge her but I think what she is doing is super brave considering that she has been arrested together with her friend Zoe and many people believe that what she is doing is 'evil'. Well, I believe that she does what she does so that she can sustain herself. I also love the fact that she and her friend Zoe are the first women to introduce a pole dancing as entertainment in Zimbabwe. Bev sometimes performs wearing a revealing black outfit and a funky hairstyle.

 During the show, she usually performs raunchy and erotic lap dances on a number of male fans whom she called onto the stage during her weekend show.  The music she dances to is mostly local music. I give her credit for her bravery as well as soldiering on about what she does.

There are  a lot of countries that support stripping and pole dancing as entertainment. United States of America is one example of such countries, South Africa also allows such entertainment.  So what is so special about our country? I mean if people loves what she is doing hen what is the problem. I also believe that Bev should be treated and respected as a normal person.