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Vision Beyond The Lens

DECEMBER 2018

From the Editorial Director

Creative couple: My cheerleader and

not my coach

Creative Artist: Bulawayo Zim-dancehall

Artist Nasa Talks music,
Graffiti with Elias Moyo

Creative Gardening: A blissful Garden

Creative Interior: Glorious Gazebo,

Country City Gardens

Creative Photography: Wild and Free,

Wildlife Photos from the
Great Outback of the Victoria Falls

Creative Ambassador: Vibbing with Vanrose

Classic shots: the shots that made the cut

ContentsTurning the tables with DJ Uteng
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From the Editorial Director

I’d like to start by giving my deepest and most sincere gratitude to God and to all
those that have supported the vision throughout the years, as well as all our valued
clients and subscribers. Without whom, none of this would have been possible, and
to my daughter River who always continues to be my inspiration and muse.

The purpose of this magazine is to provide a forum for free expressionism though
various art forms, a platform for all new up and coming artists, creators, designers
and other creative beings I’ve had the pleasure to meet this year, showcase their
uniqueness.

May Creative Labs. The Magazine, December 2018 edition be the first of many and
be as inspirational and captivating as we continue to aspire to achieve the
“Vision Beyond the Lens”.

- Tawonga Ngoma

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Rosina Tapela

My cheerleader and not my coach

Elias Moyo

Graff Art

Vanrose. P. Nyamangodo

Vibbing With Vanrose

Uteng Mbizo

Turning the Tables

Tawonga Ngoma

Editorial Director

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My cheerleader
and

not my coach

By
Rosina Tapela

How long have you two been together? different. Our backgrounds were totally
Vigil and I have been together for a while. different. I thought all men were like
my father, and it was a total shock to
How did you two meet and what made you find out that he was the total opposite.
decide he’s the one? I realised I’d have to communicate my
He saw me 2 years before we started actually thoughts with him and he did the same.
dating and for those 2 years we used to stare We both began to learn together how to
At each other and smile but never talk. Until communicate together effectively and
Some day we met and started talking on app. how to fight for our relationship
instead of fighting each other. We.
What are the
principles upon which started merging, bonding
you have built your and becoming one.
relationship?
Both of us are How do you handle
Christians and we both conflict?
love the lord All conflict comes as a
passionately. We keep result of
him at the centre of misunderstanding. If you
our relationship as a seek understanding from
result our relationship each other, and go after
is built on religious clarity instead of
principles. It’s not assumptions, you can
relationships that fails, avoid. We talk to each
but its couples that fail other freely, even when
in their responsibilities we may feel angry.
to each other.
-Rosina Tapela
How do you nurture
you’re your relationship?
Vigil and I pray daily, morning and night.
We also read books on relationships and
seek council from elders at church as well
as in our community.

All relationships face challenges, could you
share some of yours and how you
Overcome them?
In the beginning of our relationship, we
faced challenges due to our cultural
differences. Our backgrounds were totally

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Image taken from Deep thoughts Mixtape Album cover by Nasah

Deep Thoughts Mixtape
Album tack list

KAMWANA KAMABOSS

WE GO BLING

CHINONDI DHAKISA

MWARI WANGU

PIA PIA

MIRAI HOO R-MIX 23 year old Bulawayo singer song writer

RUDO RWAMAI Manasa Musharo Also known as “Nasah”

FACE DA EAST Is finally Ready to drop his long awaited
HONGU KA mix tape entitled Deep Thoughts. It’s an
DAI MANDIBATSIRA 11 track Album, with fan favourites like
DANCEHALL Kamwana Kamaboss, Rudo Rwamai

Face Da East and other great Singles.

The mix tape is due to drop “by mid January,
just after the December hype has died down”
says Nasah. “I’d like to thank my fans dem
Who have been so patient and supportive
as well as to my family for always motivating
me and giving me the tools I needed to aspire
to reach my dreams.”

The Zimbabwean music industry has always
been a difficult one to penetrate and thrive in,
let alone the Zim-dancehall scene. However Nasah
Seems to think he has found the recipe.

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Picture taken by Tawonga Ngoma

With
Elias Moyo

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Pictured: Elias Moyo, Graffiti Artist With graffiti, inspiration comes from absolutely
anything, it doesn’t have barriers your own
imagination is the limit. My wish as a graffiti
artist is for every city to have somewhere all
graffiti artists, all artists, can come and freely
express themselves in any way they please
without fear of being charged of vandalism of
property free art…

-Elias Moyo

To me “art” is all about bringing out your

inner true self. It’s all about self-expression, by
far graffiti is the rawest form of art and
honestly, an embodiment of pure imagination.
You get to draw and create whatever you want
however you want, its somewhat freedom.
And that is what inspired me to get into
graffiti.

I started drawing when I was 13, I remember it
was my nickname at the time (Elno). The
combination of the bold font, exclamation
marks and chains, I personally thought it
wasn’t all that good but the reaction I got from
everyone who saw it motivated me to keep
drawing. I wasn’t all that good at first but the
more I made my graffiti about me, about my
life the better they came out. That’s why each
one tells a part of my life story, where I’ve
been, what I’ve been through and some are
dedicated to people who make an impact in
my life.

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Graffiti by Elias Moyo

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TEXT AND PHOTOGRAPHS
BY

TAWONGA NGOMA

A blissful Garden, the summer delights of Peniqular Gardens Bulawayo.

LAWN MAINTENANCE Simply Mowing a lawn
All Too often a newly is not
laid lawn is allowed to Enough. Yearly feeding,
degenerate . In some Liming, watering and
respects lawn aerating are
is like a car – all necessary
with regular service and If you want to keep it in
maintenance you can This gorgeous
keep it in good and perfectly
condition and avoid Manicured
Having to take condition.
drastic and
remedial action.

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Botanical beauties
Many a pant in the botanical world has its beautiful flowers,
perfume and shape, but so often the flowering period is limited.
This can be an advantage since, like the seasons,
one looks forward to these times. With a little care and attention,
all plants can become strong, healthy-looking, bushes with
attractive blooms.

Over the Hedge
A hedge is merely a line of plants which respond to being clipped into
A certain shape. The most commonly grown in Bulawayo is the Duranta.
There is no need to be too conventional though Hibiscus, cypress,
Pyracantha And privet have proved to be effective and meet
most requirements, Succeeding over a wide range of soils.
To avoid a sense of over crowding separating flowers and hedges with
winding connecting narrow path ways of either grass, pavers or
gardening ash and gravel make for a beautiful scenery especially
for beautifying outdoor garden photo shoots.

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Peniquila Gardens Photographed by Tawonga Ngoma and Uteng Mbizo

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BY

TAWONGA NGOMA

Creative Interior :

Glorious Gazebo

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Country city
Interior designers
brings some
classic African
pieces blended with
Earthy coloured
European and Asian
materials
into the gazebo
To create a new
breed of design.

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Golden Gazebo at Country City, Photographed by Tawonga Ngoma

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Wild and Free,

Wildlife Photos from the
Great Outback of the Victoria Falls

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Storks are large, long-necked
Wading birds with long stout bills. They
Belong to the family called Ciconiidae, and
Make up the order Ciconiiformes.
Ciconiiformes previously included a number
Of other families, such as herons and ibises,
But those families have been moved to other orders

Did you know: The Storks are carnivorous,

Taking a ange of reptiles, small mammals,
Insects, fish, amphibians and other small
Invertebrates.

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Male Impala top left, Buffalo bull top
right, red tipped horn bill bottom.
Pictures taken in Shearwater Game
Reserve Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe.

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For that perfect serene farm environment
Tranquil Garden for Picnics and functions

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Main Gazebo interior, Beach type
Booths and perspectives
of the garden

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Vibbing with Vanrose
By
Vanrose. P. Nyamangodo
Creative Ambassador

The sky is the limit: In days of old, the vigorous

barriers and restrictions imposed on young wemen
including any form formal education. Civilisation has brought us
out of these chains of bondage, finally women began to mean
something other than just window dressing and the common
house wife, and now we as ladies can be heard and should use
our voices to speak out to all the potential injustices to be faced
by future generations to come. We cannot continue to be held
subservient to our male counter parts and should be seen as
equals. Women such as Hillary Clinton have paved the way and
further proven that women are equals as she almost retained
one of the most powerful seats as leader of the free world.
Women I implore you, stand up for one another, know your
worth,

Be Bold…
Be Brave…
Be beautiful…
Be Yourself…

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“The Greatest gift of life is
friendship, and I have
received it.”

-H. Humphrey

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Photographed by Tawonga Ngoma

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TTurning the ables

With

Born and raised in Bulawayo with three sisters. I

did my schooling at Waterford primary, Gifford high
and Denmark college Started out in the Dj-ing world
at a very young age and am blessed to still be at it.

WAS IT A TOUGH INDUSTRY TO ENTER?
Thinking back, I can’t say it was hard to enter as I had
friends or brothers who knew the way around the
industry though it was hard to break into the club
environment and events, put it down to meeting a
few influential people and being at the right place at
the right time go me here today.

WHAT CAN YOU SAY ABOUT MUSIC?
MUSIC…like the great Bob Marley once said “when
music hits you, you feel no pain but joy of being
alive”. i think he summed it all up cause there is no
day that goes by without music.

WHAT IS YOUR TAKE ON THE SUB-GENRES OF MUSIC
RISING?
It’s good that music is coming up with different genres
cause way back you could listen to a selective music
but now people are now developing interest in
foreign sound, local and if you notice the spread of
music world has increased the music variety by a
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HAVE YOU PLAYED AT BIG FESTIVALS.WHAT CAN YOU SAY ABOUT? -Uteng Mbizo

Have been fortunate to play along with few south African arts like
deejay Zinhle, Dj Naija amazing feeling and experience.

EXPLAIN YOUR SOUND/STYLE OF PLAY

Though my back ground in music was on the hip hop world. i don’t
limit myself to that sound. I have found peace in afrolectro and tech
house genres that I am very comfortable in. i try making my sets
towards the event I’m playing at and the people I’m playing to.

DO YOU PREPARE YOUR SETS?

YESSS…... I do. It’s important to be prepared as you never know what
kind of crowd you will have. I usually create several playlists with
different style play.

WORST GIG?

There’s always a few but the king of all has to be an event by Braas
monkey Bradfield I arrived on time yet to notice the whole complex
had power failure .to my surprise a massive crowd had come through
for support it was such a disappointment

YOUR MOST COMMON EXPRESSION IS?
Siya bo pha.

THE BEST THING SOMEONE HAS EVER COME UP TO YOU AND SAID AT
A GIG?

As a dj a lot of positive and encouraging comments about either the
music played or the way its presented. The best has to be when
someone from the crowd came and asked for a track title…a sign that
the song touched them

THE WORST PIECE OF ADVICE SOMEONES EVER TRIED TO CONVINCE
YOU OF IS…...?

I have meet a lot of people offerinCgreataivedLavbiscThee,Masgaozimne e good some crazy
…some bad I take what I need from it okunye phuma kimi

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