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JONATHAN MBIRIYAMVEKA LEGENDARY radio personalities John “The Boss” Matinde and Felix "Happy Smiler" Nganjo are back on ZBC Classic263 Radio as special guest presenters every Saturday and Sunday. Matinde, who was the architect of the then ZBC Radio Three after Independence, told The NewsHawks that the invitation from Classic263 radio station manager Terrence Mapurisana was a welcome move. The Boss says he now has the opportunity to rekindle the days of ZBC TV Sounds On Saturday, but this time through radio every Saturday on Weekend Radio from noon to 1pm. Said Matinde: “The original ZBC TV Sounds on Saturday (SOS) was both the sound track and the time check to many people’s lives. Music lovers in the 1980s and the '90s and beyond would normally schedule their lives around Sounds on Saturday evening musical shows and this time the SOS is coming live 12 midday." Matinde, who recently co-hosted the Tyrone Downie Tribute Reggae tribute show with Mapurisana, said the fact that Classic263 Radio station manager Terrence Mapurisana has graciously granted him time to resurrect the show on radio on Saturday is a great excuse to revisit the television one, while also playing any good Sounds on Saturday. Matinde interviewed Bob Marley and his pianist Downie when they came to Zimbabwe in 1980 for the country’s Independence celebrations. Sundays, which are meant for adult contemporary listening, are coming back with fond memories as another former Radio Three presenter, The Happy Smiler, hosts the Sunday Spectrum Show, sharing the decks with Mapurisana between 1pm and 2pm. Said Nganjo: “It is that time when we reminisce on Classic263 Radio as we bring those memories back.” King Jay, who listens from the United Kingdom, had this to say: “Zvinofadza kuti Mapurisana varikupota vachiunza hwereshengwa dze nhepfenyuyro idzi (It is great that Mapurisana is bringing legends back on radio). I hope the youngsters are taking notes.” Another fan, Douglas Karikoga, commented: “Classic263 Radio is now a marvel to listen to. I wouldn’t trade it for any other radio.” STYLE TRAVEL BOOKS ARTS MOTORING Porsche just got angrier Being a Fashion Model Life&Style Page 52 Issue 117, 3 February 2023 Yesteryear presenters back on Classic263 SOS shows Felix Nganjo
Poetry Corner Title: A Lamentation and Half Poet: Tawanda Chigavazira I was pure; I was a virgin! No finger of a man had felt my body. All men venerated me. I was the cradle of self-esteem for my society. Then along came a wolf in sheep’s skin, And defiled my sanctity with the callousness of a devil. Took away my treasure and never looked back. Never bothered to patch up the wounds and bruises. It was mission accomplished, no need for damage control. You saw no reason for social responsibility. As long as my priceless jewel was, but sparkling in your hand. You robbed me and my kinsmen You left us all empty-handed. I was their only hope out of Egypt to Canaan. I was, but their sacred oasis in a desert. I was, but the pristine plains of Chiyadzwa diamond fields. I was, but Mucheka wakasungabeta, the mountain-range of gold. I was but, their everything! Yet today; I am, but the worst whore ever, who betrayed their trust. I am, but the dumpsite which reeks with stinking fetid I am, but the ‘Pool of Death’ at Epworth – a threat to humanity. I am, but the painful reminder of their robbed treasures. A lasting memory of exploited resources! ***************************************************** Title: Shedding Light On Shedding And Sheds Poet: Ndaba Sibanda Not in the dark, wondering that there's load shedding? I'm here to pour furious facts forth in drops, I'm no duck's plumage shedding watery rocks, I'm here not to please but to seize a moment, & jog memories, since l see no development, their promises were countless : like we'll construct sheds or shelter, yet it's all hell! have the souls been shedded from distress? no, they steal & smile, shed blood & supress, people are put or housed in handcuffed shame, they can't tame it, l proclaim: the economy isn't lame, have you seen shedlike structures they have built since they usurped offices, or you wince at their rot or mince? it had nothing to do with national development or protection, but a divide of land: their shed, interests, a lust for accumulation, understand that shedding can simply be a casting off of natural covering like a caterpillar shedding its skin, yet it's still a caterpillar window-dressing! shed your illusions & inhibitions since companies are shedding jobs and incomes, shed tears for the jobless like pathologists shedding viruses in the feces & dirty dams ***************************************************** Title: A Question Of Space Poet: Obey Chiyangwa It is an issue of confusing colours, In a crowded grave without fairness, Where the brave remain fearless, While all the slaves remain spineless, Where corpses snarl at each other in broad darkness. The title to this piece is colourless too, Lost in mists and mired in shadows of homeless smoke, Of dust that rises from the pit of an old grave, And filters through cracks and crevices to taint the air of peace. I wonder what colour the haunting corridors of death are, What hue? What aura? What mien? Tandi was buried sitting bold upright, On the broken shoulder of his dethroned crown, Him who had over-stayed a position of coerced might. Could the corridors of compromised death be a blinding black, Or a dazzling white torturing the sight of the long dead? Could they be a dreary grey that frightens the courage of the newly dead? If only he could tell me how experienced he is in death, Tandi. Was he right to have his grave-bound crown garlanded in glittering all white? The hope of resurrection? The hope of restoration? Where does death store her hordes of rotting corpses? For the graveyard in our village has been robbed by bandits. How does death keep her space from over-crowding? How does she live unopposed in the corridors of blood-coated power!! And refuse to trade-in seething wrath for genuine peace. I shudder to imagineUpon daylight's pretended show of sorrowHow a corpse weeps over the demise of fellow corpses. How the dead mourn the desuetude in grave silence. Like the wicked preaching peace to a crown of demented witches. Parliament building was almost burnt to ashes by such. Wisps growing fat while living hidden upon the roofs of secreted graves. What blood are they still sucking when the corpse has since run dry? When the corpse is an ashen faced aura of ancient death. Blood-shot eyes threaten to burn holes through the skin of a frightened nation, Threaten to wring the emaciated throat of peace and drink the blood. ************************************************ Title: Baby dumping Poet: Patrick Hwande Leaving the wailing ailing dying, In Intensive Unit Care, As we hold placards in streets, To me, it's tantamount to baby dumping. Young innocent souls reel, In dark curves of ignorance, As we march in streets, When tables are tabled for a discourse, To me its baby dumping. Displaying despondency is legitimate, But we ought to weave ways to bring butter, Without breaking bridges, Misplaced indignation is dangerous, After antagonism we reap a bumper harvest of crises. *********************************************** Title: In God's acre Poet: Andy Kahari I am a lost straw of dust Standing last in the midst of dying graves, And in the hurling of the wind of their death Shoved is my withered being ever and anon. In the chaos of the delirium of this unknown drum song I hear a song in a grave with no song, And that song has a dry gong of a wreath; A falling bouquet pollinating more wraith, And in its blooming, I see more booming wrath Looming with more rot for the living; Who all are comprehending; They too hear, a voice in God's acre with no voice; For when they do hear the "good" echo, Which they cannot hear; I am thus certain, I too hear all called away here, to these desolate catacombs. *********************************************** NewsHawks Page 53 Issue 117, 3 February 2023
Page 54 People & Places NewsHawks Issue 117, 3 February 2023 Rimbi Tours suspension lifted Government suspended Rimbi Tours and Zebra Kiss Buses operating licences after an accident that saw Rimbi Tours bus which was racing a Zebra Kiss bus, crashed into a tipper truck near Mutoko, along the Harare-Nyamapanda highway and claimed one life in the process.
WEST Indies, who are touring Zimbabwe for two Test matches in Bulawayo starting this Saturday, may as well send back home their entire squad and replace it with their players competing in the ongoing International League T20 in Dubai. At least 15 West Indians are involved in the UAE tournament and, although nearly all of them are considered whiteball specialists, the bulk of them never having pulled over the whites in their careers, it does say a lot for the depth of skills and player pool in the islands. But, certainly, somebody like the veteran Abu Dhabi Knight Riders pace bowler Ravi Rampaul would have backed himself — with all the experienced gained from 18 Tests for Windies — to extract something from the flat and slow wicket of Queens Sports Club. Perhaps, too, the exciting left-arm spinner and Rampaul’s teammate in Dubai, Akeal Hosein, who has not been capped in Tests by West Indies and probably won’t be in the near future. Bulawayo would have provided the perfect conditions for the young Trinidadian to test his skills in the fuller format. So a whole West Indies team is out playing franchise cricket in Dubai, and still having their men in white confident of victory in the two Tests in Zimbabwe. And Zimbabwe, without the luxury of choosing players specifically for different formats, are sweating over the absence of two players from the West Indies series — lost to the glitz, glamour and monies of T20 franchise cricket abroad. And these are not just two players, but two key men in the form of their lives at the moment, Sikandar Raza and Ryan Burl. Both did not play the last time Zimbabwe played Tests 18 months ago, in a 220- run defeat by Bangladesh at home in Harare. Two star batsmen who take crucial wickets with their spin-bowling, Raza and Burl’s scintillating performances in international white-ball cricket for Zimbabwe have earned them gigs in the Dubai tournament and in the Bangladesh Premier League, with their national board granting them permission to miss the Test series. It is fair to say that both have not played a lot of Test cricket and their ability in that format has not yet been tested. But so is everyone in the current squad set to face the Windies because the country does not get enough fixtures in this version. So without notable specialist players in Zimbabwe, and factoring in Raza and Burl’s good form, forget that it is whiteball, their absenteeism from the West Indies clash should be considered a big blow for the host side. It is a real cause for worry because Raza and Burl will not be the first and last Zimbabwe players to hit a purple patch and go the franchise way. The board, in some kind of catch-22 situation, is not able to block players from earning some extra cash. The more worrying aspect of the situation is that the warmup match between a Zimbabwe XI against the West Indies this week did not suggest the right talent and depth in the fringes for guys to effortlessly slot in during the absence of key players, some of them on the wrong side of 30. Good luck, Chevrons, with the Windies contest, and thanks for the great entrainment over the past six months. Long may it live, but there is so much more to do to this end. ARSENAL’S Bukayo Saka, Chelsea's Raheem Sterling and Manchester United's Marcus Rashford have been named on a list of the most influential black people in British football. The annual Football Black List recognises the efforts of black figures working in various areas of the game. Crystal Palace manager Patrick Vieira and Burnley boss Vincent Kompany are included in the coaching category. Pundit and ex-England player Lianne Sanderson is also on this year's list. The Football Black List, first published in 2008, highlights black industry professionals who are positive influencers. The names in the eight categories are decided by a panel of experts with representatives from the Premier League, Professional Footballers' Association, League Managers' Association, EFL and anti-racism group Kick It Out. Deji Davies, Les Ferdinand and Jobi McAnuff are also on the 2022 list. Davies is a non-executive director at Brentford and the only black board member at a Premier League club, Ferdinand is the only black director of football in the game, while McAnuff is a Football Association board member. Leon Mann, co-founder of the Football Black List, said: "I am particularly proud to see the list now feature board Sport Page 55 Football Black List: Saka, Sterling, Rashford & Lianne Sanderson on list Enock Muchinjo HawkZone Are global T20 franchise competitions a poisoned chalice for Zimbabwe? members, and managers at the top of the game but clearly we still have a long way to go to see better representation in football. "However, we are highlighting those leading the way. We are proud of these individuals and the impact they are making." There is also a Ugo Ehiogu "ones to watch" category, which identifies talented, young people in the industry under-30. – BBC Sport Influential NewsHawks Issue 117, 3 February 2023 Ryan Burl will miss the Test series against West Indies to play in the Bangladesh Premier League.
back to his country of birth. Ballance made his international debut for Zimbabwe against Ireland and is set to make his Test debut against West Indies, having switched allegiance from England back to Zimbabwe, where he was a youth international before moving to Britain. “Gary Ballance is an experienced cricketer,” Zimbabwe director of cricket and former captain Hamilton Masakadza told The Associated Press. “His inclusion in the side is invaluable. He has gelled very seamlessly in the side. He is sort of the right player we needed in the side. We look forward to him doing big things for Zimbabwe.” Ballance will need to offset the absence of key Zimbabwe batters for the series. Captain Sean Williams is out with injury and Sikandar Raza and Ryan Burl have been granted permission to play in T20 competitions overseas. Coley’s first foray in charge of West Indies appears set to rely on some old heads, such as 34-year-old fast bowler Shannon Gabriel, who did not play when West Indies lost heavily against Australia but has been recalled, and fellow quick Kemar Roach, who is also 34. At 26, Alzarri Joseph is the youngster in that pace trio. They will find Bulawayo’s traditionally low-bouncing and slow pitch a challenge but Gabriel and Roach have 130 tests of experience to call on if they are reunited in the bowling attack for the first Test, as is expected. The West Indies squad also has one of cricket’s greatest players to help after Brian Lara was hired to be a performance mentor for the team, starting with the series in Zimbabwe. — The Associated Press. NEW interim West Indies coach Andre Coley feels there are enough recent positives to draw on despite the team’s humbling first-round exit at last year’s Twenty20 World Cup in Australia. That was followed by a 2-0 Test series loss against Australia that included a 419-run drubbing in the second Test. Before those setbacks, West Indies won at home against England and Bangladesh and Coley is focused more on that ahead of a two-Test series in Zimbabwe starting on Saturday. “Australia is now in the past,” Coley said in Bulawayo. “As a team, there have been many positive results over the past 18 months and we want to focus on achieving much of the same in the year to come. “We are looking forward to playing a brand of cricket that will position us to achieve this outcome.” West Indies will be expected to deliver a series win in Zimbabwe, with the hosts gearing up for their first Test in 18 months. While West Indies want to win again, Zimbabwe have achieved their first objective of just playing Test cricket again after that long gap. Getting matches and series is a regular challenge for the southern Africans. Zimbabwe has enjoyed some sort of recent revival, though, following the return of former captain Dave Houghton to take up the role of head coach again. Houghton’s presence has led to a more positive outlook for Zimbabwe, which won a T20 series and drew a one-day series against Ireland last month and has managed to attract former England batter Gary Ballance 50c PRICE SPORT Zim Cricket launches Premier League NEWS $60 Covid tariff for visitors & tourists CULTURE Community radio regulations under review @NewsHawksLive TheNewsHawks www.thenewshawks.com [email protected] Thursday 1 October 2020 WHAT’S INSIDE ALSO INSIDE Finance Ministy wipes out $3.2 Billion depositors funds Zim's latest land controversy has left Ruwa farmer stranded Story on Page 3 Story on Page 8 Story on Page 16 Chamisa reaches out to Khupe Unofficial president calls for emergency meeting +263 772 293 486 Friday 3 February 2023 ALSO INSIDE Are global T20 franchise competitions a poisoned chalice for Zim? Sports Mandela’s grandson in African football political row at Chan opener Pull up your socks, it’s no more business as usual Zimbabwe vs Windies: Interim WI coach Coley stays positive, has Lara for help Andre Coley