By Samuel Chamboko – Sawubona! In life Claire Squires lived what would be described as an ordinary life but in death this young Brit will probably have the most profound effect on a lot of people in need. This young lady who collapsed and passed away tragically metres from the finish at the London Marathon would, in life, would have probably raised a modest amount for the Samaritans, a charity she was running in aid of, but after her death touched so many people around the world, she has just raised over a £1m for them. While all this was... Continue Reading
By Samuel Chamboko – During the week when we celebrate the 32nd anniversary of our country’s independence, I have decided to take a step back and pay my respects to 10 people who, in my opinion, have pioneered, persevered against the odds and made successes of their lives. Some of these are people who have dedicated great parts of their lives to serving civic society and left indelible landmarks on our country and society in general. In recent years, our country has received a lot of ‘stick’ and bad publicity, for political upheavals, economic turmoil and shortages. There is, however,... Continue Reading
Ndaa! Greetings and salutations. The intention has always been to make this a regular missive, but one gets caught up in the toils of day to day life and instead of doing what you’d love to do, you end up doing what you have to do. That’s just life. Anyway, it’s been an eventful few weeks, with its ups and downs. For me the one major down was the sad passing of Zim music legend, Andy Brown, (real name Cadia Shoko). Here was one helluva guitarist. What most people in the West probably do not know about guys like Andy... Continue Reading
By Samuel Chamboko – Muraho! Just as a follow up, there is this often unsaid connection between Afrikaans or Afrikaaners and native Africans especially in the Southern African region. While Afrikaaners have never been painted in the best light mainly because of their mothering of the system of apartheid in South Africa, the majority of salt of the earth Afrikaaners are genuinely good people. People might misunderstand their possessiveness with their culture and language as being racism, but it’s not. In my opinion it’s something that many of us could learn a thing or two about. That they have their... Continue Reading
By Samuel Chamboko – Molweni! The week ended on a rather sad note with the passing of one of the greatest voices ever to grace the wireless, Whitney Houston. As a 90’s teenager, I grew up listening to her music and I totally loved her. Whatever her personal flaws were, they take away nothing from the fact that she was and still is one of the greatest voices we had the privilege of listening to. She sang when music was still music and when only those with genuine musical talent made it, not now, in the days of ‘autotune’ when... Continue Reading
