Car jackers get away with Tshisa's Merc

Car jackers get away with Tshisa's Merc

DJ Ezra Tshisa Sibanda and kwaito king Mzekezeke with an unidentified fan

DJ Ezra Tshisa Sibanda and DJ Jojoba taking a break in London

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By Showbiz Reporter

CAR jackers last Sunday got away with a Mercedes belonging to Ezra “Tshisa Sibanda”, one of Zimbabwe’s top DJs, we can reveal.

The black Mercedes S300 was parked on Barking Road, London while Sibanda was on a UK music tour with kwaito stars Mzekezeke and Mafikizolo and Zimbabwe’s sungura music king Simon Chimbetu.

Police confirmed they had received a report of the theft and were tracking down the car jackers.

Sibanda, a former Radio 2 prime time DJ told New Zimbabwe.com: “Police have told me cars like mine are usually stolen for overseas markets. I may never see it again. I guess its good luck to the thieves.”

Sibanda was in Bradofrd, England when the car jackers struck.

Meanwhile Mzekezeke’s side-kick Brown Dash stole the show on the UK tour with his recently launched album Umthandazo Wabolova. The album, produced by DJ Cleo and Mzekezeke himself, took audiences by storm and signed copies were snapped-up in London and Bradford.

Brown told us: “I am happy that the people like what we are doing. The audiences were really fantastic to play for and I am sure our next tour will be even bigger.”

Brown was unleashed by Mzekezeke’s record label TS Records and the album is sitting at the top of South African album sales.

Mzekezeke’s manager Tee K told us: “It’s the biggest thing in South Africa at the moment, and it was released only two weeks ago.”

Mafikizolo used their UK tour to pay tribute to group member Tebogo who was gunned down in a road rage incident last February. They performed in front of a huge banner of Tebogo written simply: 1972 – 2004.

The enterprising group, which now has two members, is currently riding high on the crest of the wave with their recently launched album Kwela, but it was their 2003 album Sibongile which the crowd took to their hearts.

With their music style -- a rocking melange of traditional sounds, thumping bass of African house rhythms and a dose of 50s popular music genre marabi – it was hard to remain a spectator.

If the crowds were curious about Mzekezeke going to this show, the curiosity must have surely trebled after the “masked one” took to the stage in his balaclava and was never seen without it in public.

London’s Stratford Rex reverberated to “s’guqa” (kneel) as the audience joined in to sing Mzekezeke’s hit from the 2003 album “S’guqa Ngamadolo” which has shifted over 200 000 CDs.
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