The bungling lunatic from Dande

The bungling lunatic from Dande

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By Shepherd Sibanda
Showbiz Editor

EVER imagined how the world would have reacted if legendary South African jazz singer Hugh Masekela had provided entertainment at an apartheid rally?

Unimaginable, I would think!

But Oliver Mtukudzi has just done the equivalent, defying his manager to entertain Robert Mugabe's shock troops at a campaign rally cloaked as a "congratulations bash" for Joyce Mujuru's appointment as Vice President.

His attempt to justify his presence at the rally, and his performance, as a "celebration of the rise of a daughter from our clan" is simply, PATHETIC!

Dictators and thugs the world over are sons and daughters of certain clans Mr Mtukudzi.

The choice is simple: do you align yourself with those murderers and rapists or you do the right thing?

Sadly, Mtukudzi has gone for the former. He has chosen hate politics, and he should be now judged with those buffoons Sekesai Makwavarara and his heroine Joyce Mujuru.

The timing of his flirtation with Zanu PF is also quite extra-ordinary, given that later this week he is in the UK hoping to attract thousands of Zimbabweans driven into exile by Mugabe and Mujuru's policies.

He is picking up a fat cheque of over £9 000 for three shows in the UK, all paid in advance by promoters who now have to mop-up after a bungling lunatic from Dande.

Now this is fraud!

Oliver Mtukudzi knows too well that he was always a fringe musician since he started singing in the 1970s until he put his hand on the pulse of the nation with his hit album Bvuma just a few years ago. Suddenly he was winning awards. Suddenly, he was being invited all across the globe.

I hear someone shouting Mtukudzi is an entertainer and can entertain anyone!

Oh yes, if he can entertain anyone, let him continue with his Zanu PF project. The good thing is that there is no shortage of case studies. Remember Simon Chimbetu?

For all we care, Mtukudzi can now freely join Elliot Manyika on the campaign trail. Good luck to them!

We hope Mujuru, Grace, Chatunga and Robert Mugabe will visit their nearest record bar to buy Nvava!
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