NHETEMBO/POETRY

UCHI KUTAPIRA
     NaRumbidzai Mubirira    
 

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Regai ndizvireve hangu                                  

Kwenyuwo mugozviedza                                               

Idi muchazvionera pamhuno sefodya
manhanga kutapira kani!                                

Haazi manyepo bodo.
                                                          

Pandodanwa kutamba chevakuru chikudo
Ini tana kuramba nhema
kusi kwemoyo iriyo ngoma yandorwarira.

Ndakagukuchira gwande rehuchi,
sango ndakaveura
ndakasiya kakusvibira kachionekera
handingazosiyi uri musvuu,                    

Handisi chananana ini.

Uhwu huchi hwegonera
ndinoitira riya zishato
Paya parinotsvaga zvinoda moyo waro
Risafamba pamutserendende
paya poromhumhudzira
parinoti nyaaa mumwena
uya uri mukati pamupata,
hapana anoriona chero rikati nyaa ,dzokono dongo
nyaa dzokono dongo
                   
Amai hwe-e uyu uchi kutapira                     

Yochishinyira nhaimi,                       

Eheka matii madii henyu?
Muziiiipo!                 

Handisati ndatanga kani!                            

Ndochipuruzira zvinyoro nyoro         

Wanike hiii yochigwinha-gwinha
Gotsi ndiye papata,
Nerute tapa-tapa
Uchi kutapira.
                       

 #DZEMUGUDZA#

NYAYA PFUPI/SHORT STORIES

Ndakakuti pakata chete

             
               Na Brian Tafadzwa Penny

 Shoko rakazosara kusvika tatopedza kugadzirira nechekare.Zvekudyira-dyira nezvekunwira-nwira zvachiti shutu mune imwe kamuri yevaenzi.Chainge chasara apa imotokari yekuti tichitakurisa .Tete Dorcas vakange vabvuma kutiperekedza nemotokari yavo iyo yavainge vachangobva kunotora kuZambia.Mota yaive mbishi iyoyo.Zvaizofadza kana ndaizosvika ndine muzvambarara wemota pamba pevakarabwa zvisinei kuti ndainge ndisiri ini muchairi wayo.Ehee zvaifadza kusvika nemotokari mbishi inorira mumhanzi.Zimdancehall iyi,kuti popooo popooo…hauite hauite,chibabababa.Chokwadi pagrowth point here?Bva ruzevha rwose rwaingenda-ngenda zvekuti Sabhuku Chimuriwo aitotipa chipo chehuku achiti tainge tadadisa.

Ndiri mushishi nedzangu pfungwa nharembozha yangu yakachema ndokubva yasiya aya mashoko;

‘’Sekuru Manyuchi huyai kumba nhasi manheru’’.NdiDorcas uyo akanga atumira rairo iyi,zvichireva kuti manheru akarewo ndaifanira kuenda kumba kwake kuMainway Medows kundodzwa zvaainge andidanira.Kuti haachada nemotokari yake,kana kuti afunga zvimwe?Ndini uyo ndangunozvikwesha ndega zvangu.Kuti nditi Dorcas angarambe nemota,zvakaramba kupinda mupfungwa nekuti ini naDorcas taiwirirana zvekumberi.Aindida ini ndaimufarira.Mumhuri medu ndiye chete aive musikana akange atenga imba yake kuWaterfalls kunove ndiko kwandaichengetera twunu twangu tweroora.

Nyarai tsvarakadenga yakange yanditora moyo ndakanga ndasvusvura kare.Rusosa ndakanga ndapwanya ndikadya munda.Kana iyo yerupwanya ruzhowa ndakanga ndaunganidza, zvisinei kuti ndaizonotemwa yakawanda zvakadii.

NaNyarai takanga taumba redu budzi panyika.Ndiyeka Senzeni chimhandara chataidisa tose tichichirera mune zvakanaka.Senzeni akanga atove chisikana  otogona kuti tadha,baba,ndege.Pamusha paNyarai ndakanga ndisati ndasvika kunyangwe zvazvo hama nehama takanga tozivana kubudikidza nemitambo mizhinji umo taisangana.Dai kusiri kubirwa mari kwandainge ndaitwa kwaChiyadzwa uko ndaikorkoza ndingadai ndakazvipedza nechekare zvese nemuchato ndingadai ndakatamba.Zvisinei tsvakirai kuno yandakanga ndaendesa naGabhu shamwari yangu yakanga yasvika pamwe nekutambirwa.Saka ndaifara kuti naGabhu takange tonopedzisa patainge tasiira,kunyangwe zvazvo mazuva akanga afamba.

Chivhu yose Gabhu aizivikanwa nekuda kwechigayo chaainge avhura.Chigayo chaimupa mari haikona,zvese zvaaida aizvimora muchigayo ichi.Ndichoka chigayo chakandisanganisa naNyarai ndichitengesa zvangu matombo angu andainge ndanhonga kwaChiadzwa.Ndakatorwa moyo netsvarakadenga kusvika pakupotsera risina akavhika rudo.Semunhu aifamba  achitenga nekutengesa matombo handaiwanikwa panzvimbo imwechete nokudaro ndakasiira Gabhu mutoro wese .Kuchengetaka icho chigagairwa changu Nyarai.

Panguva iyi mari yaisabatika asi kwandiri zvaive zviroto.Ini yakandibvuma nedumbu ndikaita.Ndaiti kana ndapinda muChivhu vanasorojena vaindipa nzira ,pari pandari vaindipa chigaro.Ukuwo Nyarai haikona kutaura.Mwana wevanhu akange oita seachabata denga nemufaro.Vamwe ndovaiti regai muone kunowira tsvimbo nedohwe,kachapihwa chirwere kana nhumbu isina baba naiwo makorokozo aya.

Mukorokoza.Ehe ndaiwe mukorokoza.Ibasaka!

Nyangwe zvazvo paitaurika zvakawanda ini ndakanga ndaperera pana Nyarai.Chainge chasara kuti ndichienda kwake kumusha .Hazvina kufamba saizvozvo.

Ndichisvika muWaterfalls ndakawana tete vari panze vaiita sekuti ndakanga ndatovanonotsa rwendo runokosha,nekuti kuno nekuno vaingunotarisa nharembozha yawo.

‘’Manyuchi,ini ndabatikana’’,akadaro Dorcas.

‘’Zvadiizve nhai hadzvadzi’’,ndakabvunza zvangu kunyangwe ndakanga ndaona nechekare kwaive nenyaya.

‘’Sekuru ndoda kuenda kuBorder kundotora  zvinhu zvangu zvasvika nhasi uno.Motokari torai zvenyu ini ndichaenda neimwe yacho.Mufambe zvakanaka’’,akapedzisa achidaro Dorcas.

Ndakazonyevenuka pandakanzi motokari munotora.Handina kuzopedza nguva yakareba ndakabva ndangotanga kututira zvinhu zviya zvandainge ndatenga mumotokari .Ipapo ndakabva ndaudza tete kuti mangwana ndaizoenda na Gabhu kuti anondibatsira pamutambo uyu.

NaGabhu takange tarangana nechekare saka akati iye ndizomutora kumaHositeri kwaigara  topinda munzira  takanangisa Chivhu.Semunhu akanga apedza kugadzirira twunhu twose uye ndakanga ndatungamidza mhuri yangu nechekare kuti igozobatsirana nevamwe kutema huni idzo dzataizoshandisa musi uyu.Nyarai masikati acho akanga achaya nhare achiti zvizhinji zvakanga zvapera uye kuti hama zhinji dzakanga dzaudzwa uye dzakange dzabvuma kuti dzaizovepo pamutambo uyu.Ndiyo ngomazve yandairwarwira iyi .Ndaizonzwa manyemwe sei naiwo muzvambarara wandainge ndapihwa naDorcas.

KuChivhu husiku hwakare madzitete nevamwe vazukuru vakauya kuzorarira kumba kwanaNyarai nekuti vamwe dzimba dzawo dzaiwe kure saka vaiitira kusazofamba kana vouya kumutambo.

Uhu ndihwo husiku husina kurara Nyarai.Pfungwa zhinji dzakamushanyira dzimwe dzakamutambudza chose .Akafunga zverudo rwake naGabhu kuchigayo.Masvingo Township yese akanga atenderedza achifara naiye Gabhu.Kubva zvasungwa Manyuchi ,Nyarai akatadza kuzvibata ndokurasa muswe.Semunhu akanga anyengwa nemukorokoza aiti zvimwe Manyuchi akanga arova .Chaasina kuziva ndechekuti gomana rakanga ratorwa moyo nechekare.Aya mashoko ekuparadza aiudzwa naiye Gabhu.

‘’Hapana chinoramba apa iwe Nyarai ,unoti iye Manyuchi achadzoka here.Unofunga kuti ungamumirira akauya kuzokuroora ipapo’’,aigarodaro Gabhu.

Akazomupinda neyekushanya kunzvimbo dzakasiyana-siyana.Semunhu aive nemari imwe yainge asiirwa naManyuchi akazviona seane chiremerera chepamusoro ndokutanga kudanana naNyarai zvisina mukare amboona.

Hanzi kamoto kamberevere kanopisa matanda mberi hazvina  kutora nguva Nyarai akanga atsika.Kuchinoiparura kuna Gabhu zvikanzi naGabhu unoda kundiurayisa naManyuchi onawo yekutamba.

‘’Saka zvazvadai ndodii nhai iwe Gabhu tarisa nyemba dzako dziya dzazvimbira’’,ndi Nyarai uyo achiparura nyaya yake.Zvediwo chibereko chake chakange chatambira mhodzi pachokwadi.Zvino akanga achazvitaura akamira papi ,kuna ani wacho? Nemapengero aiita madzibaba ake mwana wevanhu akashaya zano .Pamwe akambofunga kuzvisungirira  asi imwe pfungwa yakazopinda maari ndiyo iyo yaimubvudza kuti chaaida kuzviurayira chaive chii?

Zvisineiwo hapana kuzopera mazuva akawanda Manyuchi akabva abuda muchitokisi ndokubva angonanga kuChivhu kundoona tsvarakadenga yake.Achingosvika akabva angotuhwina mudziva riya regwena izvo zvakafadza Nyarai chose nekuti akaona sekunge nyadzi dzake dzainge dzavharika.

Senzeni kainge katokura asi Manyuchi haana kunge ambozvifunga kuti aichengeta bere mumba.Ndopfungwa dzakadya Nyarai husiku hwose akakungura kuti pazvaizozivikanwa mumwe aidimburwa musoro.Akazviona zvakakodzera kuti agare zvake naManyuchi achibika mapoto sezvo akanga akatadza pasi nekudenga.Akazotopeputswa nematsimba emombe dzaipfuura nemunyasi menhanga yevasikana yaakanga akarara.Kuchizoti tsvatsvadzire wanikwe Senzeni kakanga katomuka kare  machira ndiwo akange akaweterwa.

Ndakaatsika mafuta takananga Chivhu.Kamhanzi kanotapira ndiko kaingunonzwikwa  mumotokari .Taida kuti tisvikofambisa mutambo sezvo shoko rakanga rauya kare kuti hama dzakanga dzaungana.Zuva richingobuda muna amai varo takanga taruma Chivhu growth point.Takawana Nyarai akatimirira pamwe nemadzitete takavati vapinde mumotokari ndokuchitanga zvino kutirairidza kwataienda.Motokari ndairova zvedi .Ndakaisesedza ndokusvikoiti pachivanze munyasi memukotopeya pfee ndokunyaradza hinjini.Apa tainge takabopa ano masvutu ekwakurema tese naGabhu.Ko ndaizivei kuti ndaifamba nebere? Tete vatitora ndokutiendesa kune imwe imba  yatakanzi ndiyo yataizobvira tichiuya nehomwe dzedu.

Mutambo wakatanga .Ini ndainge ndiine homwe yemari Gabhu nemumwe muzukuru ndiye aifambisa nyaya dzacho ini ndichingomupa mari chete.Matekenyandevhu,makandinzwanani,mapfukudzadumbu,ndiro iro ruzhowa uru zvose ndakabvisa pasina kufema.Ndaizviziva saka ndakanga ndakagadzirira.Parusambo ndakabvisa makukutu zvekuti tete vakambouya kwandaiwe ndiri ndokumbonditarisa vachinyemwerera.Pauso pawo pairatidza kundifarira zvisina mukare akamboona .Ndakaona mumukanwa mawo muchida kubuda mashoko ekuti ‘’ndimi varume zve imi”Ndakazonzi ndibvise yechigaro pamwe nekuombera ndopandakazonzi  ndiuye sezvo dare rakanga roda kuona mukwasha.

Ndakagadzirisa kamudzipanyota kangu  ndokumbokosorera zvishoma ndisati ndapinda mumba.Takarutangisa rwokuuchira ukuwo madzitezvara achibvumira ndokuchizopinda mumba togara  pasi zvedu takapfunya chibondokoto.Chandakaona mumba umu  zviso zvemunhu wose aive mumba,mainge mune mufaro ndakashaya kuti zvairevei?Ndakazoombera mushure mekusvitswa kuhama dzose.Ndakachizokumbirwa kuti ndivhiye zvangu mbudzi yangu.NaGabhu ndozvatairwarira nenguva isipi takanga tatopedza madzimai aivepo akanga otosvina ura nekumonera paguru.Ini ndakazopihwa bandauko rangu.Madzitezvara akatanga kuhuchera hwemabhodhoro hwandakange ndauya nahwo ukuwo wanamainini nevazukuru vachiti sika-sika nemakokisi nezvinwiwa.

Aiva makuwerere!

Ini ndakanga ndoda kusimuka tonanga Harare apo Senzeni kakauya namainini kachiibongomora mhere.Ndakashaya shumo yazvo kaiita sekane munhikwi kachihotsira zvine simba.Vakweguru vaivepo vakambozama kumuzora munyu mutsoka asi zvakatovedzera.Tose takapererwa .Akave manyama amire nerongo.Ko chaive chiizve mwana akanga aswera zvakanaka zuva rese.Kunze kwakanga kwatosvipa asi hazvina kupera.Nyarai akanga ongobvunda serutsanga.Ko aibvundei ?Uyuwo sahwira Gabhu ndiye aingotsindidza neyekuti tirove pasi sezvo aiti zvichapera.Tichimhanyirei? Ndakazvibvunza. Husiku ihwohwo imwe n’anga yemuraini Mukwende akandodeedzwa ndokuuya nehakata dzake kuzoshopera.

Yakawe mhere-mhere kuvhima nevanhukadzi.Kunodziti dyore-dyore woye keche wanei chakati tende pamuzinda.Mukwende akambomira ndokuzunguza musoro achiudyura maziziso ake ainge makomba muzidzoro rake rainge rakatenderera sedamba.N’anga dzakashata vakomana aah! Akatanga kumwaya Senzeni tumvura twake ndokuzoti;

‘’Pakaipa mukuru wangu pakaipa’’, akadaro Mukwende hameno zvaaidzvura mukaduri kake kaainge akabata.

“Eeh taurai tinzwe mhukahuru chii chapinda mumusha mangu?’’, vatezvara vangu vakabvunza.

Zviya zvekuti vainge vadhakwa zvakapera murume mukuru ndokuzvininipisa kuti chii change chatora mufaro uyu.

‘’Mukanya! Muri Mukanya ka imi?’’, akabvunza Mukwende achindinongedzera neminwe yake yainge yakasvipa sechanza chegudo, ini ndakangogutsurira musoro.Ipapo ndakabva ndaona kuti n’anga iyi yaiona saka zvese zvaichataura zvichave mutserendende semvura yemuguchu.Yakazoenderera mberi.

“Midzimu yenyu yaramba mukanya, yaramba kuchengeta nyoka muchiuno, yaramba kuchengeta bere muhwai dzenyu.Mapiiipiiii mapoopoooo kudubu bheuuu! Makudu bheuuuu!”, akadzvowa Mukwende.

Imba yose yakaita runyararo apa Mukwende ndipo paakachiti huya tiende.

“Mupwere anochema ndiani uyu nhai Mukanya?”

“Mwana wangu anodzimbikana nezvatisingazivi  Mhukahuru”,ndakadaro ndichiuchira.

“Hehehede Makudububheuuuuu! Haazi Jena mupwere uyu.’’

Kuzodaro akati adenha dare .Imba yakabatwa nekukatyamara kukuru.Kana neni zvakandibata-batawo ndokutarisa kuna Nyarai herwo rutsanga kudedera.Ndakarasirazve meso kuna Gabhu ndokuona shasha yainge yachiti kwati –kwati muchikona maziso achibwaira-bwaira seemuroyi aedzerwa.Nyarai akaziva hondo yacho ndokubva atanga kupfikura arimo muchikona.

“Regai ndiitata—uure zvakaitika, Manyuchi ndiregerewo murume wangu ndakakutadzira.Chandinoda kuti uzive Senzeni haazi mwana wako.Muridzi wemwana ndiye Gabhu agere apa uyu.

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FILM

New comic skit “Pick hour paRank” released

LOCAL actors Tanazio Chikanyanga and Charles Kamara in collaboration with Mbare Arts Guild has released a comic-cum- educative skit, “Pick hour paRank” in a bid to curb theft in Mbare suburb and surrounding areas.

Valve in orange at a performance in Mbare

Chikanyanga said,that the skit is meant to raise awareness as well as educating the youth to desist from theft and engage in other alternatives to survive.

“Theft is not the solution to fulfill your desires, instead you should find something to do, unlike expecting manner from heaven. People must work hard for their upkeep disregarding some challenges we are facing everyday.”, Chikanyanga said.

He urged youth to live by their means, rather than living large on theft.

Shot in Mbare, at the rank, the 2-minute- skit captured how a young man played by Charles Kamara, who stole an envelope belonged to an old man (Tanazio Chikanyanga) in the eyes of a plain clothed policeman (Lemo Linje), who was also at the station waiting for commuters, ends up in trouble.

Hell broke loose when the police intervened, only for the old man to deny his envelope after shown a knife by the young man. Knowing what was inside his envelope and the presence of the policeman, the old man relaxed. The policeman tirelessly efforts exposed the contents of the envelope and realized that it was stashed with mbanje, leading to the arrest of the young man for being found in possession of mbanje.

Very short but conveyed a very rich message.

Kamara, who is fresh from another short film “The Pod”, a 60 Hour challenge film where he played the main role, said his wish is to use his artistic talent to communicate with the public.

“I work for the public and I like to be very close with it by keeping on producing a lot of films and dramas, so that they will learn one or two things from me. It’s a lesson to all the youths not to take advantage of the situation and harass elders stealing from them because they are armed somewhere somehow “, said Kamara

Valve and Paperbag  and an Actress from High Cover Arts 

Both Kamara and Chikanyanga are well known artistes with a number of productions on their credit, with the latter popularly known as Valve in ZTV-Valve sit –com, while Kamara is the brains behind a local drama ‘Love of Money”

Martin Matamba, the Co-Founder of Mbare Arts Guild, said the motive behind coming up with skits was to put Mbare on   a success map and nip all misconceptions about it in the bud.

“Mbare Arts Guild is growing up in terms of developing talent. Our long term goal is for Mbare to rise, purify and harness the artistic brilliance”, Matamba said.

He said the wave must not stop at producing skits but should exceed to short films, movies, series, documentaries, shows, exhibitions and Talk Shows. He said there is greatness in Mbare and the time has come for the artistes to realize their potential, all in the name of unity.

 “If Mbare artistes are not united or fight with the same vision, they won’t be any progress in arts matters” Matamba said.

source-Tsuro Ndisunge

LITERATURE

OUTSIDE THE GARDEN OF EDEN

COMING SOON

This collection of English Short stories which are mostly set in Zimbabwe ‘heats and beats’

with an unusual thematic weight or loaded-ness, a true source of inspiration for the reader.

The majority of writers are young, therefore adding a new voice or dimension to the literary

scene. You will spent a moment with a mother longing for love from her children, or a girl

child possessed by the spirit of her murdered uncle, or a cheating husband exposed, you will

be horrified by the crime and murder, the HIV and AIDS, the Christian craze about anointed

this ‘n that, and many plots are found in this collection to keep you edgy, thinking, laughing,

and crying…. 

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LIFESTYLE AND PEOPLE

The life and times of Mai Musodzi

LEGENDS are not made, but are born, their legacy lives forever and ever.

Mai Musodzi

 This best describes the life of the late Rhodesian feminist and social worker, Elizabeth Maria Ayema, popularly known as Mai Musodzi, who is also one of Zimbabwe’s 100 most influential women of all time.

Nearly six-and-a-half decades after her death, Mai Musodzi is still celebrated through the work she did for communities. A dance and music fiesta was held recently in Mbare by young artistes from the community to celebrate her work.

“Her life was excellent. She lived it for everyone to benefit out of a number of initiatives. She is sadly missed not only as my grandmother, but as a mother of the community, a women’s rights defender, a leader and a role model,” said 82-year-old Leonard Chabuka, her grandson, in a wide-ranging interview with NewsDay at their family home at 58 3rd Avenue in Mbare.

Chabuka, who is the renowned woman’s eldest grandson, said the home, formerly number 58 Cottage 3rd Street, was located a few metres from Edith Opperman Maternity Clinic, a medical facility which Mai Musodzi successfully lobbied for.

The clinic is located off Addbennie Road in which the Mai Musodzi Hall — which was named after her— is located.

Mai Musodzi Hall

 Chabuka, the third child of Mai Musodzi’s only daughter, Lucy Jessy Ayema, who was married to George Chabuka, is the sole survivor of the woman’s five children.

“I was 17 when Mai Musodzi died at the age of 67. By that time, I had travelled a long journey with her. Mai Musodzi was a human rights defender,” he recalled.

Although Mai Musodzi was allocated a cottage known as “Marriage Quarters” for wedded couples, she found it unfair for fellow women married to foreigners to stay away from their husbands.

She consequently challenged the system in a newly-established court, where Sergeant Vito of the Vito Tavern fame and after whom Vito Road in Mbare was named, was the prosecutor.

Chabuka said his grandmother acted as the defence lawyer, adding that the woman deserved more accolades than just a recreational hall named after her.

“You see, we are talking of a woman who escaped war and carried out all this good work. Apart from a hall, two roads in Mbare are named after her husband, Ayema Street, and her son, Francis Joseph Street,” Chabuka said.

Out of all the Musodzi sons — Luke, Moses, Francis and Raphel — Moses was different, according to Chabuka.

Moses was first a teacher and then became a journalist with African Newspapers. His interest in politics led him to the post of the first chairperson of the Harare branch of the African National Congress in 1957, alongside nationalists James Chikerema and Moses Nyandoro.

“Moses died without a child with his legally married wife Patricia Chatambudza, but some years later two women came to me claiming that their children belonged to Moses,” he said, adding that he helped them secure identity documents.

Francis, who was a teacher and an active member of the Industrial and Commercial Workers Union (ICU) as well as an elected member of the Native Advisory Board, left behind seven children, but only two have survived to this day. They currently live in South Africa and Saudi Arabia respectively. Raphael had seven children and only two, based in Canada and the United Kingdom, are still alive.

Chabuka recalled that there were efforts to set up a Mai Musodzi Trust, but they appeared to have suffered a stillbirth.

 “I remember a trust being set up, but somehow the operations were disrupted, so I’m saying if the seven of us (Ayema siblings) come together and form a Mai Musodzi Trust, we can start off from where our grandmother left,” he said.

He said there are a lot of people with an interest in the history of Mai Musodzi and as a family they feel honoured.

Chabuka said two books have been written about Mai Musodzi. One was written by the late Japanese professor, Tsuneo Yoshikuni, and published by his friend, David Harold Barry. It was later published by Weaver Press in Harare in conjunction with Silveira House in 2007. The other book, he said, was done by Lawrence Vambe, but was thin on detail.

“The publishing of these books really helps. It is good for the youngsters as well as the family members of this present generation,” Chabuka said.

He said as a family they were happy about the recent commemorations and specifically cited Harare High School pupils, who recited a poem about Mai Musodzi.

“Those students nailed it. I hope next year the event will be bigger and everyone will be invited,” he said.

Mai Musodzi was born Musodzi Chibhaga in 1885 under Chief Hwata in Mazowe, but was orphaned following the 1896-1897 uprisings against the British colonialists. A niece to the spirit medium Nehanda Nyakasikana, she was later baptised Elizabeth Maria at Chishawasha in 1908 and married a Zambian British South African Police sergeant, Frank Kashimbo Ayema, the following year.

After relocating to Mbare, then known as Harare Township, she became involved in community empowerment initiatives and charity work which benefited many women through an organisation she founded, Harare African Women’s Club, in 1938.

In 1947, she was awarded an MBE (Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) and was among guests invited to dine at the Government House with Queen Elizabeth I. She died on July 21, 1952 and was buried at Pioneer Cemetery in Mbare.

Source-Newsday

MOTIVATIONAL BOOKS

Marriage counselor pens two books

     By Tsuro Ndisunge

Peter Tagwirei

Marriage Counselor and Motivational Speaker Peter Charumbira Tagwirei has penned two books which are set to be launched on 7th of October at Mutare Youth Center in Mutare. The two books ‘Take Advantage of Summer’ and ‘It’s Possible’ are motivational books that speak volumes on life skills and how one can overcome issues affecting their growth and success.

Tagwirei told Tsuro Ndisunge that, his daily tasks of speaking to various people have sparked him to pen the books. “I am a motivational speaker first before I am an author. I have a passion for motivation. Naturally I have a passion to encourage people to achieve their potential and it’s my great joy to see people’s lives being changed for the better because of what I say and write”, said Tagwirei.

Tagwirei said his inspiration comes from the bible. ‘I read the bible, and the scriptures gives me strength to start writing, and the result was the birth of these two books, a project I think will help others too. I realized that I can write books after I read the books by Brian Tracy and Myles Munroe. Their books really inspired me.”, said Tagwirei.

In choosing Motivation ahead of fiction, Tagwirei said; “Several studies show that many people are doing jobs that they don’t like and those they are not wired to do and for that reason they don’t achieve their full potential.


Born on the 11th of May 1974 at Ndanga Hospital in Zaka district in Masvingo, Tagwirei passion for the pen started in 2015. Apart from being a Motivational speaker Tagwirei is also a Personal Development Coach who speaks at events, conferences, seminars and workshops in churches, schools and colleges.
Motivation is about encouraging people to do what they are talented to do.” Tagwirei said in this current situation, motivation plays a major role in settling people’s minds, hence a need to read more of motivational books. “We are living in very trying times; people are stressed and depressed because of the economic situation. In such a scenario, motivation is the way to go”, Tagwirei said.

 Will Tagwirei follow the footsteps of Speakers; Milton Kamwendo, Arthur Marara and Rabson Shumba…only time will tell.

Take Advantage of Summer cover

It's possible cover

        Tagwirei is currently working on his new book "Upgrade your Marriage.