Zimbabwe Musicians Union appoints Provincial Committee Members

The Zimbabwe Musicians Union (ZIMU) has unveiled the names of provincial committee members in 4 provinces as a part of the organisation’s efforts to advertise, defend and look out for the welfare of its members.

The members had been chosen via a voting course of following workshops held in Bulawayo (Bulawayo Province), Gweru (Midlands Province), Mutare (Manicaland) and Masvingo (Masvingo Province) because the starting of the 12 months. The committee members had been chosen with assist from native musicians in every province and assist from ZIMU administration together with its president Edith Katiji and girls’s desk chairperson Chioneso Rutsito.

“The establishing of provincial committees permits for decentralised governance of native musical actions and can profit our members within the provinces extra,” Katiji mentioned. “The committees will decide how they run to handle the challenges confronted by our members in these communities. We’re excited to see this roll out and our subsequent step will likely be to deal with capacitating our committees to allow them to ship on their duties properly. We’re in thrilling instances at ZIMU.”

As well as, different members had been chosen in Mashonaland Central and Matabeleland South provinces, the place ZIMU additionally held workshops. Attributable to logistical challenges among the many appointed members, positions weren’t but crammed. There will likely be an extra workshop in Chitungwiza on a yet-to-be-announced date as a part of the 2023 calendar. Additional workshops will likely be held within the remaining provinces subsequent 12 months, with dates to be introduced quickly.

Nationwide Arts Council of Zimbabwe communication and advertising supervisor Rodney Ruwende mentioned: “The Nationwide Arts Council of Zimbabwe (NACZ) was happy to help the Zimbabwe Musicians Union (ZIMU), a registered Arts Group, within the rollout of its mission focusing on grassroots practitioners within the nation’s provinces. The programme dovetails with the NACZ thrust of fostering professionalisation, digitisation and industrialization of the Cultural and Inventive Sector (CCS) in Zimbabwe.”

In response to their appointments, one of many newly appointed members within the Midlands province secretary, Khulekani Moyo mentioned: “I’m very excited with the existence of ZIMU within the Midlands Chapter. No less than we now have a voice that can stand for the artists. Artists had for lengthy suffered from stigmatisation and isolation. At so many instances they’ve been oppressed due to poor safety and vulnerability within the trade. It’s time now that ZIMU will deal with artists’ warfare We thank our president ‘mhamha bass’ for reviving the union within the province and in your complete nation at massive. Already we’ve began to be engaged in mass artist recruitment as our President instructed us to do.”

The provincial committee members are:

Bulawayo

• Beke Thorne Sibanda – Chairperson
• Oscar Greens – Vice Chairperson
• Nkosiphile Sibanda – Secretary
• Sibonginkosi Sibanda – Treasurer

Midlands

• Dr Claudio Chipendo – Chairperson
• Joseph Tawanda Nhara – Vice Chairman
• Khulekani F Moyo – Secretary
• Adam Jeketera – Treasurer
• Ngqabutho Mlilo – Coordinator
• Lillian Nhara – Artist Welfare
• Michael Sakala – Committee Member
• Reward Chenyedzai – Committee Member

Masvingo

• Dr Phainos Matura – Chairperson
• Priscilla Chiputu – Vice Chairperson
• Ratidzo Wekare – Secretary
• Reward Zinhuku – Treasurer  
• Tafara Pande – Coordinator
• Taonga Mutenanhene – Welfare officer
• Reuben matutu – Committee Member
• Henry manirudzi – Committee Member  
• Norman Hungwe – Committee Member

Manicaland

• Kudakwashe Muchinguri – Chairperson
• Lionel Muparutsa – Vice Chairperson
• Masiiwa Mbutsa – Secretary
• Veronica Matondora – Treasurer
• Seymour Gijimani – Committee Member
• Melania Fidze – Committee Member
• Tonderai Kashiri – Committee Coordinator
• Tadiwanashe Sigodho – Committee Member

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