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The United Kingdom-based broadcaster, whose sultry voice used to charm ZBC-TV viewing audiences in the 1980s and early 1990s, is on a short visit to her hometown Harare.
“Well, I just passed by to greet friends and former colleagues and they asked me if could I read the news. Broadcasting is something in me and like they always say you can take me out of broadcasting but you cannot take broadcasting out of me,” she said with a chuckle.
Dorcas read the news at midday and then at 2pm on both Spot FM and Power FM.
“There is not much of a difference, everything is still pretty the same, the newsroom is the same and to be honest when I read the news it felt a lot like I had been doing it for the last 10 years,” she said.
Dorcas who is now in her late 40s has been living in North-London with her three children Nyaradzo (27), Solomon (23) and Runako (16) for the last 10 years.
She has been working as an interpreter as she speaks three languages English, Bemba and Shona.
Dorcas said she misses home a lot and she was thinking of coming back for good.
“I am Zimbabwean and I am planning on returning home. The only thing that was holding me back was my children who were attending school but now that they finished their studies I can come back home,” she said.
But her fans will not be able to hear her voice on radio or see her on the small screens, as she wants to work behind-the-scenes.
“Actually I intend to continue broadcasting not as a news anchor but I want to be more involved in training,” she enthused.
Dorcas was one of the finest news readers to emerge in Zimbabwe and her former colleagues at Pockets Hill were equally excited to see her back on the news desk.
Online Reporter
Sidumisile Mabena