adminMedia, Information and Publicity Minister Webster Shamu, who is also the patron of the Zimbabwe Union of Musicians and Zanu PF’s national political commissar, said Prince Tendai’s contribution to the province was commendable.
He was speaking at the burial of Mupfurutsa, affectionately known as Prince Tendai in show business, at Mupfurutsa Village in Hurungwe on Saturday.
“We have not done justice to him and I urge the party leadership in the province to sit down and compile a detailed document of all the developmental programmes that (Prince) Tendai did which will be submitted for consideration.
“I am pleased with the developmental programmes that he did and those that he had already started for the province. He was one musician who supported rural development.
“We had Simon Chimbetu and because of his contributions to the development of the country he is at the heroes acre,” he said to big applause.
The 56-year-old singer died last week after succumbing to motor neuron, a disease which affected his mobility and speech following a car accident in September 2010.
Prince Tendai, who was a philanthropist, helped in the rehabilitation of roads in his area, promoted a lot of upcoming artistes and at the time of his death he wanted to build a clinic and a school.
Hundreds of mourners from all walks of life attended the burial of one of the trendiest musicians to emerge in Zimbabwe.
And one impressive thing about Prince Tendai was that he knew where he came from and was a loving person.
Speaker after speaker paid tribute to Prince Tendai with most giving touching testimonies of how their lives were changed by the late singer.
But one of the touching testimonies included the formation of Soul Bone, a music outfit made up of physically challenged vocalists which benefited both emotionally and financially from Prince Tendai.
The former Midnight Magic frontman is survived by his wife Jacqueline and five children.
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