Power outages spoil Shamva gig

Gardens in Shamva on Sunday.
Paradzai Mesi of Njerama Boys opened the show with a polished performance but it was gospel music supremo Pastor Charles Charamba and his wife Olivia who bore the brunt of the power woes.
The generator that the organisers – Mafaro Promotions – were using intermittently broke down forcing the gospel music couple to leave the gig.
Fans of the musicians were left clamouring for their return but it was to no avail as the Charambas had already left the arena.
Revellers, who were in party mood, could not help but vent their displeasure on show organisers.
Earlier on, Pastor Charamba had apologised to his fans over the issue and his wife had to call one of the organisers to come on stage and address fans.
When power was eventually restored it was James Nyamandi and his Four Brothers outfit who thrilled the crowd with a sterling performance.
Nyamandi took revellers down memory lane with golden hits like “Zimbabwe” among others by his late mentor Marshall Munhumumwe.
Nyamandi brought revellers on their feet and soon they forgot about the power glitches and had something to smile about.
Kelvin Chikoore of the group R&K African Sounds also performed and entertained the enthusiatic crowd with hits like “Tina” among others.
Dreadlocked musician Cephas Mashakada did justice to his fans by belting out his crowd favourites, as usual.
Youthful artiste Jah Prayzah also proved why he is one of the hottest musicians at the moment after giving a good account of himself.
Joseph Kufandiko, the organiser of the show, was impressed by the event despite the challenges that they faced earlier on.
“We are happy with the support that the people of this province have given us in celebrating our country’s 31st anniversary. We hope that in future we will do better than this,” he said.