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#LockdownZim Day 35: Van Choga Is Misunderstood. Here Is Why

It’s day thirty-five of the total national lockdown to curb and contain the problematic coronavirus, and we are responsibly stuck at home. As have become the new norm in our daily boring routines, the need for entertainment and mental stimulation is high. By now most of us have scoured catalogues of the various streaming services available to us and rewatched all the classic movies and series we…

#LockdownZim Day 32: The Best & Worst Neighbours Of All Time Ranked

With the COVID-19 lockdown still going on, our busy lifestyles have taken a back seat and Zimbabwe is slowly integrating. We have been stuck at home for over a month now. Unless you live on an estate somewhere in Mash-East or the Green Roof burbs’ burb, everyone has to have a neighbour and you have already determined who are your best and worst neighbours.

To help you communicate them better, ENT…

#LockdownZim Day 30: That Time Ba’Shero Did Too Much On Nash Paint Live

Some folks go too far. It could be the guys who “set out a step” at their frat brother’s burial. It could be the family whose yard’s Christmas decorations look like a laser light specialist from Hollywood designed them. Or more recently, it could be those gloomily annoying people who have been inserting the ornate coffin-carrying Ghanaian pallbearer dancers on almost anything trendy. Then there…

#LockdownZim Day 28: The Eight Grief Stages Of Waiting On Jnr Brown’s Morning Glory Album

It’s the summer of the year 2012 and the hottest record on the waves is a rap song about getting broads drinks, Makandiwa, Joburg, Harare and other ratchet stuff. It’s booming and it is packed with punchlines and metaphors. It seems like everybody likes it. I do too. It’s kind of a club jam I’d bop to. The song, entitled Madrinks, was performed by a rookie emcee by the name of James Mpakula, but…

I’m a vicenarian cis-gendered man who to this minute, hour and day scuffles with the idea of masculinity. It has always been complex for me. Perhaps an easy peasy way of putting it would be to say, just like the development of most of my ideas, my personal concept of machismo has always been amorphic and unsullied.

I was raised by a woman and can rarely name a significant male influence on my…

It’s a culturally recognised principle that getting the haircut you want is imperative to feeling confident and stylish. Unfortunately, many guys don’t know how to talk to their barbers, let alone how to ask for a haircut because hair terminology and names can be complicated. Growing up, I recall being infatuated with the different hairstyles Wesley Snipes had in his “Blade” horror movies, but I…

#LockdownZim Day 21: We Watched The Ginimbi TV Twerk Competition So You Don’t Have To

Last night, April 18, many folks were probably grappling with the strange quaran-dreams that continue to occur during these precarious times. Others might have watched a good movie to sway themselves away from pondering whether life will ever get to normal after the novel coronavirus. But for me? I used my nocturnal hours to watch flamboyant socialite and trendsetter Genius Ginimbi Kadungure’s Tw…

Four decades after liberation from British rule, Zimbabwe today celebrates 40 years of decolonisation and re-establishing a nation and a culture that goes along with it, in a bid to effectively undo the damage that was been done through colonisation. It’s a patriotic tradition. Normally, this holiday is revered and very celebrated with iconic national gatherings, music, parties and other forms of…