Afrigather Veteran musician Zex Manatsa became once laid to rest at Warren Hills cemetery in Harare the day before today subsequent to yet every other fable, George “Mastermind” Shaya.
About 100 mourners clad mainly in gloomy attended the burial on the fable’s allotment.
The leisurely Manatsa, who succumbed to “more than one myeloma” cancer after tormented by the location for six months, became once awarded a Affirm assisted funeral.
Eulogies from guests, family and musicians at home and burial jam described the leisurely musician as a individual who became once humble, obvious to life, a unifier and a helper.
ZANU PF Member of Parliament for Uzumba, Simbaneuta Mudarikwa who became once segment of the organising crew for the leisurely Manatsa’s wedding in 1979 said he had very obvious perspective against life.
“I met the leisurely Zex in 1975, and he became once already into song. We had a company called Jacks Promotions with my guests and we at difficulty of advertise his song. We were segment of the organising crew for his wedding. He became once a family man who cherished his companion and family. His song became once centred on positivity, encouragement, empowerment and vogue for the nation. He became once moreover a political commissar, he susceptible his song to birth the minds in opposition to colonialism and the way poverty became once affecting our every day life,” he said.
He said in 1979 Manatsa donated his musical instruments to ZANU PF to be susceptible at rallies.
“Besides performing for nationwide occasions and at rallies in 1979, Zex donated his instruments which included guitars and public contend with (PA) systems and he at difficulty of utter for us. He would tour the nation and via today and it became once advanced to rent or earn a PA procedure nonetheless he assisted the birthday party to have an effective contend with. He remained fixed and understood our fight then he went to the pastoral ship,” said Mudarikwa.
National Arts Council of Zimbabwe director, Nicholas Moyo, said the humanities sector had misplaced a fable and thanked the Government for respecting him by awarding the Affirm assisted funeral.
He said January had change into a gloomy month for the artistic sector.
“It is the similar month we misplaced Dr Oliver Mtukudzi, now Zex. Dr Tuku at difficulty of chat about how Zex helped and fashioned his profession. We’re overjoyed that we are in a position to insist the factual works. He impacted loads of artistes. We’re celebrating a man who knew the option to mentor others,
“It will most likely maybe well well be myopic for us no longer to thank the Government that assisted with our demand as artistes and granted him the (Affirm assisted) funeral. That station is needed to us. What you develop no longer learn about Zex is he advocated for professionalism within the song sector. He’s a fable who laid the basis. He would attain to NACZ and attend the past directors on what can be performed to toughen the humanities sector,” he said.
Manatsa’s eldest son, Inexperienced, described his father as a solid man.
“I deserve to thank each person including the total artistes who came and performed right here. I deserve to thank most, my mom for being there for my dad. We were only there for him and we develop no longer have any self-discipline with our mom. We’re grateful for the love and prayers. He became once very solid in his faith and spirit and even on the last day he would dispute I’m beautiful nonetheless I’m susceptible. He by no means admitted that he became once no longer match, even must you visited he would correct be obvious about life,” he said.
He said his father became once a unifier.
“He had no spirit of dividing folks or blaming any individual. He would contend with the complications amicably and we have learnt loads from that,” he said
Musician Sulumani Chimbetu said: “Now we have misplaced a father figure.
“I met Manatsa via my father as I became once very young. He became once very humble and taught my father, then me, the energy of being respectful. His song became once deep and with a that suggests.
“My need is to motivate radio stations to proceed or originate playing his song for the following generation so that the legacy continues and the youthful musicians and fans can learn a thing.”
He confessed that he had a cassette of the leisurely musician entitled “Chivaraidze” in his vehicle which he has been playing for the past six months.
Music producer MacDonald Chidavaenzi (McDee) who is believed to be the last producer to have labored with the leisurely musician on his last mission with his daughter-in-rules ,Sharon, added that Manatsa became once a rare gem.
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“I recorded the one he did with his daughter-in-rules, Sharon, called “Simuka Jehovha” earlier than he began feeling in awful health. I could well well moreover seek the enormous talent in him.
“He became once one individual who could well well moreover first hearken to what you said earlier than you criticise or instructed him what to enact and I became once humbled by this kind of gesture. Imagine some would correct dispute I’m an infinite artist enact ABCD, with out giving room for other opinions,” said McDee.
The burial became once attended by yesteryear and contemporary musicians, pastors, celebrities, Government officers and other arts practitioners who involves Tanga WeKwaSando, Minister Micheal Mahendere, Pastor Haisa, Dereck Mpofu, Albert Nyathi, Fred Zindi, Sulu and Clive Mono Mukundu, amongst others.
The Manatsa’s boys performed their fathers’s songs earlier than his daughter-in-rules Selmor Mtukudzi performed her father’s song “Hear Me Lord” with her sisters, joined by Aaron Manatsa. This became once an emotional send off, befitting Manasta’s stature.
