{"id":95676,"date":"2024-06-24T11:19:24","date_gmt":"2024-06-24T09:19:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/ailing-sungura-star-nicholas-zakaria-presses-on-with-international-performances"},"modified":"2024-06-24T14:28:09","modified_gmt":"2024-06-24T12:28:09","slug":"ailing-sungura-star-nicholas-zakaria-presses-on-with-international-performances","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/ailing-sungura-star-nicholas-zakaria-presses-on-with-international-performances","title":{"rendered":"Ailing Sungura Star Nicholas Zakaria Presses On with International Performances"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>Sungura music legend Nicholas \u201cMadzibaba\u201d Zakaria has continued to perform live shows abroad, despite reports suggesting he has been unwell.<\/p>\n<p>In a recent interview with <b>The Standard<\/b>, Zakaria acknowledged he had been experiencing health issues, but stated he was now feeling much better and planned to proceed with scheduled live performances in Mozambique. He said:<\/p>\n<p>Yes, I have not been well, but I am in a much better state and departing for weekend shows in Mozambique this evening [last Thursday].<\/p>\n<p>About the media reports concerning my health, it\u2019s only natural that anything relating to a person of my stature would attract widespread coverage.<\/p>\n<p>I welcome the outpouring of love from music fans, journalists, fellow musicians, industry stakeholders and the general populace.<\/p>\n<p>Zakaria kicked off his Mozambican tour with a show at the Predio Zeka Aolado Da Bomba last Friday, followed by another performance at the Cine UNIAO (SONGO).<\/p>\n<p>He will conclude his tour in Mozambique with a show at the Mutarara Nhambayamwe on Tuesday (tomorrow).<\/p>\n<p>Zakaria revealed he intends to showcase songs from his upcoming album during the Mozambique performances, offering concertgoers a preview ahead of the album\u2019s scheduled release later this year.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing reports about Zakaria\u2019s health concerns and financial difficulties, fellow musician Baba Harare lamented the challenges faced by local artists who have worked tirelessly for years yet have little to show for their efforts. He wrote on Facebook:<\/p>\n<p>Kune dzimwe nyika dai vave kurarama nemaroyalties ezvishandwa. Kuno unotofa wakaruma mic despite a long life of servitude in the music industry. Hauna sick leave hauna sick pay. Sending prayers and good wishes kuna baba. May the good Lord make you whole.<\/p>\n<p>State media reports last week indicated Zakaria was struggling to make ends meet amid battles with diabetes, hypertension, and cramps that were making it difficult for him to walk.<\/p>\n<p>Zakaria is credited for nurturing musicians such as Alick Macheso, System Tazvida, Amon Mvula, Cephas Karushanga and Simon Mutambi, among others.<\/p>\n<p>He has been in the music industry for close to 48 years with Mabvi Nemagokora and Ndine Mubvunzo being his most popular albums among his 29 albums.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About Zimbabwe Follow Africa-Press<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. Sungura music legend Nicholas \u201cMadzibaba\u201d Zakaria has continued to perform live shows abroad, despite reports suggesting he has been unwell. In a recent interview with The Standard, Zakaria acknowledged he had been experiencing health issues, but stated he was now feeling much better and planned to proceed with scheduled live performances in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":95675,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,12],"tags":[9417,19],"class_list":["post-95676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-nicholas-zakaria","tag-zimbabwe"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ailing Sungura Star Nicholas Zakaria Presses On with International Performances - zimbabwe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Sungura music legend Nicholas \u201cMadzibaba\u201d Zakaria has continued to perform live shows abroad, despite reports suggesting ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/ailing-sungura-star-nicholas-zakaria-presses-on-with-international-performances\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ailing Sungura Star Nicholas Zakaria Presses On with International Performances\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Sungura music legend Nicholas \u201cMadzibaba\u201d Zakaria has continued to perform live shows abroad, despite reports suggesting ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/ailing-sungura-star-nicholas-zakaria-presses-on-with-international-performances\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"zimbabwe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-06-24T09:19:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-06-24T12:28:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2024\/06\/sm_1719215661.714039.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"402\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/ailing-sungura-star-nicholas-zakaria-presses-on-with-international-performances#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/ailing-sungura-star-nicholas-zakaria-presses-on-with-international-performances\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Ailing Sungura Star Nicholas Zakaria Presses On with International Performances\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-06-24T09:19:24+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-06-24T12:28:09+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/ailing-sungura-star-nicholas-zakaria-presses-on-with-international-performances\"},\"wordCount\":373,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/ailing-sungura-star-nicholas-zakaria-presses-on-with-international-performances#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2024\/06\/sm_1719215661.714039.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Nicholas Zakaria\",\"Zimbabwe\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/ailing-sungura-star-nicholas-zakaria-presses-on-with-international-performances#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/ailing-sungura-star-nicholas-zakaria-presses-on-with-international-performances\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/ailing-sungura-star-nicholas-zakaria-presses-on-with-international-performances\",\"name\":\"Ailing Sungura Star Nicholas Zakaria Presses On with International Performances - 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