Jah Prayzah, Freeman Show Tonight

…Ministry of Health bans all public gatherings in fear of Cholera

The country’s finest artists across all genres from mbira, sungura, rhumba and afro-fusion are set to converge at Bindura Country Club for the annual Bindura Arts Festival running under the theme, “Arts and Culture in Action” tonight, Friday November 3.

Expected is, Mukudzei Mukombe a.k.a Jah Prayzah, Freeman, Holly Ten, and Carlos Green among others,
Bindura Arts Festival Foundation founder Umtali Saidi said this year’s event is supported by the Culture Fund Trust of Zimbabwe through the creative actions and initiative funding by the European Union and has also partnered with Chipaz Promotion.

“The Bindura Arts Festival is the biggest event in the province. We had a talent-searching mission where we went to marginalised areas in the province to unearth, capacitate and magnify hidden talent through workshops and talent shows. The two winners who came out from each province were assisted in recording at Nashtv,” he said.

He added, “We expect thousands of people from all walks of life in Mashonaland Central and Zimbabwe at large to come and support this year’s event. It is going to be big and this year’s festival has big names lined up including Jah Prayzah, Freeman, Holly Ten, Carlos Green, and also our two winners from Mbire and Shamva who are meant to showcase their talent.”

The show will be the biggest in the province this year and the first one pitting music sensations of the moment but, a Cholera outbreak might see the show fail to live up to its billing. 

A single Cholera case was recorded today in Bindura from Woodbroke and Mashonaland Central Province has banned all public gatherings to curb and eliminate Cholera which has since been declared in Muzarabani and Shamva districts.

In a communique to all district medical officers dated November 01, the provincial medical director Dr. Cremence Tshuma instructed them to inform all their stakeholders and make sure that the public complied.

Dr. Tshuma wrote;

“The country is currently in a Cholera outbreak. The outbreak started in Manicaland but, it has now spread to other provinces including Mashonaland Central. In Mashonaland Central, we now have cases in Shamva, Centenary and Bindura. To control the outbreak before it spreads, all public gatherings are banned.”

Since the outbreak in February, Mashonaland Central has recorded 138 suspected cases of which nineteen were confirmed.

According to the health ministry, of the 138 suspected cases, 10 victims died due to the diarrheal disease.
The Ministry of Health and Child Care is appealing to the public to always wash their hands and fruits and to heat their food before eating.

22 of the 138 cases were recorded since October with one death, coming from Centenary.