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Dickson Chingaira Makoni

Thousands bid Cde Chinx farewell

Thousands of people thronged Glen Forest Memorial Park yesterday to bid farewell to one of the country’s gallant sons Dickson Chingaira, popularly known as Cde Chinx, with Minister of State for Harare Provincial Affairs Miriam Chikukwa urging his family to remain united.

Roger! Roger! Cde Chinx is down! ‘Drugs eating me away’

By Mtandazo Dube “My family is in poverty right now. Because of this sickness I’m failing to work yet I’m supposed to be the breadwinner. I have six children here in Chitungwiza and four in Norton plus my two wives, myself and my mother. All these people need to be fed,” said Dickson “Cde Chinx” […]

Zima still to finish Cde Chinx’s house

By Sharon Muguwu HARARE – Organisers of the Zimbabwe Music Awards (Zima) have admitted that they were too ambitious when they promised to build a house for Comrade Chinx in less than six months. Zima re-emerged last year after a seven-year hiatus and honoured musician and liberation war hero Dick Chingaira, better known as Comrade […]

Video: Comrade Chinx “alive and well”

HARARE – Legendary liberation struggle musician Dickson Chingaira Makoni popularly known in music circles as Comrade Chinx has released a video dismissing rumours that he had passed away. The Heroes and Defence Forces holiday period was dominated by rumours that the singer, famed for his liberation war songs, had passed away after collapsing at Parirenyatwa […]