Go well Radio Driver, Peter Johns
Peter Johns or more affectionately PJ’s professional factual story has been recounted and circulated widely, and my role in it is humbling.
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Peter Johns or more affectionately PJ’s professional factual story has been recounted and circulated widely, and my role in it is humbling.
By John Matinde
I am still reeling from shock following Joseph Shabalala’s death on February 11, 2020. It is at times like this that one feels words alone are not enough to describe emotions.
Of course, his loss is greater to his immediate family, but it is also of seismic proportions to some of us lucky enough to have worked with him personally in professional circles.
Some of his fans may recall I compered the Zimbabwe leg of Paul Simon’s Graceland Tour in 1987 at Rufaro Stadium, Harare.
I had of course heard of him and played much of his music on air before.
John Matinde – Roll on a couple of years later, and now on radio, I was now in a position to actually play his songs on radio, and not too long after personally met him in the late 70’s. We got on famously, as he did with my compatriots Mike Mhundwa, Hilton Mambo, Wellington Mbofana, Webster Shamu, Patrick Bajilla, Joy Khoza, Ephraim Chamba, Joshua Makawa, Ray Chirisa, Peter Jones and others.
John Matinde – It is not everyday that when one hears of the sad demise of a loved one, friend or colleague, one is immediately moved to pay a publicised tribute. Today is not one of them, as I was soon persuaded to, once a good friend and colleague, journalist Violet Gonda, sent me a “have you heard…” message.
Zimbabwean Radio and TV legend John Matinde has paid tribute to the late former ZBC, SABC and CNN newsreader Alyce Chavunduka (46) who died in Johannesburg on Sunday after suffering an epileptic seizure in her home on New Years Eve.