RoilBAA winners to party at Club Connect

TRENDY Club Connect will tomorrow host the official after party of the Roil Bulawayo Arts Awards (RoilBAAs) where the winners will get to celebrate with friends, family and the public.

The RoilBAAs will take place at the Large City Hall tomorrow evening and straight after the festivities, winners and runner ups are set to party the night away at the club.

Proprietor of Club Connect, Biggie Chinoperekwei, whose promotional company Devine Assignments is sponsoring some awards at the RoilBAAs, said they have a passion to support the arts hence their association with the awards.

He said winners and nominees will gain free entry to the club. The rest will be expected to pay a $3 cover charge.

“As Devine Assignments, we support the RoilBAAs and arts in general. We want winners, nominees and stakeholders to come, relax and enjoy the party atmosphere.

“We promise them an unforgettable party,” said Chinoperekwei. FORMER lead singer of Peacock, Thabile Mazolwane, who sang the hit Isiponono, has died.

The Dalom music exponent died at the age of 41 but details of where and when he died were sketchy at the time of going to print.

Facebook yesterday was littered with posts from friends and fans mourning his death such as radio personality Ezra Tshisa Sibanda who wrote: “Saddened by the death of South African musician Thabile Mazolwane known as Peacock. He gave us that smashing hit Isiponono Sami produced by Dan Tshanda of Splash. “His music will live on forever, RIP Thabi.”

Dalom music godfather Dan Tshanda said although he had not spoken to Mazolwane for some time now, he was saddened by his death describing him as a great artiste.

“He’s the best artiste I worked with when I formed the group Peacock under my label. I’m sad to have heard that he died.

“I don’t really know what happened. All I know is that he was at home in the Eastern Cape,” said Tshanda.

Under Dan Tshanda’s stable, Mazolwane produced one of the best songs of his generation which was Isiponono that received heavy rotation.

He would tour Zimbabwe with Tshanda where he would receive massive praise from the legion of fans