Chief Svosve II

Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Act - zimlii.org/akn/zw/act/2000/1… Those who have been debating the poet Abel Mauchi’s plight are better guided by the Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Act. Happily, the law is very wide and accommodating to artists and their artistic products and artists. Pay particular attention to definition of PERFORMANCE in the act, given that the artist has not published his works in written, book form. The definition is soundly wide and helpful to artists who create and validate authorship through recorded performances. Secondly, look at Section 10(2) of the law; it helps the artist. The artist seems to have a prima facie case against whomsoever used his property without authority. I am sure there are lawyers out there who can represent him free of charge. Late Advocate Tomana did it for the artist who claimed ownership of the Jerusarema Drum beat which ZBC used for its main bulletins. I was Secretary for Information and Publicity then, with @ProfJNMoyo as Minister. We leaned on ZBC to assume liability and provide restitution. The matter was resolved amicably, out of court. I am sure the same could hold. Thank you folks for contributing!!!👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿

WHO REALLY KNOWS DR JOHN MANGUDYA? I thought I did, until two weeks ago when I decided to visit Chimanimani using the long-winded, bad but scenic Mutambara-Chikukwa-Chimanimani route. After Mhandarume, one crosses the river to get to that point where the road splits into two: to one’s left, a road to Mutambara High and Cashel Valley all the way to Chimanimani. The road has seen better days since ZNA repaired it after Cyclone Idai; it badly needs attention and I notice there is activity between Chimanimani and Chikukwa. To the right is the road which goes through Lydia Chimonyo School, Chakohwa and all the way to Biriwiri, Muusha up the ridge to Skyline. We will leave that one alone. Soon after the split, and along the way to Mutambara High is what used to be a virgin piece of land to one’s left, and which bordered what used to be a commercial project for the legendary cashel bean, which is now history. Today that virgin piece of land has been turned into a huge, hi-tech agricultural proposition, all under centre pivots. This year it delivered upwards of 500 tonnes of wheat and is readying itself for the Summer crop. An upmarket farm village is already in place. To the right are small allotments under different crops, including a fairly sizeable stretch under fruit trees. The right side of the road to Mutambara belongs to villagers; the newly developed left side belongs to Dr Mangudya, formerly RBZ, now with Mutapa Holdings. The contrast on the two lands on either side of the road belie the connection: Dr Mangudya is piloting a rural development project modelled along the HUB AND SPOKES. His hi-tech agronomical project is the hub; the villagers to the right, stretching all the way up the wet valley to Cashel constitute the spokes. The hub drives the spokes; the spokes sustain the hub. The relationship is reciprocal, mutually reinforcing in a win-win tango. Those who read Development Studies will understand what I am describing!! It is a new model in rural development, possibly rural industrialisation for development. Who knows Dr Mangudya???

ATTENTION ZIMBABWEANS: THIS IS AN INTERVIEW DONE WAY BACK IN 2017; IT IS NOT A FRESH INTERVIEW DONE RECENTLY.

His Excellency the President remembers late founding President of Mozambique, Samora Moises Machel, on 40TH Anniversary of his death in an air crash.