{"id":378314,"date":"2010-03-01T22:20:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-02T03:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16711557.post-3999018202351901835"},"modified":"2010-03-01T22:20:48","modified_gmt":"2010-03-02T03:20:48","slug":"zimbabwe-vice-president-mujuru-meets-jamaican-reggae-artist-sizzla","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/378314","title":{"rendered":"Zimbabwe Vice-President Mujuru Meets Jamaican Reggae Artist Sizzla"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/53911892@N00\/4317625679\/\" title=\"photo sharing\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4020\/4317625679_3497273c5a_m.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"border: solid 2px #000000;\" \/><\/a><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/53911892@N00\/4317625679\/\">Zimbabwe Vice-President Joice Mujuru of the ruling ZANU-PF Party inside this Southern African state. Zimbabwe has resisted efforts to destabilize the country by the western imperialists.<\/a><br \/>Originally uploaded by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/people\/53911892@N00\/\">Pan-African News Wire File Photos<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<p>VP Mujuru meets Sizzla<\/p>\n<p>Herald Reporter<\/p>\n<p>ZIMBABWE is a peace loving country willing to maintain cordial relations with all friendly nations, Vice President Joice Mujuru said yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at a meeting with visiting Jamaican reggae star Miguel Collin, popularly known as Sizzla, at her Munhumutapa offices yesterday, VP Mujuru said: &#8220;We are a people who love peace and togetherness. We want you to tell your country the true Zimbabwean story without the influence from CNN.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We feel greatly honoured to have visitors of your calibre and we hope this is going to open roads for more visitors to come,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>VP Mujuru said Sizzla\u2019s revolutionary music should not only serve entertainment purposes, but also help educate the youths.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Many people don\u2019t understand why you sing about the revolution. People, especially the youths, have a lot to learn from your music,&#8221; VP Mujuru said.<\/p>\n<p>She said Zimbabwe would invite Sizzla to visit solely to experience the peaceful environment.<\/p>\n<p>VP Mujuru said arrangements would be made to invite the reggae star to other national occasions such as Indepe-ndence and Heroes Day commemorations.<\/p>\n<p>Sizzla said he enjoyed his stay in Zimbabwe and was impressed by the warm reception from Zimbabweans.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Zimbabwe is a peace loving country and I am very grateful with the pleasant environment presented to me by the people of Zimbabwe,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>He said that with Government\u2019s support, he was keen to establish a Sizzla Youth African Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>He said the foundation would promote music and Rastafarianism among other things.<\/p>\n<p>Sizzla said the foundation was already functional in Jamaica and if Government pledged assistance, he would establish a chapter here. After meeting VP Mujuru, Sizzla met businessman Mr Phillip Chiyangwa.<\/p>\n<p>Sizzla performed at the 21st February Movement gala in Bulawayo last Friday. He held another show in Harare on Sunday and was billed to stage one more gig last night.<\/p>\n<p>Sizzla leaves for Ghana today where he is expected to hold two shows before proceeding to Jamaica.<br clear=\"all\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img width='1' height='1' src='https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/16711557-3999018202351901835?l=panafricannews.blogspot.com' alt='' \/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zimbabwe Vice-President Joice Mujuru of the ruling ZANU-PF Party inside this Southern African state. Zimbabwe has resisted efforts to destabilize the country by the western imperialists.Originally uploaded by Pan-African News Wire File Photos VP Mujuru meets Sizzla Herald Reporter ZIMBABWE is a peace loving country willing to maintain cordial relations with all friendly nations, Vice [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4243,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-378314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4243"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=378314"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378314\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=378314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=378314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=378314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}