Makoni’s song, Mambo (King), which stresses a King should not be crowned by strangers – is played every 30 minutes on Zanu (PF) controlled ZBC radio stations.
I am a musician who sings for a cross section of Zimbabweans, Makoni said. If there is someone politicising the songs, he/she is doing it to suit certain political ambitions. In fact I wrote that song to dissuade some government officials from interfering with the choice of traditional chiefs.
A Radio Zimbabwe presenter, who requested not to be named, said: “Everyone is being ordered to play the song regularly in line with the studio policies of promoting Zanu (PF) propaganda.
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