{"id":64014,"date":"2022-08-06T15:54:07","date_gmt":"2022-08-06T13:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/macheso-leaves-jonasi-kasamba-behind-as-he-embarks-on-international-tour"},"modified":"2022-08-06T18:08:54","modified_gmt":"2022-08-06T16:08:54","slug":"macheso-leaves-jonasi-kasamba-behind-as-he-embarks-on-international-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/macheso-leaves-jonasi-kasamba-behind-as-he-embarks-on-international-tour","title":{"rendered":"Macheso Leaves Jonasi Kasamba Behind As He Embarks On International Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>Alick Macheso\u2019s Orchestra Mberikwazvo will be without key member, Jonasi Kasamba when they embark on their international tour beginning Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p>The group\u2019s publicist, Tich Makahamadze, told ZTN that Kasamba lost his mother and has since returned to the Democratic Republic of Congo, his home country. He said:<\/p>\n<p>Yes, Jonasi is missing the tour. He has lost his mother back in DRC and we have allowed him to travel and mourn his mother. \u201cWe have him and his family in prayers and we would have loved to be with him in these difficult times but it\u2019s unfortunate the death came at a time we\u2019re on this tour.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not a secret that Jonasi brings that vibe into the band, that\u2019s his job. We are going to miss him but work has to continue. Those who are available will do the job.<\/p>\n<p>We were set to start the tour Friday night in Dubai but due to reasons beyond our control, we had to postpone it to Saturday (tonight).<\/p>\n<p>Macheso is set to perform in Asia, Australia and Europe, with a performance at Secret Lounge, Excelsior Hotel, Al Barsha in Dubai tonight.<\/p>\n<p>In Australia, Macheso is to perform in Perth, Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane between August 12 and 20. He completes the tour with a performance in Leicester, the United Kingdom on August 28.<\/p>\n<p>He will be supported by Gemma Griffiths.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\">Zimbabwe<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. Alick Macheso\u2019s Orchestra Mberikwazvo will be without key member, Jonasi Kasamba when they embark on their international tour beginning Saturday night. The group\u2019s publicist, Tich Makahamadze, told ZTN that Kasamba lost his mother and has since returned to the Democratic Republic of Congo, his home country. He said: Yes, Jonasi is missing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":64013,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,5,35,15],"tags":[1493,2189,3644,11202,19],"class_list":{"0":"post-64014","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-all-news","8":"category-culture-and-art","9":"category-homepage-english","10":"category-twitter","11":"tag-africa-press","12":"tag-africa-press-zimbabwe-2","13":"tag-alick-macheso","14":"tag-jonasi-kasamba","15":"tag-zimbabwe"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.1 (Yoast SEO v24.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Macheso Leaves Jonasi Kasamba Behind As He Embarks On International Tour - zimbabwe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Alick Macheso\u2019s Orchestra Mberikwazvo will be without key member, Jonasi Kasamba when they embark on their international ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/macheso-leaves-jonasi-kasamba-behind-as-he-embarks-on-international-tour\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Macheso Leaves Jonasi Kasamba Behind As He Embarks On International Tour\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Alick Macheso\u2019s Orchestra Mberikwazvo will be without key member, Jonasi Kasamba when they embark on their international ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/macheso-leaves-jonasi-kasamba-behind-as-he-embarks-on-international-tour\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"zimbabwe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-08-06T13:54:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-08-06T16:08:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2022\/08\/postQueueImg_15-62ee91f6ea066.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"577\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/macheso-leaves-jonasi-kasamba-behind-as-he-embarks-on-international-tour\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/macheso-leaves-jonasi-kasamba-behind-as-he-embarks-on-international-tour\",\"name\":\"Macheso Leaves Jonasi Kasamba Behind As He Embarks On International Tour - 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