Staff Writer
Nash TV boss and music promoter Tinashe Mutarisi has revealed that this year’s National Arts Merit Awards were a big farce!
Mutarisi who was working closely with Saintfloew told followers on Facebook that he was deeply saddened by the adjudication of the 22nd edition of NAMA held recently in Bulawayo.
“I want to be very honest with you today if there was anyone disappointed by NAMA it was me because I was working closely with Saintfloew he really worked hard, okay on People’s Choice awards we knew that Winky D was popular but on the collaboration with Julian King on One-By-One and Best Outstanding Song we were convinced that Saintfloew would grab the award, We were all dressed up not to be ‘bride grooms’ but winners. We thought we would go on stage so to be honest I was disappointed,” Mutarisi said.
Mutarisi’s sentiments were not without reason.
The 22nd edition of NAMA hash tagged KwaNtuthu were a big disappointment as most nominees felt used.
The adjudication was so pathetic that no matter how Jacaranda Corporation Media Culture tried to spruce up the event it left a lot to be desired as undeserving people were made winners.
Saintfloew dominated the music category with three nominations for People’s Choice Award, Outstanding Song for One by One by, a collab with Julian King and Outstanding Male Musician.
But Saintfloew couldn’t grab any award from the three nominations which begged the question how fair was the adjudication?
The disappointment did not affect only Mutarisi and his clique but also the majority of social media users who vented their anger the organisers — National Arts Council of Zimbabwe as well as JCMC.
Since JCMC took over, there has been a trend that most of the people who worked for them have actually be rewarded with NAMAs especially in the dance category. It appears the winners in dance category were only those who participated or performed in the now defunct — Dream Star.
The same names have been recycled since JCMC started running the event the likes of Ellain Ncube, Deborah Kabongo, Vannessa Nyoni, Sean Mambwere and Terence Kapesa among others.
Another glaring mistake on the part of NAMA was how they awarded Tahle’s nonexistent video.
Debate around the NAMA22 has been trending on social media with users complaining lack of seriousness and credibility.
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