The Sunday News
Kudzai Mpangi, Sunday Life Reporter
VERSATILE artiste hailing from Njube, Japhet Mlauzi, known as Hwabaraty has made it his top priority to nurture and develop talents of young people from Zimbabwe and beyond as the future of arts rests in them.
A musician cum actor brings a blissful resume and a repertoire of experience from which his protégés can enjoy his mentorship. Having toured France, Italy, Spain and Sierra Leone, he is not new to the world of performing arts hence his passion for arts has driven him to mentor and accumulate upcoming artistes both at individual level and within corporate circles.
In 2014, Hwabaraty officially opened an organisation which has been helping a number of young people since then. He has managed to mentor over 100 young people who have done fairly well in the arts industry for instance Andile Ncube, a 17-year-old talented artiste who is now part of Jeys
Marabini’s band and Munya Mandaza aka Creezy who has established a name for himself in hip-hop.
Creezy said he was thankful for the help he received from Hwabaraty and was determined to make him proud. Sunday Life contacted Hwabaraty to ask him what inspired him to establish an organisation which has helped many young people. He said the inspiration was brought about the endless efforts that Patrice Naiambana and Jeys Marabini put on to help him rise to stardom.
“It’s all thanks to Patrice Naiambana and Jeys Marabini who took their time to mentor me and unlock some of the things that I did not know I can do and they so much contributed to what I have become. The only way that I could thank them was to follow in their footsteps and help other young people in different places unleash the things that they do not know that they can be able to do and many have came with testimonies,” he added.
Hwabaraty said he was aiming at mentoring upcoming artistes from Zimbabwe and beyond in a bid to show the world that Africa is land full of talent.
“In South Africa I have engaged with other youngsters’ who call themselves Fresh Crew which runs the same vision as mine that is helping young people become the best. Together we have helped many young artistes in South Africa. I encourage other top artistes to be involved in campaigns that will benefit fresh talents,” he added. -@kayskudzai
