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Zim Achievers Awards nominees out

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Zimbabwe-based artistes including Jah Prayzah, Tehn Diamond, Zimpraise and Hope Masike have been nominated for this year’s Zimbabwe Achievers Awards

Zimbabwe-based artistes including Jah Prayzah, Tehn Diamond, Zimpraise and Hope Masike have been nominated for this year’s Zimbabwe Achievers Awards (ZAA) to be held on May 10 at the luxurious five-star Royal Garden Hotel in London’s affluent Kensington district.

By Entertainment Reporter

The ZAA are now in their fourth year and the final nominees for this year have been announced and voting is now open to members of the public.

An exclusive category has been reserved especially for 10 outstanding young people in keeping with the ZAA’s theme this year to recognise and celebrate the achievements of the youth.

Organisers of the annual red-carpet event have hailed the public’s enthusiastic participation in the nomination process, saying more than 550 public nominations were received for this year’s show.

“I am humbled by the level of public participation in identifying achievers for this year’s show. It only proves, once again, that these are the people’s awards,” said ZAA executive director and spokesperson Brian Nyabunze.

He added that they had sorted all the names that had been put forward and people could now go onto the ZAA website to vote for the shortlisted nominees between now and April 30.

Nyabunze said each person was restricted to two votes per category.

Over 80 nominees will battle it out for top honours in nearly 20 categories spanning the fields of business, sport and culture, music and entertainment, academia, and media, among others.

“The future of any community, of any nation, is reflected in the state of its young people. We recognise our youth as the cornerstone of our community’s future and we have decided to especially honour their achievements this year as a way of encouraging their contribution. Most important, we hope to promote them as positive role models to their peers,” Nyabunze said.

With spectacular views of Kensington Palace, which was the late Princess Diana’s official residence, and the magnificent Kensington Gardens, the hotel provides a fitting aura of splendor to what is set to be a night of memorable celebration.

Nyabunze added that to avoid the inconveniences created by the overbooking of guests at last year’s awards show, ZAA had introduced a world-class ticketing system that allowed prospective guests to choose their seats upon purchasing their tickets and all tickets were being sold exclusively on the Zimachievers website.