BY LWANDLE MTHUNZI
Victoria Falls based poet Obert Dube has left the country to Tanzania where he is set to perform at the Sauti za Busara Festival in Zanzibar.
The event is set for this Friday until Sunday.
Dube said he was invited to officiate as a master of ceremony at the opening session where he will also perform some of his poems.
“I was invited to the Sauti za Busara Music Festival from 10 to 12 February in Zanzibar and as we speak I am at the airport in Harare,” he said.
Dube had approached different stakeholders including the Victora Falls City Council seeking to be assisted with travel expenses.
The local authority management and councillors agreed to help him with half the money he was requesting and to make the artist the city’s ambassador.
“I propose that he be given US$380, but he should be told that he is now our ambassador so he should lead by example,” said Deputy Mayor councillor Patricia Mwale.
The council said Dube should be asked if he is up to date in terms of payment of his water bills and rates before being given the money.
Councillors said as an ambassador, Dube should stop attacking the local authority and other residents.
“When you give him the money, remind him to mind his language about the council. He should improve on public relations,” saif councillor Thuso Moyo.
They were speaking at a recent full council meeting.