He has also been battling cancer over the last couple of years. “Please stop crying. I am still here. If you start crying while I am still here, what will happen when I am gone. Let us enjoy,” bellowed Dhewa trying to console his fans who sobbed openly.
A fan in the crowd who identified herself as Esther was all in tears at the sight of the Samanyemba hitmaker.“I did not know his condition was this bad. I am so hurt. Look at his swollen face,” she said sobbing.
Said another lady: “It is so painful to see Dhewa in such a state. I have to get out of this place now because I cannot stand the sight of him in that state.”
Dhewa’s health has massively deteriorated and the way he has kept staging shows in an emphatic way shows his great strength. Dhewa played for over four hours on stage, leaving many who would have previously doubted his capability wondering where he gets his strength.
Even the master of ceremonies on the night, DJ December tried in vain to drive Dhewa off the stage, only to be met with repulsion. “The DJ is saying I should now go and rest! No my friend! I am ok,” shouted Dhewa in another exhibition of defiance.
The gig started off with Roderick Chemudhara who is slowly creeping into relevance. The man put up a scintillating performance, exhibiting a great degree of skills on the bass guitar.
After Chemudhara’s performan-ce, came Sulumani Chimbetu who proved to be a darling of the fans. The young man is always full of surprises and these days one of his most popular acts is when he imitates Thomas Mapfumo on his song Dzamutsana.
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For a moment, when Sulu left the stage, he thought he would come back to finish off the show, suspecting Dhewa would not last the mile. But he was proved wrong as Dhewa only left the stage at dawn.
Speaking on the sidelines of the show, Sulu said he was shocked at Dhewa’s perseverance. “All I can say is Dhewa is a strong man. I did not know his condition was this bad.
“We must pray for this guy so that he gets better because now I can imagine the pain he is going through,” said Sulu also shedding tears.What came as a surprise for many was the absence of Dhewa’s son, Peter, who was nowhere near the show. Peter has positioned himself to take over the band when his father is not able to go on stage. He recently toured Botswana with the band.
