Hosiah Chipanga

Personal Details

Born: 21 February 1952. ^[1]

Education

No information was found on his Junior or High School, or any tertiary education.

Music career

Since 1982, Chipanga has been fronting the band Broadway Sounds which he changed to Vaparidzi Veshoko in 2007. ^[1] Over the years Chipanga has belted out hit singles that include; Kwachu Kwachu, Gushungo among many others.

Discography

• Kurongerana
• Chipanga Jeka Kwese
• Chipanga Mazano
• Chiparure Chipanga
• Dzorai Vana
• Gumi Remitemo
• Guva Rasatani
• Madzimbahwe
• Ma Stand
• Muchatongwa
• Mwari Baba Ndiwo Wanoziva
• Kwatakabva Vol 1: Early 80s (Compilation)
• Gushungo
• Vapange Chipanga
• Hosiah Chipanga Greatest Hits Vol 1 (Compilation)
• Chakabaya Chikatyokera
• Hero Shoko
• Nzira Mbiri
• Vaudze Hosiah
• Musikavanhu
• Shinda Isina Tsono
• Zvichandibatsireyi
• Sahwira weNyika
• Mumweya
• Mabasa (DVD Album) ^[2]

Church Formation

In October 2011, Chipanga launched his church Messiah Apostolic Prophetically Inspired People's Institution (MAPIPI).^[3] Chipanga claims that he received his divine calling in Sheba, Penhalonga on September 13, 1977. He was detained by the police in 1979 when told them about the idea.^[3]

Political/Presidential Ambitions

In June 2013, Chipanga was reportedly turning his church MAPIPI into a political party so that he would contest in the harmonised elections that were held in the same year.^[4] Chipanga had in 2008, confessed that he harboured presidential ambitions although he had failed to contest in the 2008 harmonised elections.^[5] Hosiah is believed to have chickened out at the last moment concerning running as a presidential candidate in 2013.^[6]

In the 2022 By-Elections, (see Zimbabwe By-elections (March_2022)) Dangamvura-Chikanga Mutare returned to Parliament:

• Prosper Mutseyami of CCC with 13 132 votes,
• Isau Mupfumi of Zanu PF with 6304 votes,
• Taurai Mudzipurwa of MDC Alliance with 348 votes,
• Hosiah Chipanga / Hosia Chipanga of Patriotic Zimbabweans with 209 votes,
• Anesu Zaranyika of MA'AT Zimbabwe with 57 votes.

Heroes Day Rant

On 11 August 2014, Chipanga took to Facebook and complained that Zimbabwe's current economic situation undermined the objectives of the liberation struggle. Chipanga wrote;

"I want to thank all our freedom fighters, the chimbwidos and mujibaz (war collaborators), dead and the living, for the great job they did to liberate us. Thank you all. Moreso, I would like to thank our colonisers for making Rhodesia a country worth fighting and dying for. Had it been as what Zimbabwe is today, no one would have thought of fighting for it. If the dead would rise today they would sure demand back their lives and return Zimbabwe to Rhodesia, for they never died to make the country poorer, never for their children to be beggars in other countries. Who in his or her normal sense would have fought and died for a country in this present status? I wish the dead would rise and see for themselves what their blood has brought to their families here present."^[7]

Honourary PhD

In December 2022, Chipanga was conferred with an honourary Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) from Trinity International Bible University.^[8] Speaking about the honour, Chipanga said:

I really feel accommodated. It is like I am being welcomed from the wilderness which has been my home with only very few people or none taking me seriously. Now that the madness has been honoured, I believe many sober senses will now give me the room I deserve in their heart.

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