Bio

[b]MZEE'S DEBUT ALBUM DANCE OR DIE! FEATURING HITS LIKE MAHUWELELE, NANAN, LET'S START A REVOLUTION IS COMING OUT SOON!!!![/b] Also check www.myspace.com/goodtimesrecordz [b]MZEE[/b] a.k.a Mzilikazi wa Afrika wa born and raised in Bushbuckridge, Mpumalanga Province, a former teacher, award winning poet and multi- award winning journalist. Mzilikazi is the Investigations Editor for [i]Sunday World[/i] newspaper. [i]Good Times Records[/i], is an independent record label and has its own recording studios called [i]Bomba[/i] [i]Studios[/i] in Norwood, Johannesburg, South Africa. MZILIKAZI'S ACHIEVEMENTS: 1) 1999 The Nat Nakasa for Media Integrity Award Winner. 2) 1999 South African Courageous Journalism joint Award Winner. 3) 1999 Foreign Correspondence Association Runners up. 4) 1999 Sunday Times journalist of the year. 5) 2000 Sunday Times story of the year. 6) 2001 Harry Brittain Fellow [England]. 7) 2001 US Foreign Exchange Fellow for Investigative journalism [USA]. 8) 2001 Awarded Honorary Citizenship of Nebraska State [USA]. 9) 2001 The Nat Nakasa for Media Integrity Award joint Winner. 10) 2001 Mondi Paper Newspaper Award: News Writing joint Winner. 11) 2001 Mondi Paper Newspaper Award: South African Story of the Year joint Winner. 12) 2001 Sunday Times Story of the Year joint Winner. 13) 2002 Vodacom Journalist of the Year joint Regional Winner. 14) 2003 John Manyarara Investigative Journalism Award joint Winner [Namibia]. 15) 2003 Lorenzo Natali Investigative Journalism Award joint Finalist [Belgium]. 16) 2003 Sunday Times Journalist of the Year joint Winner. 17) 2003 International Consortium of Investigative Journalism Award joint Finalist [USA]. 18) 2003 Guest Speaker at the International Conference for Investigative Journalism [Denmark]. 19) 2005 Wrote a chapter on Investigative Journalism on the book titled [i]Changing the Fourth Estate – [/i][i]essays on South African Journalism[/i] commissioned by the Human Science Research Council [HSRC].