Sulu Talks About The Difficulties He Faced As A Chimbetu

Sometimes opening up to the one’s you love relieves you from stress and you wont have to carry your burden alone. Sulumani Chimbetu recently shared the biggest disappointments and difficulties he faced as a Chimbetu in his life.

He said that one of the biggest challenges he countered was in 2001 when he failed to attend his grandmothers burial who took care of him since his childhood because he was occupied “It was the most challenging era of my life. I performed at four shows fighting hard to suppress tears and sometimes going back stage to cry. I received the news of my grandmother’s death on a Friday on my way to a show in Chitungwiza”.

The principles of his late father Simon Chimbetu imparted in him, Sulu said he recalls when he was managing their farm in Chegutu and his late father said he had to hire people to make a fireguard. His father said he  should get many people to clear the fireguard using hoes. Sulu realised it would be cheaper and faster to hire a few people to clear the area for a tractor to make the fireguard.The job that was supposed to take many days was done in two days at a cheaper cost, but when his father came he was angry.

“I only got relief after one of his friends at the farm told me how my father was so happy about the way I had done the job. He said my father had praised me so much when they were together. So it means he was happy, but did not want to openly praise me. It seems he did not want me to get into a comfort zone. He wanted to keep me on my toes” he added

Sulu said he does not want to get into a comfort zone and does not want to feel like he has achieved enough even if he wins many awards and gets thousands of fans at shows.