Zimbabwe: Mbare Singers in Fight Against Piracy

26 October 2011

Piracy has become a widespread problem in Zimbabwe haunting local artistes across different genres of music for many years. The recent technological advancements that have seen the emergence of disc copying machines have increased the rate of piracy.

Musical CDs are dubbed and copies are sold at cheaper prices, disadvantaging the artistes who would have worked hard to produce them.

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