{"id":43303,"date":"2025-11-28T12:07:44","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T12:07:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=43303"},"modified":"2025-11-28T12:07:44","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T12:07:44","slug":"utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignnandi-madida-and-zakes-bantwini-celebrate-son-shakas-9th-birthday-with-his-first-solo-art-exhibition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2025\/11\/28\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignnandi-madida-and-zakes-bantwini-celebrate-son-shakas-9th-birthday-with-his-first-solo-art-exhibition\/","title":{"rendered":"Nandi Madida and Zakes Bantwini celebrate son Shaka\u2019s 9th birthday with his first solo art exhibition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"mvp-content-main\">&#13;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_187634\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-187634\" class=\"wp-image-187634 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Nandi-Madida-and-Zakes-Bantwini-celebrate-son-Shakas-9th-birthday.jpg?resize=600%2C368&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Nandi-Madida-and-Zakes-Bantwini-celebrate-son-Shakas-9th-birthday.jpg 600w, https:\/\/fakazanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Zakes-Bantwini-Nandi-Madida-Shaka-Son-300x184.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-187634\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nandi Madida and Zakes Bantwini celebrate their son Shaka<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Nandi Madida and Zakes Bantwini are celebrating a major milestone in their son Shaka\u2019s young creative journey.<\/p>\n<p>The couple shared a collaborative post honouring their son, who marked his 9th birthday with an achievement far beyond his years; his very first solo art exhibition.<\/p>\n<p>In their heartfelt message, the proud parents revealed that Shaka has been dreaming of showcasing his art for a long time, quietly working on his craft behind the scenes.<\/p>\n<p>Not only did he finally bring that dream to life, but he also made his first art sale on the same night, making the moment even more memorable.<\/p>\n<p>Describing it as \u201ca brave beginning\u201d and \u201ca milestone earned,\u201d Nandi and Zakes praised their son for stepping confidently into an important chapter of his artistic journey at such a young age.<\/p>\n<p>The couple also extended a warm thank-you to designer Thebe Magugu for creating a space where Shaka felt supported and inspired.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThank you Uncle @thebemagugu for offering him such an uplifting creative home, for believing in his work, and for sharing your beautiful space with so much generosity and support,\u201d they wrote, adding that the entire Madida family is deeply grateful.<\/p>\n<p>They concluded the post with a loving birthday message to their son, celebrating his talent, courage and creativity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHappy 9th birthday, sweet boy. You stepped into this moment with confidence, courage and creativity leading the way. We are endlessly proud of you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>See video of the exhibition below:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DRjU8sOjE8b\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 4 -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#Nandi #Madida #Zakes #Bantwini #celebrate #son #Shakas #9th #birthday #solo #art #exhibition<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#13; Nandi Madida and Zakes Bantwini celebrate their son Shaka Nandi Madida and Zakes Bantwini are celebrating a major milestone&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":43304,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mzansi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43303","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43303"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43303\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43305,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43303\/revisions\/43305"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}