{"id":177688,"date":"2024-08-01T08:55:24","date_gmt":"2024-08-01T06:55:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/southern-africa\/zimbabwe\/zimbabwe-zimfest-2024-a-vibrant-showcase-of-talent-and-tradition\/"},"modified":"2024-08-01T08:55:24","modified_gmt":"2024-08-01T06:55:24","slug":"zimbabwe-zimfest-2024-a-vibrant-showcase-of-talent-and-tradition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/southern-africa\/zimbabwe\/zimbabwe-zimfest-2024-a-vibrant-showcase-of-talent-and-tradition\/","title":{"rendered":"Zimbabwe: Zimfest 2024 &#8211; a Vibrant Showcase of Talent and Tradition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"30\">Zimfest marked its 25th year with an unforgettable weekend. With over 15,000 people in attendance, the annual event solidified its reputation as a must-attend event for Southern African music lovers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"43\">The festival, held over two days, brought together an impressive range of artists and a vibrant crowd, ensuring that attendees were treated to an eclectic mix of music, food, and crafts. Zimbabwean Ambassador to the UK Colonel Christian Katsande was also in attendance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"87\">At its core, Zimfest is about&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/202408010033.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more on AllAfrica.com<\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>South Africa Today Africa \u2013 Southern Africa <a title=\"Zimbabwe\" href=\"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/category\/southern-africa\/zimbabwe\/\">Zimbabwe<\/a> News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zimfest marked its 25th year with an unforgettable weekend. With over 15,000 people in attendance, the annual event solidified its reputation as a must-attend event for Southern African music lovers. The festival, held over two days, brought together an impressive range of artists and a vibrant crowd, ensuring that attendees were treated to an eclectic [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":188473,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[248],"tags":[258,256,257,10026,254,6289,28197,33895,4686,421,23308],"class_list":["post-177688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-zimbabwe","tag-africa","tag-africa-news","tag-news","tag-showcase","tag-south-africa-today","tag-talent","tag-tradition","tag-vibrant","tag-zimbabwe","tag-zimbabwe-news","tag-zimfest"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177688","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=177688"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177688\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/188473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=177688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=177688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=177688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}