IN a very rare and probably once in a lifetime opportunity, a proud villager from Matobo district in Matabeleland South province proved that passion, hard work and focus indeed bears fruit.
She recently had the national flash of Zimbabwe and the United States launched in her homestead for nearly two hours.
But it goes beyond that she actually hosted the US ambassador to Zimbabwe Pamela Tremont and her Germany counterpart Udo Volz at her home.
This was immediately after the My Beautiful Home Awards ceremony at Nathisa Cultural Village in Matobo.
Ncube told Standard Style from her home in Dewe village, Matobo recently that he was overjoyed by the visit of the two ambassadors.
“Let me start by acknowledging the real owner of this home, my husband Million Dube,” she said.
“I am somewhat in deep shock. I feel very happy but as I am saying, I was initially in disbelief as to why this homestead.
“I asked myself why they chose to gather in my home but then I told myself that maybe it’s the results of my work that have attracted these people.
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“Sometimes when people drive by, they ask to get into my yard and take photos of the artistic work I have done with the walls.
“I think they probably send those photos to other people.
“ I suppose that’s how even the ambassadors eventually heard of the intriguing art in my home.
“It explains the flags see displayed here today.”
Ncube said she uses the wall murals and reliefs as a way of communication and expression.
“Everything here has a meaning and represents something. I will be expressing or conveying a message,” she said.
“It’s about this earth and its inhabitants, if you don’t pay attention you might miss it, but I would be talking about a human being.
“I can even use human body parts or organs like images; it could resemble a head, an eye or even a womb and bones. These ideas just come to me randomly.”
Ncube added: “I sit down and an idea comes to my mind and I start drawing it and paste it to the wall.”
“Sometime I went to the rock art on this huge rock behind my house and I realised that there are some depictions that I did not know.
“So I asked those who were born here as I only came by marriage.
“They all seemed to not understand the meaning and were surprised how I spotted it when they hadn’t known it having lived here all their lives.
It would all have been God’s plan in a nutshell because we ended up having the people from the art gallery saying I must be given paint to spot and preserve the art.””
Ward 17 councillor Sithembiso Ndlovu also praised Ncube.
“She has made us proud and we are gathered here because she stood out from the rest of the women,”Ndlovu said.
“Another thing is that her house naturally is located in a beautiful corner. She has wild flora and a huge rock within her yard. It was the most befitting.”
Ward 17 headman Nicholas Ndlovu also said he felt blessed that they gathered at Ncube’s house and hoped it would make it a landmark on the map.
Tremont while congratulating the women in her speech also thanked Volz.
“I am also grateful to my colleague Ambassador Udo Volz whose embassy is crucially supporting cultural preservation, including the awards celebration today,” she said.“Congratulations to the winners today. The work you do is important to preserve Zimbabwe’s rich cultural heritage, Ngiyabonga.”
