Scroll through the newspaper headlines in August 2005 shortly after his triumph and you would find phrases such as “Mawi euphoria”, “the Mawi show”, “Mawi runaway winner” and “Clean sweep for Tsumawi”.
In fact, an entertainment report in The Star back then pointed out that no one saw “the power of Mawi” coming.
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