Having recently earned the highest recognition in the country at the 2025 National Arts Merit Awards (NAMA), Magamba Network's award-winning series, Magweja, will be crossing borders. The series will be airing on Crown TV in Zambia, marking a landmark first for Magamba Network.
The premiere episode was aired on Monday, 16 March 2025, at 19:30 hrs, prime time viewing, bringing the gripping world of Magweja to Zambian audiences.
Magweja claimed the coveted Outstanding Screen Production award at NAMA 2025, a resounding affirmation of the series’ artistic excellence and powerful cultural resonance, a victory that now carries Magamba’s storytelling beyond Zimbabwe’s borders.
Set against the complex and often overlooked landscape of Zimbabwe’s extractive sector, Magweja shines an unflinching spotlight on the mining industry, specifically on the lived realities of artisanal miners whose stories have long remained on the margins of mainstream storytelling. The series captures the human cost, the resilience, and the raw complexity of life in Zimbabwe’s mining communities with authenticity and depth.
The partnership with Crown TV is a significant milestone for Magamba Network. Zambia, as a fellow southern African nation with deep ties to the mining industry, provides the ideal audience to connect with the stories Magweja tells, stories of community, survival, and the pursuit of dignity that transcend borders.
"The NAMA recognition affirmed what we always believed, that Magweja is a story that resonates far beyond Zimbabwe’s borders. Bringing it to Zambia through Crown TV is not just an expansion, it is a conversation we are proud to begin with a new audience," said award winning playwright, actor and filmmaker, Dereck Nziyakwi who is the Director for Magweja.
Magamba Network is Africa’s trailblazing creative and digital media organisation, producing bold, socially conscious content that amplifies underrepresented voices and drives cultural conversation across the region.