Shaya FM is a community internet radio station which focuses on Mthwakazi (i.e. Matabeleland regions of Zimbabwe) and Southern Africa. This is a mixed speech and music station and the music policy includes the following genres: Kwaito, House, Jazz, Gospel, Mbaqanga, Imbube, Isitshikitsha, Kalanga Rumba, and many more music styles.
Internet radio is a digital audio service transmitted via the Internet. Broadcasting on the Internet is usually referred to as webcasting since it is not transmitted broadly through wireless means. It can either be used as a stand-alone device running through the internet, or as a software running through a single computer.
Modern-day Matabeleland is a region in Zimbabwe divided into three provinces: Matabeleland North, Bulawayo and Matabeleland South. These provinces are in the west and south-west of Zimbabwe, between the Limpopo and Zambezi rivers. The region is named after its inhabitants, the Ndebele people. Other ethnic groups who inhabit parts of Matabeleland include the Tonga, Kalanga, Venda, Nambia, Sotho, Tswana and Khoisan. As of August 2012, according to the Zimbabwean national statistics agency ZIMSAT, the southern part of the region had 683,893 people, comprising 326,697 males and 356,926 females, with an average size household of 4.4 in an area of 54,172 square kilometres (20,916 sq mi). As for the Matabeleland Northern Province, it had a total population of 749,017 people out of the population of Zimbabwe of 13,061,239. The proportion of males and females was 48 and 52 percent respectively within an area of just over 75,017 square kilometres (28,964 sq mi). The remaining Bulawayo province had a population of 653,337 in an area of 1,706.8 square kilometres (659.0 sq mi). Thus the region has a combined population of 2,086,247 in an area of just over 130,000 square kilometres (50,000 sq mi) and that is just over the size of England. The major city is Bulawayo, other notable towns are Plumtree and Hwange. The land is particularly fertile but dry. This area has important gold deposits. Industries include gold and other mineral mines, and engineering. There has been a decline in the industries in this region as water is in short supply. Promises by the government to draw water for the region through the Matabeleland Zambezi Water Project have not been carried out. The region is allegedly marginalised by the government.
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Shaya FM serves Mthwakazi and Southern African people in the Diaspora. They play authentic music and air talk programming which is informative and reflects the culture and the heritage of the people of Mthwakazi.
This station also provides balanced news. The broadcasters also carry news items and current affairs during their programmes.
This station's listeners are from different backgrounds and all ages.
The presenters/broadcasters on Shaya FM are volunteering individuals from diverse disciplines with in depth information knowledge of their programmes and have a tolerance of different views.
Shaya FM is run by Inkundla Community Interest Company.
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