The winning entry was a Shona song written by Professor Solomon Mutswairo and composed by Fred Changundega.
The National Anthem of Zimbabwe, also known by its incipit in Shona, "" (), and the final line of each verse in Ndebele, "" (), was introduced in March 1994 after a nationwide competition to replace the South African-derived "Ishe Komborera Africa" with a distinctly Zimbabwean song.