FRESH from his tour of South Africa and the United Kingdom, Orchestra Dendera Kings frontman Sulumani “Sulu” Chimbetu will honour his legendary father Simon Chimbetu with a gig at Cotton Club in Victoria Falls tonight. Known by various stage names including Chopper, Mr Viscose, Cellular, Simomo and Mukoma Sam, Chimbetu breathed his last on August…
INTERNATIONALLY-ACCLAIMED stone sculptor Dominic Benhura flew the national flag high in the United States last week after successfully installing one of his pieces in Carmel, a city located in Indiana. Benhura’s life-size sculpture, which is located in Carmel Clay Parks & Recreation, was facilitated by Kuaba Gallery, a contemporary gallery featuring a range of paintings…
SUNGURA kingpin Alick Macheso will retrace his musical footsteps to Dzivarasekwa in Harare where he is expected to drill a borehole for the community today. The donation comes two days before the launch of his much-awaited studio album Kupa Kuturika (Kupa Kunopa). “Macheso launched his musical career in Dzivarasekwa hence he saw it fit to plough back…
THEATRE guru Lloyd Nyikadzino, through his Zimbabwe Theatre Academy, will educate communities on the effects of climate change through an educative theatre project dubbed Theatre for climate change. The project – done in partnership with Hannah Elisabeth, a visiting Fulbright scholar supported by the US Embassy in Zimbabwe – aims to educate, empower and inspire…
HOLLYWOOD actress and comedian Tiffany Haddish seems to be enjoying her stay in the country, this comes after she was on Friday spotted at one of Harare’s most exquisite nightclub Pabloz enjoying the capital’s night life, twerking. Taking to her Instagram page a few days back, she posted selfies of herself in Victoria Falls enjoying…
THE shooting of Matopos-The King Lives, a culture and heritage film by the United Kingdom-based filmmaker Jonathan Marerwa, is set to commence next month in the Eastern Highlands in Nyanga. The high budget film, Marerwa’s first big movie project for the year, was inspired by the stories he grew up hearing about Mount Inyangani. “We have…
A BEVY of 20 beauties is set to square off at the Miss Nature Zimbabwe pageant to be held at the Harare International Conference Centre in the capital on August 20. At the grand finale, the winner will drive away with a car and a package worth US$ 5000 in addition to earning the right…
CHINOTANGA Mutsara, a solo exhibition, by veteran artist Mercy Moyo, will open at the National Gallery of Zimbabwe (NGZ) in Harare this Thursday. The NGZ publicist Zvikomborero Mandangu said throughout Moyo’s artistic journey, she has consistently employed a visual vocabulary composed of motifs that resonate universally. “These motifs — almost like recognisable signs — depict…
ORGANISERS of the Kadoma Music Festival are optimistic the annual event is destined to be the biggest arts jamboree in the country. Event co-organiser Prince Mharadze is happy with the positive growth the event has registered over the past couple of years. “We are so excited to be hosting yet another edition of Kadoma Music…
RENOWNED stone sculptor Dominic Benhura, who last exhibited outside Zimbabwe in 2019, has resumed international exhibitions starting with Germany where he will showcase in Mecklenburg City. At the exhibition, expected to run till July 26, will see the Nama recipient showcasing 20 small and medium pieces.“This is actually not my first time to exhibit in…
