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Ashley MoyoENTERTAINMENT WRITERmoyoa@dailynews.co.zw GOROMONZI-BASED dance outfit Makarekare is confident of winning the Chibuku Neshamwari Traditional Dance national competition for the third time in Harare tomorrow.The Mbende-Jerusarema outfit, which is representing Mashonaland East, was the national champion in 2009 and 2015.  “We are so confident that we are going to lift the trophy for the third…

Ashley MoyoENTERTAINMENT WRITERmoyoa@dailynews.co.zw THE High Court has thrown out ex-Zimbabwe Music Rights Association board member Phillip Chipfumbu’s urgent chamber application, which sought to, among other things, nullify the organisation’s annual general meeting which was held last week Tuesday at Robbie Mupawose Hall at the showgrounds in Harare.  After going through Chipfumbu’s application, High Court Judge…

A NEW local drama series The Return of Gringo — meant to pay tribute to the late veteran actor Lazarus Boora— will premiere at Ster Kinekor Joina City in the capital tonight. Penned by veteran playwright Enock Chihombori, the drama series features most of the visible characters in the previous Gringo editions, the likes of…

Ashley MoyoENTERTAINMENT WRITERmoyoa@dailynews.co.zw SUNGURA music kingpin Alick Macheso is taking his sons — Tatenda and Esau — to Zvishavane where they will share the stage at Radio Park this Saturday. According to Macheso’s publicist Tich Makahamadze, the joint concerts will provide perfect platform for the ‘boys’ to learn from their legendary father.“Yes, here and there…

Ashley MoyoENTERTAINMENT WRITERmoyoa@dailynews.co.zw ORGANISERS of the July festival are confident of hosting a memorable inaugural event at Odyssey in Kadoma this Saturday. This comes as the organisers— 2 Kings Entertainment in conjunction with DTL Records—have added more musicians to the line up and these include Bazooker who will share the stage with celebrated South African…

By Ashley MoyoENTERTAINMENT WRITERmoyoa@dailynews.co.zw THE LATE Zimdancehall icon, Soul Jah Love is set to dominate local music charts once again, thanks to his latest single Zvakaendwa released a fortnight ago. The single, off Medallion riddim by award winning producer Simbarashe Moyo, who is known in the music circles as Cymplex, talks about the importance of…

THE double-album launch format recently popularised by music star Jah Prayzah is slowly becoming fashionable. At the weekend award-winning songbird Janet Manyowa launched two albums — Father’s House and Nenyasha — barely two months after Jah Prayzah pulled off a similar feat, launching two 13-track albums in a space of two days.The Uzumba-born musician launched…

CELEBRATED South African musician and a frequent performer in Zimbabwe Master KG will hold a concert at Pagomba Café in Beit Bridge on August 4. The Jerusalem hit-maker will share the stage with popular rapper Holy Ten and jiti star Baba Harare. Since 2020 when Master KG collaborated with the Ndinonyara hit-maker, Nox on a…

AT LEAST 22 models with albinism from across Africa will battle it out in the inaugural Mister and Miss Albinism Southern Africa set to take place on October 14 at the Harare International Conference Centre (HICC). Pageant director Brenda Mudzimu told the Daily News that they had now settled on the spacious HICC due to…

JENAGURU music maestro Clive Malunga is set to unveil a tombstone for the late musician and liberation freedom fighter Emiloty Ndhlovu who was buried in Warren Hills cemetery in the capital. The late star used to sing in Safirio Madzikatire’s band.“We are taking the Tombstone for Legends project to another level. We want to give…