Tanyaradzwa Marabada UNITED Kingdom (UK) based musician Edith WeUtonga, currently in the country, has donated some musical instruments to selected musical institutions as part of her contribution to the growth of the local music industry. In addition to the dornation, she trained the beneficiaries on how to use the donated equipment through her Zawadi Development…
By Hazel Marimbiza THE country’s next biggest human trafficking film project — Ziyanda — is now underway, with big stars from the country and South Africa set to feature in the movie which is set to start filming around November. The film comes amid increasing reports of Zimbabwean women stranded in the Middle East after…
SUNGURA kingpin Alick Macheso put up a remarkable performance at the Sungura Fiesta gig held at Pamuzinda in Harare over the weekend. Fresh from his world tour, which saw him perform in Dubai, Australia and the United Kingdom, Macheso shared the stage with Leonard Zhakata, Somandla Ndebele and Peter Moyo courtesy of Chipaz Promotions. He…
DENDERA muso Tryson Chimbetu and Kessia “Muchaneta” Masona will be the major draw cards at tonight’s Jam Session at City Sports Bar…
Progress Chaya THIS year’s edition of Shoko festival, one of the country’s longest-standing urban culture festivals, is aimed at encouraging people to participate in issues that affect them in society, the organisers have said. Aptly themed “PARTYCipate” the forthcoming 12th edition, scheduled between September 27 and October 2 in Harare, is a call to encourage…
MULTICHOICE is powering up its investment in pan-African TV content with the pay-TV company’s M-Net and Showmax divisions producing a new funeral reality show from Ghana, a Nollywood psychothriller miniseries, a Crime & Justice spinoff crime procedural for Nigeria, as well as a slum-set Kenyan crime series about an aspiring football player for DStv subscribers….
Tanyaradzwa Marabada ENTERTAINMENT WRITER marabadat@dailynews.co.zw MULTI-AWARDWINNING gospel music songbird Janet Manyowa has been added to the riveting line-up of artists set to perform at the Stanbic Jacaranda Music Festival that will run at Old Hararians in Harare from October 7 to 9. Manyowa, who has won an incredible 28 awards since she ventured in music…
Tanyaradzwa Marabada ENTERTAINMENT WRITER arabadat@dailynews.co.zw LEGENDARY musician Zexie Manatsa’s widow, Stella Manatsa, was buried yesterday next to her husband at Warren Hills cemetery in Harare in an emotional send-off thronged by hundreds of mourners. Mai Manatsa died early this week in her sleep at the age of 68 less than eight months after burying her…
Ashley Moyo STELLA Manatsa, widow of the late music legend Zexie Manatsa, who died on Tuesday will be buried today at Warren Hills cemetery in Harare where her late husband was buried. According to a statement released by the family yesterday, the burial will take place in the midmorning. “With great sadness, we would like…
RENOWNED South Africa-based jazz saxophonist and flute player McCoy Mrubata is scheduled to perform at the annual Spring Feelings Jazz Concert slated for Country Side Resort along Airport Road in Bulawayo tomorrow. Mrubata is returning to perform in the country 34 years after his first trip north of the Limpopo where he performed in front…
