Anesu Mirisawu LIFESTYLE WRITER mirisawua@dailynews.co.zw THE Covid-19 lockdown has come as a blessing for poet Misheck Jaravaza who together with his close friend Thabo Quedani have had time to put together a collection of their poems. The duo has come up with an amazing poem book titled The Virtuous Demon. “The book serves as an…
NINETY drummers are set to benefit from this year’s edition of Drum Clinic workshop pencilled for February courtesy of Zimbabwe Drum Fiesta. This year’s event will be held virtually in line with Covid-19 national lockdown regulations. “The main purpose of the event is to teach and celebrate Zimbabwean drumming. We will be hosting upcoming, intermediate…
LIFESTYLE WRITERS ZIMBABWE’s multi-award-winning and first generation sculptor Lazarus Takawira has died of Covid-19. The affable Takawira who was known for sculpting images of the finer sex, died in Harare at the age of 69. His son Bernard Takawira yesterday confirmed the sad news to the Daily News from Hampstead, London where he lives. “My father tested…
Jeffrey Muvundusi in BULAWAYO BULAWAYO Help Network (BHN), a charity organisation has appealed for funding to help ailing Bulawayo Music Festival founder and coordinator Michael Bullivant. The organisation which has since sent a begging bowl locally and in the diaspora is seeking to raise at least US$12 000 for Bullivant’s hip replacement. In a…
Anesu Mirisawu LIFESTYLE WRITER mirisawa@dailynews.co.zw THE Netherlands-based songbird, choreographer and dancer, Vimbai Zimuto, is set to drop a music video on YouTube titled Handigone on Thursday starring South Africa-based actor, comedian and voice artist Leroy Gopal. The songstress, Zimuto who led social media into a meltdown when she posted her nudes, wrote on her social media that…
Vasco Chaya and Anesu Mirisawu LIFESTYLE WRITERS ABOUT 100 musicians from about 1 000 that applied for the Covid-19 Relief Fund last year have received $5 000 each, the Zimbabwe Union of Musicians (Zum) has confirmed. The government unveiled the $10 million fund last year to cushion artists from the effects of the Covid-19-induced national…
LIFESTYLE WRITER MULTI-award- WINNING novelist, playwright, and filmmaker Tsitsi Dangarembga, pictured, has been awarded the 2021 PEN Award for Freedom of Expression. The award, previously known as the Oxfam Novib/PEN International Award for Freedom of Expression, is annually conferred on writers and journalists in recognition of their contribution to freedom of expression despite the danger…
chayav@dailynews.co.zw NESANGO the film, a Jenaguru Arts Centre production, is set to premiere between March and April as part of national Independence Day celebrations. Adapted from one of Clive Malunga’s hit songs Nesango, the film is meant to educate Zimbabweans about the brutality and oppression of the Ian Smith regime. “The film is one hour…
Blessing Masakadza SENIOR STAFF WRITER masakadzab@dailynews.co.zw DENDERA musician Tryson Chimbetu says the title of his latest album — Chii Chakadaro — is not meant as an affront to fellow dendera musicians Suluman and Allan’s latest offerings. Tryson’s new project was released hot on the heels of Suluman’s album titled Entanglement and that of Allan — Urgent Matter — which were dropped towards the end…
IT IS safe to say that Selmor Mtukudzi was destined for the glitz and glamour of showbiz due to the influence of her late father, Oliver, a revered African music legend. To her credit, Selmor, who is married to Tendai the son of another local music legend Zexie Manatsa, has slowly curved a following for…
