AMAKHOSI Theatre has produced its second radio soap Kunjalo Makhelwane after the runaway success of Sakhelene Zinini in the late 70s on Radio Mthwakazi. [GoogleAd] The soap was written by Nonhlalo Dube and produced by Luke Mnkandla for Amakhosi Theatre Rep. Amakhosi Cultural Centre chairperson Cont Mhlanga said this radio soap aims to introduce the…
YOUTHFUL author-cum-motivational speaker Marshal Chiza came face to face with the high rate of crime in neighbouring South Africa after he was robbed of R150 000. [GoogleAd] Chiza who is the founder of Billionaire Publishers was in that country where he had clinched a deal with Rapid Business Registrations Company in South Africa to establish…
HIP-HOP music enthusiasts mainly from colleges and universities in the capital city packed Club Connect Harare to the rafters on Saturday as the high-end joint hosted the aptly titled “Varsity Students Party”. [GoogleAd] Popular hip-hop musicians such as Stunner, Coco, Kikky Badass and Nutty O entertained the crowds and indeed, they delivered. Stunner gave a…
BORN in 1944, Naison Dhakwa Muganyi still looks fit and his memory is as sharp, telling jokes captured mainly from his early days as a youth working at BATA Shoe Company in Gweru, then Gwelo. He latter spent most of his working life at Zimbabwe Iron & Steel Company as an electrician. [GoogleAd] As a…
SASHA, the little seven-year-old-girl who featured on the late Mbuya Madhuve’s popular music video Ndega Ndega as a dancer and backing vocalist, is determined to revive the singer’s musical legacy. Sasha, real name Miriam Lishomwa — niece to the late mbira player Edna Chizema aka Mbuya Madhuve — started working with the late singer when…
TALENTED dancer Beverly ‘Bev’ Sibanda’s star continues to shine with demand for her showcases growing outside the country’s borders. Bev told the Daily News on Sunday that promoters from as far as Cyprus are after her signature. Some want her to become a resident artist at joints in foreign lands, hence putting her on salary….
WHEN you meet the motherly Aziza Hawa, 74, you are immediately struck by her humility and the effortless way she interacts with people of all classes. Not many people, though, know that the person beneath this veneer of simplicity is the owner of Fazak Africa — a popular brand name in the southern part of…
Zimdancehall chanter Soul Jah Love aka Chibaba says he communicates directly with God and does not need a church to intercede between them. These days, the Ndini Uya-uya hit-maker is moving on a gospel tip, preaching to his “congregants”; people who usually gather around him. [GoogleAd] He boasts that he is actually performing miracles. The controversial…
RECENTLY, I was taken aback when I heard the Chief’s Council president Fortune Charumbira mocking local prophets for failing to predict the devastating Cyclone Idai which killed hundreds and left thousands of families displaced while all their livestock from cattle to goats were buried by the landslides. [GoogleAd] Charumbira, who is also a senator, made…
A number of socialites and celebrities will tonight invade the ghetto for a mix and mingle red carpet event being organised by the exquisite joint Solomon’s Lifestyle Café. [GoogleAd] Located along Willowvale Road in the vicinity of Glen View 8, the joint is set to host the likes of Genius “Ginimbi” Kadungure, Boss Spencer, Simba…
