HARARE – Film-maker Willard “Slimaz” Magombedze has come up with a drama titled Tete Nemuroora which he is broadcasting through social media platforms such as Facebook and WhatsApp. Slimaz told the Daily News that he was forced to use social media because of limited opportunities on ZBC-TV. “ZBC-TV took long to approve our productions and…
HARARE – This year’s Harare International Festival of Arts (Hifa) in partnership with the United States Embassy will create a stage along First Street which will present musical performances, a feature film as well as a variety of shows on health. Named the US President’s Emergency Plan for Aids Relief (Pepfar) stage, the platform will…
HARARE – Songbird Plaxedes Wenyika, who was among the first crop of urban grooves artistes to hit the scene around the year 2000, believes her just-released single, Now I know will torch the spirit of love alight. Wenyika dropped her latest offering yesterday two years after her last single Munhu Wangu. “I hope the song…
HARARE – Rising Zimbabwean producer Philip “Pip” Kembo co-produced and co-wrote the song 1×1 which is on R&B star’s Trey Songz’s latest offering titled Tremaine The Album. Harare-born Pip, who co-wrote 1×1 with Sermstyle, John Mitchell, and Nate Cyphert, is delighted to have contributed to Grammy-nominated Trey Songz’s latest and seventh studio album which debuted…
HARARE – Multi-talented Dalma Chiwereva, who has excelled as a dancer and actress, is now into music. Chiwereva collaborated with popular music producer Tapiwa “Maselo” Jera on a just-released song titled “Male Male” which is attracting a lot of air play on local radio stations. Chiwereva, who is set to embark on a three-month-long European…
HARARE – Not so long ago Extra Large-a musical duo made of Jimmy Mangezi and Norman Manwere really loomed large. Then, their witty lyrics almost always propelled them onto music charts and into major concerts at home and abroad. But the emergence of Zimdancehall as a serious musical force saw Extra Large and many other…
HARARE – The Phoenix and Harare Male Voice Choirs are widely regarded as the oldest existing choral groups in Zimbabwe. The Harare Male Voice Choir was formed by members of the Royal Air Force stationed at Cranborne Barracks in Harare in 1941 while The Phoenix Choir, formerly known as the Caledonian Society Choir came into…
BULAWAYO – Performance poet Tinashe Tafirenyika, 24, who is employed by Mpilo Central Hospital as a medical laboratory scientist, can’t resist the lure of the spoken word. While she is now based in Zimbabwe’s second largest city, her interest in the field of poetry can be traced back to the capital city. “I started performing…
HARARE – Music Superstar Oliver “Tuku” Mtukudzi will be the star performer at Zamfest- Zambia’s biggest food and music festival- set for Lusaka Showgrounds tomorrow (April 8). At the event, Tuku will share the stage with several top acts including Oskido (South Africa), Patience Namadingo (Malawi) and Evicted (Zimbabwe). Zambeef Joint chief executive officer, Carl…
HARARE – Controversial dancer Beverly “Bev” Sibanda, who attracted national attention three months ago after she claimed that she was carrying musician Andy Muridzo’s baby, says she suffered a miscarriage on Sunday after a performance. Bev’s manager, Hapaguti “Hapaz” Mapimhidze, broke the news via WhatsApp yesterday morning. “Allow me to announce that Bev had a…
