HARARE – Veteran Zimdancehall chanter Edwin Nyaruka, popularly known as Potato in showbiz circles, believes his recent re-union with his United Kingdom-based girlfriend Rayella Wolfenden will breathe some life into his stuttering career. The chanter, who made his name in the 1990s to early 2000s along the likes of Major E, Booker T, Innocent Utsiwegota,…
HARARE – Multichoice Africa and Eutelsat have extended the deadline for receipt of entries for the 2016 DStv Eutelsat Star Awards competition from October 31 to November 30. According to Liz Dziva, MultiChoice Zimbabwe publicity and public relations manager, the deadline extension was necessitated by requests received from all over Africa, including Zimbabwe. “All science…
HARARE – Historian Mhoze Chikowero’s book African Music, Power, and Being in Colonial Zimbabwe and Banning Eyre’s Lion Songs: Thomas Mapfumo and the Music That Made Zimbabwe have jointly won the J.H. Kwabena Nketia Society for Ethnomusicology Book Award for the period 2013 to 2016. The award was set up in honour of Joseph Hanson…
HARARE – Organisers of Tanzanian star Diamond Platnumz’s maiden gig in Zimbabwe have roped in businessmen Philip Chiyangwa and Wicknell Chivayo to help them publicise the concert after the two bought 30 VVIP tickets apiece. 2 Kings Entertainment spokesperson Dee Nosh told the Daily News that they are confident that they will benefit from the…
MUTARE – Dilapidated, dirty, covered with vulgar graffiti and layers of posters, Beit Hall had become associated with everything that was wrong with Sakubva. But thanks to the Beit Trust, the hall recently underwent a major facelift which was coordinated by Rebuild Sakubva headed by Lucia Nkomo. [GoogleAd] The Beit Trust built Sakubva Beit Hall…
HARARE – Karen Paida Mukwedeya, 24, who was beaten to second position by Carissa Cupido from South Africa in the just-ended DStv’s TLC Next Great Presenter contest, is confident of a brighter future. Though Carissa secured the majority of the more than 200 000 combined votes in the three-way contest which also featured Kenyan Charlie…
HARARE – Zimdancehall artiste Emmanuel “Guspy Warrior” Manyeruke, who has hardly performed in Harare over the last few months, will bounce back in the capital tonight with a gig at City Sports Bar. The son of veteran gospel musician Mechanic Manyeruke will perform as part of the weekly Afribbean Nights Show which will also feature…
HARARE – The Constitution of Zimbabwe 2013 has provided a new framework within which legislative and policy reform must take when it comes to local languages as it has moved away from English being the sole official language to the detriment of indigenous languages. While a constitutional framework means that legislative and policy agendas are…
HARARE – Talented guitarist and vocalist Progress Chipfumo was the toast of the night at this week’s City Sports Bar Monday Jam Session where the showcase also introduced gifted Herbert Chapita, 58, who took revellers down memory lane by playing superstar Oliver Mtukudzi’s yesteryear hits. While Mbare-based Chapita, popularly known in the music circles as…
HARARE – Dendera musician Suluman Chimbetu, Ammara Brown and Killer T will be the headline performers at the inaugural Lake December Mega Festival set for December 10 at Lake Chivero. The event will also feature DJs who include Judgement Yard and several wheel spinners who will be availed by Drimyard Entertainment. Lake December Mega Festival…
