HARARE – Comedians from South Africa and Zimbabwe will feature in the Harare International Festival of the Arts (Hifa) comedy and satire programme which will run at Reps Theatre from today until Sunday. Participating comedians include Lindzy Lihle Msimang, Yasseen Barnes, Donavan Goliath (South Africa) while Zimbabwe will be represented by Simba the Comic King, Q…
HARARE – Local companies and other corporates should also consider sponsoring theatre development and the world of film as both spheres are lagging behind, a top actress has said. Chipo Eva Bizure who started acting in 2000 when she was 16, bemoaned the absence of serious sponsorship packages saying this was slowing down progress in…
HARARE – Protest musician Raymond Majongwe says he will do a joint song with chimurenga music legend Thomas Mapfumo. Majongwe, who is also a veteran trade unionist, told the Daily News that they agreed on the collaboration on the sidelines of a show the two held on April 16 in Leicester in the United Kingdom…
HARARE – South African artiste Jeremy Olivier flawlessly performed Oliver “Tuku” Mtukudzi’s song Neria on the reality television singing competition called The Voice (South Africa) as a dedication to his mother on Mother’s Day. After the performance, the Chinhoyi-born Olivier described the sound track for the 1993 film as a song close to his heart…
HARARE – Miss Zimbabwe Trust chairperson Marry Chiwenga claims an unnamed senior official in the modelling industry was duping models into posing nude. Chiwenga, who took over from the late Kiki Divaris as chairperson of the Miss Zimbabwe Trust four years ago, told the Daily News that the official was misleading Miss World Zimbabwe hopefuls…
HARARE – Theatre in the Park, in conjunction with Savanna Trust, will host a play titled Half Empty/Half full from tomorrow until Saturday. The play, directed by award-winning South African Mncedisi Shabangu, is a “developmental theatre production” with a cast that includes 2010 National Arts Merit Awards (Nama) theatre actor winner Teddy Mangawa. According to…
HARARE – Award-winning comedian Carl Joshua Ncube will perform alongside several African comics at the Anti-Xenophobia and Anti-Racism show to be held on Friday at the Lyric Theatre in Johannesburg. The show dubbed One Laugh, being spearheaded by South African comedian Napsta, will feature comedians from South Africa, Malawi and Zimbabwe. At the weekend show,…
HARARE – Gospel musician Mercy Mutsvene, who was once accused of being a copycat of South African music star Rebecca Malope, will share the stage with the Ngiyamazi Lo Jesu singer at the Gospel Divas Concert set for the Harare Gardens on May 28. Mutsvene, who was unwilling to say much on the matter, told…
HARARE – Trailblazing Mokoomba will headline the 2016 edition of Zambia’s Wildest Music and Arts Festival (EleFest) set for Lusaka Showgrounds on Saturday. Mokoomba, who made a historical debut performance at the Apollo Theatre in Harlem, New York during their recent tour of Canada and United States of America, will share the stage with leading…
HARARE – Veteran South African artiste PJ Powers justified her top billing with a classy performance at the Rhino Fest Three gig held at Old Georgians Sports Club in Harare on Saturday. The 52-year-old musician electrified the bumper crowd by performing her old hits like Jabulani and There is an Answer during a concert that…
