HARARE – Award-winning protest actor Sylvanos Mudzvova, who was briefly arrested last week in Harare for staging a controversial one-man play titled Missing Diamonds: I Want My Share, insists that he will take the contentious play to the Chinese Embassy. Last week Mudzvova intended to stage the play at Parliament and at the Chinese Embassy…
HARARE – The Taking, a play that explores complex issues surrounding the land issue in Zimbabwe, will be performed at Harare’s Theatre in the Park from April 21 to 23. The play, written by Intwasa director Raisedon Baya and directed by Memory Kumbota, officially kick-started the Bulawayo Theatre 2015 calendar. Ably executed on stage by…
HARARE – Award-winning comedian, Doc Vikela’s star continues to shine as he will perform in Botswana alongside some of Africa’s biggest comics. The showcase, slated for September 2 at the Gaborone International Conference Centre (GICC), will feature seven comics from across Africa. These include Salvador from Uganda, Trevor Gumbi, Lihle Lindzy (South Africa) and Botswana…
HARARE – Zimbabwean music producer DJ Fydale’s Focus Riddim album set to be released on April 29, features top Jamaican stars Anthony B, Chuck Fenda, Lutan Fyah, Perfect and Sir Ford. The Kwekwe-born music producer-cum-DJ, who was born Fidelis Isaac, is confident that working with the Jamaican stars will generate international attention. “I am supposed…
HARARE – When record-breaking Zimbabwean fashion designer Adel Kaseke uploaded a picture of herself wearing a dress she had just made on Instagram last October, she didn’t realise she had conjured up an ascent into cash-rich Hollywood. No sooner had the United Kingdom based Kaseke posted the picture than Hollywood’s royalty began contacting her. The…
HARARE – Music superstar Oliver Mtukudzi, Dendera star Suluman Chimbetu, Zimdancehall king Winky D and red-hot sungura maestro Alick Macheso will grace the launch of upcoming musician Sam Dondo’s nine-track debut album titled Dyara Minamato at Alexandra Sports Club tonight. Suluman, Jah Prayzah, producer-cum-keyboardist Munyaradzi Viali and highly-rated South Africa-based sound engineer/producer Keith Farquharson all…
HARARE – Sungura artiste Simon Mutambi, who landed position two on the 2015 Coca-Cola Radio Zimbabwe Top 50 behind Blessing Shumba, has promised “another blockbuster sungura album.” Mutambi told the Daily News that his sixth album titled Zviri Pasi Pedenga was ready for release and would be launched at the City Sports Bar in Harare…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Writers Association (ZWA) has lauded the contribution made by the late journalist and author Alexander Kanengoni to Zimbabwe’s literature. Kanengoni, 65, collapsed and died at Warren Park home in Harare due to a heart complication on Tuesday. [GoogleAd] In a statement signed by its secretary general Memory Chirere, ZWA praised the…
BULAWAYO – Award-winning designer Saneliso Mpofu is the only Zimbabwean who has been invited to showcase her creations at the two-day Tshwane Fashion Festival which begins in Pretoria tomorrow. Mpofu, whose label is called Sanah Designs, will participate at the event that seeks to promote talented young African designers. [GoogleAd] The young designer told the…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s trigger-happy Board of Censors insists that the 2004 ban imposed on the political satire “Super Patriots and Morons” is still in force. The play, which revolves around an ageing African dictator who does not want to give up power, was shown for two days last week to mark the re-launch of Theatre…
