Entertainment

HARARE – United Kingdom-based Zimbabwean singer, Theresa “Shanky” Shangazhike’s song Swedera, is a soundtrack for a Nigerian television series aired on Africa Magic Urban Channel 153 every Friday at 10pm. According to producer  Rhoda Wilson, the series titled Housewives and  Girlfriends, directed  by celebrated Nollywood director Nelson Spyk, “is an exhilarating televisual ride through a…

HARARE – Award-winners Jah Prayzah and Suluman Chimbetu celebrated their success at the Zimbabwe Music Awards (Zima) by holding a well-attended gig at the Private Lounge in Harare last Thursday. At the Zimas, Jah Prayzah, who won two National Art Merit Award (Nama) two weeks ago, walked away with the Best Male Artist, Best Album…

HARARE – Arts and Culture practitioners are up in arms with their ministry over its failure to appoint a board over the last three years with some sectors mooting a demonstration against the responsible minister. Theatre producer and director of Rooftop Promotions Daves Guzha said as artists they felt short changed. “We are planning a…

HARARE – Charles Mungoshi Jnr will on Thursday next week launch an inspirational title The Curse of Being Young and Successful: Inspired by the Life of Chamu Chiwanza at the Meikles Hotel in Harare. Mungoshi Jnr, who is son to renowned Shona and English novelist-cum-poet Charles Mungoshi, will also release four more 2016 titles on…

HARARE – Noone from the Bob Marley Foundation will grace the Zimbabwe Music Awards (Zima) awards taking place tonight at the Harare International Conference Centre where the late reggae legend is being controversially awarded the Life Time Achievement gong by the organisers. The awards will be running for the second year having taking a seven-year…

HARARE – Zimdancehall star Killer T, who walked away empty-handed from the recent National Arts Merit Awards (Nama), could find solace at the Zimbabwe Music Awards (Zima) on tomorrow night at the Harare International Conference Centre (HICC). Jah Prayzah’s Jerusarema out-competed Killer T’s Ngoma Ndaimba and Winky D’s Gafa Life to win the award for…

HARARE – Veteran musician Dickson “Cde Chinx” Chingaira, who has been unwell for some time, made a rare appearance at the City Sports Bar where he made a brief performance. Cde Chinx performed during the City Sports Bar’s Monday Jam Session — a weekly event which brings together veteran guitarists, vocalists and drummers from different…

HARARE – The ongoing court labour dispute between Leeroy Gono, Artistic Director of Masvingo’s Youth Cultural Arts Festival and Masvingo Drama Circle is becoming more complex with the National Arts Council of Zimbabwe (Nacz) claiming that an attached piano belongs to them. This comes after Masvingo City Council through its Acting Town Clerk at the…

HARARE – Rising songbird Ammara Brown has collaborated with South African music legend Hugh “Bra Hugh” Masekela on a track titled Next Lifetime that will be released next month. The daughter of the late musician Andy Brown confirmed the collaboration in an interview with the Daily News, adding that the single will be part of…

HARARE – After years of playing second fiddle to Zimdancehall, sungura finally got the better of the former, albeit on the soccer field. Sungura artistes ganged-up with musicians from other music genres and beat a team made up of Zimdancehall artistes 5-3 in a hilarious game sponsored by Savanna Tobacco. Upcoming gospel musician Nicholas Chirunga,…