HARARE – Over 20 artists from the Zimbabwe Applied Art in Craft Association (ZACCA) will showcase their artifacts at the Belgravia-based Nzou Arts Cultural Centre (NZACC) today. According to NZACC spokesperson Yukiko Nakamura, the range of hand-made art and craft products that will be on display will include baskets, beads and batik. “The Valentine’s Day…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s leading stand-up comedian, Carl Joshua Ncube, will perform at the Victoria Falls Safari Lodge Amphitheatre tonight in an event that seeks to raise funds for the Victoria Falls Anti-Poaching Unit (VFAPU). Ncube is delighted that the charity event dubbed “Wild, Wild Valentines” will be his first show this year. “People can expect…
HARARE – Wencilus “Mpostori Wency” Makungisa — one of the most celebrated products of the Zimpraise Choir — will hold his first live DVD recording at 7 Arts Theatre on February 27. Mpostori Wency, best known for the hits Musandikanganwe, Weminana and most recently Mvura Yakawanda, will be supported by fellow Zimpraisers Sharon Manyonganise and…
HARARE – Veteran jazz star Prudence Katomeni-Mbofana, and her husband broadcaster Comfort Mbofana, are among several celebrity couples that will compete in the inaugural Longest Kiss In Africa event to be held at Rainbow Towers Hotel in Harare on Valentine’s Day. Prudence and Comfort will battle it out with several celebrity couples that include Buhera…
HARARE – Auditions for Miss World Zimbabwe will commence on Friday and run for three days at the Bulawayo Rainbow Hotel followed by those in Harare — which will take place from February 18-20 and February 25-27 at the Miss Zimbabwe Trust Head Offices in Highlands. Running under the theme, “Celebrating the Life of our…
HARARE – Whenever people talk of entertainment, music and theatre immediately come to mind. While the entertainment subject is a broad one, in Zimbabwe comedy is one such discipline that has not been regarded in the same manner as music albeit equally having the same entertaining value. Music by any measure is one of the…
HARARE – Dancehall sensation Guspy Warrior is treating his legion of fans to a February 14, special Valentine’s gift with the launch of his seventh studio album titled Lovers Rock at Club Volt in Harare. The Mafia 19 boss revealed to the Daily News that the 10-track album consists only of love ballads that celebrate…
HARARE – Internationally-acclaimed Spanish fashion designer Manuel Sernagez is in the country for the first time to scout and promote local talent courtesy of ministry of Tourism. Sernagez visited the country as part of his tour of Africa and on Tuesday he was hosted by sculptor Dominic Benhura. “I came here in search of different…
HARARE – The Nama Awards, Zimbabwe’s premier music awards yesterday unveiled the nominees for the 2016 edition, among them Kora nominee, mbira musician Hope Masike. She is nominated under “Outstanding Female Musician” and for her song Huyai Tinamate, “Outstanding Music Video”. Interestingly, the same song Huyai Tinamate is also nominated for a Kora Award under…
HARARE – A record 20 African artists will showcase their visual art works at an exhibition titled “Kabbo Ka Muwala — The Girl’s Basket Migration and Mobility in Contemporary Art in Southern and Eastern Africa” opening tomorrow at the National Art Gallery of Zimbabwe (Nagz). Deputy director and chief curator of the exhibition Raphael Chikukwa…
