HARARE – Miss Zimbabwe Annie-Grace Mutambu, 19, will be leaving for China on November 20 for the Miss World pageant scheduled for December 19. She told the Daily News that as part of her Beauty with a Purpose project for Miss World, she has managed to work with the Albino Charity Organisation. Beauty with a…
HARARE – A trio of passionate filmmakers has produced a film featuring musician Ammara Brown titled Far From Yesterday due to premiere at Ster Kinekor Westgate at 8pm on November 19. The trio who runs Invision Studios, are a team of young people who are revolutionising the film industry by producing films as short as…
HARARE – Songbird Ammara Brown has described her involvement in award-winning artiste Steve Dyer’s musical titled “Colour me Human” as the best moment of her life. The daughter of late music legend Andy Brown is the only Zimbabwean on the set of the highly-rated South African musical that calls for the unity of people from…
HARARE – Xtratime ENT the organisers of the well-celebrated Ugandan comedian Anne Kansiime’s show billed for Harare on Saturday are regretting choosing a small venue, 7 Arts Theatre following the positive response the show has attracted. The organisation’s spokesperson Tonderai Mwaita told the Daily News that the show is almost sold out. “We are shocked…
HARARE – Six female Zimdancehall musicians have come together in a campaign against child marriages and have already released two singles, Vane Ngoma and Munhukadzi Wakakosha, to fight against the social ill. Calling themselves The Mic of Hope, the group comprises Lipsy, Juwela, Lady Bee, Nina Grande, Sister Moby and Empress Shelly. Lipsy told the…
HARARE – Country music is clearly not the most music genre in Zimbabwe but that has not deterred Mande Snyman from building a career on it. The passionate artiste believes country music is gaining traction on the Zimbabwean music scene and because of that she is always being invited to perform at restaurants, pubs, private…
HARARE – Seven year old Hannah Madzikanda, a grade two pupil at Hallingbury Primary School, recently defied all odds and scooped the Actress of the Year award at the recently held Zimbabwe International Women’s Awards. Madzikanda earned the coveted award for her role in a film called ‘Far From Yesterday,’ a drama on a broken…
HARARE – Prominent Zimbabwean designer and model Priscilla Chigariro Gessen created the Shoko Shoes brand to close a gap in the local fashion market which she felt “was not being exploited and serviced to its fullest potential.” The name Shoko is a celebration of African tribal identity through totems derived from the animal kingdom. Priscilla’s…
HARARE – Beatboxer Takudzwa “Probeatz” Mashonganyika beat 15 other contestants from various arts genres to land the 2015 DreamStar top prize of $5 000 at 7 Arts Theatre on Saturday night. The talented 19 year old, who hails from Harare’s Mufakose suburb, comfortably beat eight-member accapela outfit Soul Finders into second place with Nyasha, whose…
HARARE – Music superstar Oliver “Tuku” Mtukudzi shared the stage with Victor Kunonga and Bryan Kadengu at the 7 Arts Theatre on Friday and demonstrated once more that his crowd-pulling abilities are not on the wane. Despite playing with a pared-down band, Tuku and his talented partners on the night still managed to fill up…
