HARARE – Acting Arts and Culture minister Walter Mzembi on Friday called for the arrest of local promoters for the recent joint Babyface and Toni Braxton concert at the Borrowdale Racecourse. The promoters allegedly disappeared without paying $15 000 performance fees to the National Arts Council of Zimbabwe (NACZ). Bernie Bismark, one of the local…
HARARE – While Zimbabweans and others the world over have known and called her Dorothy Masuka, the legendary musician said people were getting her surname wrong. On Thursday, the jazz singer who was celebrating her 80th birthday told guests attending a dinner hosted on her behalf by the Harare Jazz Festival and Dr Solomon Guramatunhu…
HARARE – Jamaican star Busy Signal is headed for the Harare International Carnival’s after party scheduled for October 31 at the Glamis Arena. The Jamaican dancehall reggae artist is popular in Zimbabwe and has had fans anticipating his debut show in the country. Some of his popular songs in the country include Watch Out for…
MAURITIUS – Zambezi News, a parody of the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC), left audience in stitches at the ongoing MultiChoice Content Extravaganza on Friday night. The three-man Zambezi News cast of Samm “Comrade Fatso” Monro, Michael K and Outspoken, which has just returned from a tour of the United Kingdom and the Netherlands, served a…
HARARE – Popular Zimbabwean preacher and founder of Spirit Embassy Church, Uebert Angel last week rocked South Africa where he preached his controversial brand of gospel he calls “good news” to a packed Mt Zion, Beula Park Conference Centre in Germiston and at Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg. After a year of negative publicity in which…
HARARE – This year’s Miss Carnival will not take place amid funding and planning concerns. Miss Carnival is part of the Harare International Carnival (HIC) which has been slated for mid-September and early October. Although there has not been an official comment on Miss Carnival from the Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA) which hosts HIC, sources…
HARARE – Peter Moyo aka Young Igwe’s second landing happens tonight when the sungura ace launches his second album aptly titled “Mabasa aMwari” at 7 Arts Theatre in Avondale, Harare. Moyo will be supported by Dendera musician Suluman Chimbetu and afro-jazz crooner Jean Masters. Tomorrow, the sungura musician will be joined by rising afro-jazz musician…
HARARE – National Arts Merit Awards winning music promoter Partson Chimbodza proved his mettle in “gambling” as he successfully held three different high-profile concerts on Saturday in the capital. Through his company Chipaz Promotions, Chimbodza successfully staged the Harare Cup Clash featuring dancehall artistes which was held at City Sports Centre, multi-award winning Nigerian international…
HARARE – Mbira Month is a month-long event celebrating mbira in all its facets worldwide held every September. The theme for Mbira Month 2015 is “Mbira and Education”. Its focus is on schoolchildren and everything relating to how they can attain a decent mbira education in present day Zimbabwe. This is Mbira Month’s fourth edition….
MAURITIUS – Nigerian music stars Mr Flavour and The Mavins lit up the opening night of the five-day MultiChoice Content Showcase Extravaganza at the Outrigger Resort on Tuesday night. Dubbed “Night of a Thousand Stars,” the event showcased the glitz and glamour of Hollywood, Bollywood and Nollywood with a guest list that included Genevieve Nnaji,…
