HARARE – Music superstar Oliver Mtukudzi will showcase some of his designer stage outfits at this year’s Zimbabwe Fashion Week (ZFW) that will run in Harare from September 3 to 6. The veteran music star will display selected outfits from 1978, when he began his career, to last year in a rare showcase that will…
HARARE – Red-hot Jah Prayzah will kick-start his weekend programme tonight at the Big Apple in Harare. The Uzumba-born music star, whose latest album is dominating radio playlists and the club scene, will be supported by Double WekwaMarange. Tomorrow, the Tsviriyo singer, who is currently attracting the biggest crowds on the local music scene, will…
HARARE – Multichoice Africa has been mum on this year’s edition of Big Brother Africa (BBA) amid uncertainty that the television reality show would take place. BBA auditions traditionally take place around March with the three-month journey beginning end of May or early June. Last year’s BBA was moved to September due to the Fifa…
HARARE – Legendary Zimbabwean hip-hop pioneer Shingirayi Sabeta, better known as Mau Mau, says Zim hip-hop will continue to play second fiddle to Zimdancehall until it becomes more accessible. The veteran Rusape-born star, who is now a born-again Christian determined to use hip-hop music as a form of Christian ministry, praised Zimdancehall for coming up…
HARARE – The Culture Fund of Zimbabwe has refuted prominent author and filmmaker Tsitsi Dangarembga’s claims that the arts funding body refused to finance the last novel in her Nervous Conditions trilogy. Chipo Muvezwa, the programmes officer for the funding body, told the Daily News through e-mail that Dangarembga made several applications for funds but…
HARARE – In this week’s article we are profiling Rumbidzai Ngwarai a fashion designer, who has caught the fashion industry by storm. We will get an insight on how her business is doing and also how others who wish to venture in such a business can go about it. Q: What kind of business are…
HARARE – Comedian Doc Vikela says Zimbabweans are scared to laugh at political jokes by stand-up comedians. The comedian — real name Victor Mpofu — said he noticed this from the time he started telling political jokes back in 2011. “People are scared. I did a President Robert Mugabe joke in 2011 but it’s being…
HARARE – This week I had the great opportunity of meeting and speaking to Mukunda M’Tandari, the lady behind Rudo Loves Creative Inc. Created in 2014, Rudo Loves is a fully integrated London-based company that concentrates on merging fashion, music and art by promoting and marketing African creatives via campaigns, productions and media platforms. Rudo…
HARARE – South Africa-based gospel musician Reverend Tapera Toggy Chivaviro says his recently released 10th album Ebenezer Tiri Munyasha has given him a deserved breakthrough. “Ebenezer for me has been the album. I knew one day my day would also come, having started recording in 1999,” Chivaviro told the Daily News. “Ebenezer is our 10th…
HARARE – Gospel artiste Bethen Pasinawako-Ngolomi featured Jonasi Kasamba, a former chanter in Alick Macheso’s Orchestra Mberikwazvo, on the track Ngavararame that will be part of the popular star’s forthcoming album. Bethen was impressed by the contribution of the Congolese chanter and is convinced that the soon-to-be-released album will help her return to the top…
