HARARE – Zimbabweans based in Canada are currently raising funds to repatriate to Zimbabwe the body of Thomson Kachingwe, a former manager of chimurenga music legend Thomas Mapfumo who passed away in Toronto on May 31. The body of the veteran 61-year-old music personality is expected to be flown to Zimbabwe next week. Kachingwe, who…
HARARE – Dendera singer Tryson Chimbetu says blood is thicker than water; hence there is no need for him to have any beef with his elder cousin Suluman. The 26-year-old Tryson aka Dr Nero, who with wife Nyarai Mukumba were recently blessed with a son, Keane Naison Chimbetu said Suluman and himself have never had…
HARARE – Detractors of Mary Chiwenga, who took over from Kiki Divaris as chairperson of the Miss Zimbabwe Trust three years ago, have every reason to liken the former model to a bull in a china shop. Several Miss Zimbabwe queens and beauty industry stakeholders have found Chiwenga’s cash-rich reign at the national pageant a…
HARARE – Last week’s dethronement of Miss Zimbabwe 2015 Emily Kachote over alleged nude pictures has been described as unfair by gender activists and modelling experts contacted by the Daily News. The Miss Zimbabwe Trust, chaired by Marry Chiwenga, wife of Zimbabwe Defence Forces commander general Constantine Chiwenga, booted out Kachote over claims that the…
HARARE – Fashion lovers it’s that time again! The Fashion Market is back on June 27 at Honeybear Guestlodge in Harare. This year’s edition, a collaboration with Model Management International, will bring to you a winter Wonderland-themed event as well as a Fashion show called ‘Diversity’ that brings together local designers. The Fashion Market is…
HARARE – They say all that is blessed by your parents will reach greatness. So is the story of Myrah Dube, 24 an immensely talented afro-jazz diva whose father bought her first guitar while her mother bought her the first performance dress. Growing up in Masvingo, she relocated to Bulawayo at the age of 11….
HARARE – Rapper Tehn Diamond says he is looking forward to working with fellow artistes he met at the Festa2H hip-hop festival which took place last week in Senegal. The Happy hitmaker said the festival which is the biggest hip-hop festival in Africa was an eye-opener for him. “It was an incredible, well organised and…
HARARE – Sungura kingpin Alick Macheso says he is in no hurry to release a new album. The Tafadzwa singer, whose last offering was the 2012 album Kwatakabva Mitunhu (Kure Kwekure), told the Daily News in an exclusive interview at his Chitungwiza offices that reports that he would drop his long-awaited album this month were…
HARARE – Zimbabwean author, life coach and motivational speaker Rabison Shumba will today officially open the Bergen Afro-Arts Festival (BAAF) that will run in the west-coast Norwegian city until Saturday. Shumba, who is the keynote speaker, will present a paper on the Day of the African Child, commemorated annually on the continent. This year’s celebrations…
HARARE – Zimbabwe Music Rights Association (Zimura) has written off royalties that the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (Zbc) should have paid to musicians between 2011 and 2014. Zimura Director Polisile Ncube told the Daily News that the writing off the debt was a result of the consultations between the two parties that also involved the information,…
