HARARE – Chimurenga music legend Thomas Mapfumo (70) was born Michael Munhumumwe and only started using his current name at the age of nine, a just-released biography of the iconic artiste written by Banning Eyre claims. The chimurenga music legend was born to Janet Chinhamo and Tapfumaneyi Mupariwa on July 2 1945 but was raised…
HARARE – Chimurenga music star Thomas Mapfumo says the illegality of marijuana is an injustice because the ‘weed’ was created by God, according to his just-released biography penned by American ethnomusicologist and guitarist Banning Eyre. In the 362-page biography titled Lion Songs: Thomas Mapfumo and the music that made Zimbabwe published by Duke University Press,…
HARARE – Dancehall chanter Soul Jah Love should shed off the bad boy image he is portraying because it is destroying his promising musical career. The youthful chanter is always in the media for the wrong reasons that include threatening journalists and snubbing or getting to scheduled concerts late. He has also come under fire…
HARARE – Dethroned Miss Zimbabwe Emily Kachote has hit out at the Miss Zimbabwe Trust saying they are not qualified to talk about morals when the pageant’s officials were getting drunk during the contestants’ boot camp. Kachote was dethroned as Miss Zimbabwe title holder last week over her nude pictures which were said to be…
HARARE – Dethroned Miss Zimbabwe, Emily Kachote, said yesterday she will not return her bejewelled crown until pageant organisers tell her what wrong she did. The Marry Chiwenga-led Miss Zimbabwe Trust (MZT) on Wednesday said Kachote, 25, had been dethroned for violating rules and regulations governing the pageant. An emotionally-charged Kachote lashed back at her…
HARARE – Fashion designer Tarisayi Gweje is headed for the United Kingdom for the London Africa Fashion week following an impressive showcase at the Nigeria Fashion week held in May. Gweje, 29 runs the label, Chaivo Fashions that showcased designs at Hifa 2014, which are inspired by the Salarygate Scandal. “I applied to go to…
HARARE – Gospel musician Mudiwa Hood and Kingdom Embassy leader Passion Java are set to star in a film to be released on June 27, entitled Deception. Robert Nyagwaya, Eagle Eye film productions public relations officer told the Daily News that the film which will premiere at Ster Kinekor Eastgate is premised on the life…
HARARE – Comedian Carl Joshua Ncube has been nominated for the Fifth Annual South African Savannah Comic Choice Awards. Carl, who has brought Zimbabwean comedy to the limelight through his innovation and rigorous marketing, is delighted to be in the running for the coveted awards. “It is a huge deal just being considered. I know…
HARARE – South African film star Katlego “Dineo Mashaba” Danke says the great reception she got on her recent tour of Zimbabwe demonstrates the senselessness of the xenophobia that rocked her homeland. The ex-Generations star visited Bulawayo and Harare at the end of May along with Rhythm City’s Zintle Ncipha to grace the launch of…
HARARE – Rising Jamaican dancehall star Charly Black is set to perform in Zimbabwe on August 8 during the Heroes Sunsplash to be hosted at Long Cheng Plaza. Thirty-year-old Black, whose real name is Desmond Mendize, will be performing in Zimbabwe for the first time in a gig that has been put together by United…
