HARARE – Sungura musicians have hit out at the Harare International Festival of the Arts (Hifa) for excluding Zimbabwe’s most popular music genre from this year’s edition that began on April 28 and will end on Sunday. William Tsandukwa, the manager of sungura kingpin Alick Macheso, told the Daily News that the Tafadzwa singer is…
HARARE – Extreme Afrique, a rising gospel group led by leading producer Lyton Ngolomi, will launch a debut DVD album at Meikles Hotel on Friday. The DVD, titled Tomuziva Nenyasha, comprises of six videos shot and directed by National Arts Merit Awards (Nama) award -winning music video producer Willard “Slimaz” Magombedze. Bassist Brian Ngolomi, one…
HARARE – The Greyman Experiment, a play which was part of the theatre programme at the just-ended Harare International Festival of Arts (Hifa), will be taken to several African countries later this year. The play, which was written by Mandisi Gobodi and directed by Leeroy Gono, is scheduled to be taken to Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique…
HARARE – Organisers of the annual Winter Jazz festival say they are under pressure from sponsors to split this year’s event into two editions. Pamuzinda Ice and Fire director Josh Hozheri, who is one of the key drivers of the initiative, told the Daily News on Sunday that some sponsors want the Jazz festival, now…
HARARE – The Miss Zimbabwe Trust says it will dethrone current national queen Emily Kachote if investigations prove that her nude pictures are in circulation. Tendai Chirau, Miss Zimbabwe Trust’s communications and programmes manager, told a press conference yesterday that should Kachote be dethroned first princess, Ann-Grace Mutambu would take over. Miss Zimbabwe, Emily Kachote…
HARARE – Reggae star Mike “MicInity” Madamombe has been blasted by a Harare magistrate for continually applying for more time to clear in maintenance arrears for the upkeep of his two children. MicInity was initially hauled before magistrate Milton Serima in March when magistrate Milton Serima ordered him to clear $2100 arrears or face 6…
HARARE – Namibian artiste Jackson Wahengo says the late John Chibadura and Chimurenga legend Thomas Mapfumo played a part in shaping his music style. The Switzerland-based Wahengo, who was one of the star performers at the just-ended Harare International Festival of Arts (Hifa), told that the Daily News before he flew back to Switzerland that…
HARARE – Rising mbira star Hope Masike had a mere 20-minute cameo on stage with Malian music superstar Salif Keita during Sunday’s Harare International Festival of Arts (Hifa) closing concert but there is no doubt that it was the highlight of her career. It is not every day that a fledgling artiste gets to collaborate…
HARARE – Magaya says he was forced to cancel his maiden regional church crusade due to xenophobic attacks in neighbouring South Africa. The plans for PHD Ministries’ crusade pencilled for South Africa were at an advanced stage but they have been thwarted by the unjustifiable killings of foreign nationals across Limpopo River. Magaya told journalists…
HARARE – Walter Magaya, leader of Prophetic Healing and Deliverance (PHD) Ministries used popular sungura musician Alick Macheso as a fishing worm to “catch men” at an all-men night prayer held on Friday in Harare. Themed Creating a Man with Power, the event saw Macheso, a secular artiste performing in a church, sharing the stage…
