HARARE – Celebrated gospel artistes Charles and Olivia Charamba have cancelled a show set for Cape Town due to the ongoing xenophobic violence in South Africa. The two gospel artistes told the Daily News that holding the concert under the current environment could endanger not only their lives but those of fellow Zimbabweans resident in…
HARARE – Former Miss Zimbabwe Catherine Makaya has embarked on a fund-raising campaign for xenophobia victims in South Africa, where she is studying Law at the University of Johannesburg. Makaya whose reign lasted only three months before falling out with the Miss Zimbabwe Trust chairperson, Marry Chiwenga said people are not looking at the health…
HARARE – The Ministry of Health and Child Care in conjunction with Population Services International has resorted to the use of theatre in mobilising people for male circumcision in Masvingo Province. The PSI intensified its male circumcision campaigns during school holidays as youths are part of the targeted group. The Daily News has learnt that…
HARARE – Rasta-Kwasa musician Dino Mudondo has resurfaced with a ‘social marketing’ song he collaborated on with old friend and Chimurenga artiste Jairos Chabvonga. The song is about the Ebola virus. “I have been putting my house in order hence keeping a low profile in showbiz. I have discovered a winning formula therefore fans should…
HARARE – Zimbabwean artistes have been invited to collaborate with their counterparts from other southern African countries on an anti-xenophobia song. The initiative is the brainchild of Afrika Revenge’s Willis WaTaffi and radio personality Zandile ‘Zaza’ Ndlovu who are currently mobilising artistes from Zimbabwe, South Africa, Malawi and Zambia to feature on the song. Artistes…
HARARE – Award-winning Zimdancehall songbird Lady Squanda has featured in a comedy titled Who Is the Owner? Lady Squanda, who was born Sandra Gazi, featured in the one-hour-20-minute-long comedy by Noel Zikhali where she plays the role of an employee at a car-washing facility. The Sadza Rangu singer and her fellow employees routinely drink beer…
HARARE – Zimdancehall star Shinsoman failed to fulfil his maiden concert in Cyprus after his name was wrongly spelt on his air ticket from Dubai to Cyprus. The Highfield-bred musician, who calls himself the Dancehall Father, was scheduled to perform in Cyprus for Zimbabwean students from various universities in that country who had organised the…
HARARE – Danish International Development Agency (Danida) has facilitated the closing act at this year’s Harare International Festival of the Arts (Hifa) featuring Malian superstar Salif Keita and mbira princess Hope Masike. The aim of this year’s cooperation between Danida and Hifa is to enhance the role of culture as a medium for free expression…
HARARE – Over the past two weeks, Zambezi News — a three-year-old local comedy series featuring Comrade Fatso, Michael Kudakwashe, Tongai Leslie Makawa and Stacey Danana — has made the news on global television stations like BBC and CNN. The Daily News on Sunday’s Sharon Muguwu caught up with Comrade Fatso to get more insight…
HARARE – When the “Mbira in Schools” Project was launched in August last year, its founder Albert Chimedza hardly imagined that his ambitious initiative would quickly spread its influence to as far as Canada. Montreal-based Ginette Hétu-Bertrand, who briefly lived in Harare soon after independence, has set up an organisation that seeks to promote the…
