HARARE – Television personality Oscar Pambuka says his five-year term in office as patron of Zimdancehall will see an end to rampant violence that has dogged the genre for a couple of years. Pambuka, who resigned from the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Holdings in 2004 when he joined local textile manufacturing company David Whitehead as public relations…
HARARE – Flamboyant sungura musician-cum-politician Energy Mutodi will launch his 10th album Ndinokutendai (I Thank You) comprising the song, Havo Ndibaba where he praises Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa. The album, which is expected to hit the market in the first week of April, also implores government to legalise prostitution. Mutodi, whose previous album Ndiri Munzira…
HARARE – Multi-gifted artist Luckmore Magaya is confident that his latest offing, a star-studded short film titled Shame On Us will prove that he has come of age. The 24-year-old Magaya’s impressive resume includes acting, singing, and poetry. He was part of the cast in the 2010 Nama best Oustanding Film Production (television drama) winner…
HARARE – Gweru-based treble National Arts Merit Awards (Nama) winning artist Forbes Mushipe has embarked on imparting artistic skills to young and vulnerable children starting in his home province, Midlands. Mushipe, who won the Nama in the mixed media category for three years consecutively, believes it is high time for him to plough back into…
HARARE – Miners Shot Down, the multi-award-winning documentary on the tragic story of the Marikana Mine massacre, will be screened by the Book Café on Thursday. South African director and producer, Rehad Desai, who produced the internationally-acclaimed documentary, will also attend the Book Café screening where he will answer questions on the film. Miners Shot…
HARARE – The first edition of the Zambezi Book Expo, which seeks to bring together stakeholders in the book industry, will run at the Harare International Conference Centre from September 24 to 26, the fair’s organisers have said. Joy Madewu, the coordinator of the event, told the Daily News that the expo is a re-imagined…
HARARE – Multichoice intends to cut off Digital Satellite Television, (DStv) viewers who pay their subscriptions in South Africa while residing in Zimbabwe. Without specifying the time when this move will be implemented, DStv parent company Multichoice last week said that an audit had been conducted to determine the accounts that needed to be corrected….
HARARE – Contemporary musician Mr Lee, real name Leonard Chidziva, has released his debut album Zverudo, which comes with a rich Zambian flavour to it. The eight-track album titled Zverudo, recorded and produced in Zambia by CB the DJ, is dominated by love ballads that are getting rave reviews in Zambia. Mr Lee, who is…
BULAWAYO – Popular songbird and dancer Sandra Ndebele launched her seventh album titled Izenzo during a well-attended and colourful ceremony at the Large City Hall on Thursday. The 10-track album features Jah Prayzah on the song Love yemShona leNdebele. Jah Prayzah attended the album launch. The other guest artistes on the album are urban groover…
HARARE – Hundreds packed the Book Café on Saturday night to witness music legend Oliver Mtukudzi’s last show in Zimbabwe before he leaves for a long international tour. It was arguably the biggest crowd to attend a Book Café concert ever since the award-winning arts venue re-opened in 2012 at its Samora Machel base. So…
