HARARE – National Arts Council of Zimbabwe (Nacz) says it will not stop embattled Chipaz Promotions’ forthcoming Zimdancehall Shutdown’ gig set for the City Sports Centre on December 19. Despite the fact that the national arts body is still investigating the violence that rocked the Sting Clash organised by the Partson Chimbodza-led promotions company at…
HARARE – Zimbabwean beauty queen Zinhle Kim Dube scooped the Miss Cultural International and Miss Heritage Africa titles at the Miss Heritage International pageant that recently took place in Nepal. The Plumtree-born model raised the country’s flag high at the international pageant which ran from November 25 to December 5. Despite losing the main Miss…
HARARE – Jazz star Prudence Katomeni-Mbofana and mbira princess Hope Masike will headline the 2014 Human Rights Day concert set for the Book Café on Wednesday night. The two celebrated performers will share the stage with emerging singer Ruvimbo “Raven” Mapanda in the final concert lined up by arts organisation Pamberi Trust and the Female…
HARARE – After the recent departure of drummer Obert Gomba, lead guitarist Noel Nyazanda and Congolese chanter Jonasi Kasamba from Extra Kwazvose, it was not surprising that the group’s weekend concert attracted unuasual interest. Scores of fans packed Marandure Night Club in Mt Hampden last Friday eager to see if the new Extra Kwazvose leader…
HARARE – Miss Carnival 2014 Gamuchirai Kujeke is confident she will not return empty handed from the Miss Tourism International pageant to be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malasyia on New Year’s Eve. Kujeke, who will depart for the world pageant tomorrow, says she has what it takes to at least grab a single title at…
HARARE – Over $7 000 is needed to repatriate the body of the late actress Pretty Xaba who succumbed to oesophageal cancer on Saturday in India, the ex-Studio 263 actress’ family has said. Ruth Xaba, a family spokesperson, told the Daily News that the amount would be used to bring back the body of the…
HARARE – Chipaz Promotions has promised a violence-free Zimdancehall night as the cream of dancehall artistes converge again on December 19 at Harare’s City Sports Centre for the Zimdancehall Shutdown gig. Partson Chimbodza of Chipaz Promotions said they have learnt from their past mistakes were violence marred their gigs and had put the necessary precautions…
BULAWAYO – Visual artist Mthabisi Phili has come up with an initiative entitled Feet-in City which seeks to spread art to high density suburbs. Phili told the Daily News on Sunday that the programme he organised through his organisation called Voices in Colour, is determined to take art out of the usual formal spaces. “We…
HARARE – Waison Mupedza is an amazing painter who enjoys creating images depicting the science of “open or infinite space”. Born in 1973, he lives and works as a full time artist in Harare while also running a workshop studio in Domboshava. An interesting collection at his studios comprise acrylic paintings on canvas and paper…
HARARE – Tonight one lucky contestant will go home $300 000 dollars richer from the Big Brother Africa (BBA) House. Africa’s most popular reality show, which this year has been titled “Big Brother Hotshots”, has reached an exciting finale in which the remaining eight housemates are battling it out to pocket the coveted prize money….
