Entertainment

HARARE – Zimcopy, the country’s sole royalties collecting society for authors and written works, says universities are the major perpetrators of book piracy. Greenfield Chilongo, the Zimcopy executive director, told a recent capacity building workshop on intellectual property royalties that the country’s institutions of education were refusing to acknowledge their high dependence on photocopying. “Our…

HARARE – Organisers of the Tokwe-Mukorsi Benefit Concert, which was initially set for May 10, insist the show will go ahead once the necessary logistical support is in place. Lawrence Chinoperekwei, the representative of Divine Assignments — the promoters of the show — told the Daily News that a date for the concert would be…

HARARE – Iconic Zimbabwean musician, Oliver Mtukudzi, has sent a message to Alick Macheso’s camp apologising as he will not be able to make it into the country in time for the top Sungura musician’s 46th birthday gig at Glamis Arena in Harare tomorrow, June 6, 2014. Tuku, who was billed to perform along with…

HARARE – Sungura artiste Peter “Young Igwe” Moyo and the Utakataka Express will begin shooting videos of songs off his maiden album Mushonga Mukuru this month. The Utakataka Express manager Sukol Dube, confirmed the development in an interview with the Daily News yesterday. “We have been working on our choreography since January this year and…

BULAWAYO – Upcoming Bulawayo author Njabulo Moyo has been appointed the African Young Writers Association (Aywa) director for Zimbabwe. Aywa is a youth organisation based in the Ghanaian capital, Accra and seeks to create a platform for young African writers to share stories about the writing craft. Part of the organisation’s activities include participation in…

HARARE – Dancehall star Soul Jah Love’s former manager, Courage Zikhali, has dismissed the controversial artiste’s latest track titled Handimbomira as “sour grapes.” Zikhali, who recently parted ways with the Simudza Musoro singer under acrimonious circumstances, told the Daily News yesterday that Soul Jah Love’s attack in the new song was motivated by sheer bitterness….

HARARE – Raunchy dancer Berverly ‘Bev’ Sibanda has been fined $100 for contravening sections of the Censorship and Entertainement Act. Bev, 23, pleaded guilty to two counts of violating provisions of the Act which prohibit “public entertainment not approved by the censorship board”. Harare magistrate Donald Ndirowei sentenced Bev to five  months imprisonment of which…

HARARE – Businessman Phillip Chiyangwa says he has given away more than 100 residential stands to different local musicians in his life time. He says this is part of his social responsibility. He was speaking to the Daily News after giving Suluman Chimbetu a second residential stand in Harare’s Stone Ridge Park  as a birthday…

HARARE – Actor and reality television star, Munyaradzi Chidzonga, is in South Africa after landing a leading role in a South African soapie, Mzansi Love. His screen character is called Mark and it is an e.tv series. He is currently on set shooting the series. Chidzonga first hogged the limelight in 2010 at the Big…