HARARE – All is set for the 2014 edition of Chibuku Road to Fame, Zimbabwe’s biggest and most successful talent identification platform. This year Chibuku Road to Fame will kick start in Masvingo on June 7 and then move to the rest of Zimbabwe’s 10 provinces. “As usual, the finals of the Chibuku Road to…
HARARE – Sungura music star Alick Macheso, who has fallen out with his former wife Tafadzwa Mapako — has sparked fierce debate over the way he treated his children for sunken fontanels (nhova). This comes as the award-winning star is fending off a costly divorce from his ex-second wife who sensationally claimed Macheso had ‘inserted’…
HARARE – Blessing Hungwe, the writer and co-producer of the play Lovers in Time — a comedy that explores taboos around Mbuya Nehanda and Sekuru Kaguvi — says it was never his intention to rewrite history. The playwright told the Daily News that he was disappointed that certain people found it fit to disrupt the…
HARARE – Controversial dancer Beverly ‘Bev’ Sibanda and the high-rising Jah Prayzah have been included in the forthcoming Harare International Carnival’s Sungura Night to be held at Pamuzinda Ice and Fire on May 23. Chipaz Promotions — the organisers of the sungura segment of the carnival — believe the two entertainers will add more lustre…
HARARE – Striking a balance between motherhood and a career in music has proved a tough lifestyle for many musicians. On Mother’s Day, the Daily News on Sunday interviewed several female musicians in a bid to understand how they juggle looking after their children and pursuing music careers. Edith ‘WeUtonga’ Katiji, who just had a…
LONDON – Mother’s Day celebrates mothers and motherhood and acknowledges the influence of women in society. It is one of the noblest annual celebrations observed in the world. The fact that Mothers’ Day is embraced by every rational human entity and celebrated in almost all parts of the world, demonstrates the incomparable pricelessness of women…
HARARE – Artists must be wary of the Zimbabwe Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (Zimcos) which claims to have the power to license music pirates on behalf of musicians, the Zimbabwe Intellectual Property Office (Zipo) has said. Zipo, which falls under the ministry of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs, told the Daily News yesterday that no…
HARARE – Tariro Negitare and four other Zimbabwean musicians will leave for Germany for collaborations with Jamaram-the band that replaced Freshlyground as the closing act of this year’s Harare International Festival of Arts (Hifa). The highly-rated Tariro, who has a single self-titled album under her belt, will be joined on the trip to Europe’s biggest…
HARARE – Most Zimbabweans will most likely assume that anyone christened Tendayi has a lineage that can be traced to this country but an American artiste called Tendayi Kuumba proves the fallacy of such thinking. Tendayi, a dancer and singer who was born in Washington 25 years ago, has no Zimbabwean heritage at all. She…
HARARE – Fashion designer Tarisai Gweje has drawn inspiration from a very unlikely source-the Salarygate Scandals. Most Zimbabweans, who are struggling to make ends meet in an economy that is grinding to a halt, were horrified when details of astronomical salaries paid to certain corporate leaders in Zimbabwe were divulged in the press a few…
