HARARE – Music promoters regard the Harare International Festival of the arts (Hifa)’s decision to end this year’s edition with a Zim dancehall concert as an endorsement of the music genre. The Zim Dancehall Blast Concert featuring Killer T, Lady Squanda, Ricky Fire, Platinum Prince and Dhadza D will conclude the 14th edition of Hifa…
HARARE – Rooftop Promotions director Daves Guzha claims the 2012 closure of Theatre in the Park that his organisation had run in the Harare Gardens for 17 years affected the livelihoods of 900 people. Guzha told the Daily News that the impact of the closure of one of Zimbabwe’s leading theatre brands has been underestimated….
BULAWAYO – Bambata Actors Centre director Styx Mhlanga has completed casting Athol Fugard’s Master Harold and the Boys, a play which is a Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) ‘O’ Level set book. The award-winning Mhlanga is confident that the conversion of the classic ‘O’ Level set book into a stage play enhances understanding of the…
HARARE – Only old timers can remember the late gospel musician Brian Sibalo, whose gospel hits rocked the airwaves in the 80’s. Since his death in 1997, Sibalo’s music has continued to play in the hearts of old gospel lovers who believe the musician’s life was cut short. Sibalo’s hit Tinokutendai Baba a song he…
HARARE – Weak education policies at secondary school level are suppressing the pursuit of performance arts as a career option by talented children, a senior education official has said. Isaiah Mhembere, Manicaland provincial education officer in charge of arts and culture, made the remarks during the inaugural edition of Manicaland Secondary Schools Folk Dance and…
HARARE – Magamba Network will hold conferences on citizen journalism and technology this week in Gweru and Bulawayo. The meetings, going under the name The Hub, will kick off at the Midlands State University in Gweru on Wednesday before concluding a day later at the National Art Gallery in Bulawayo. Resource persons for the conferences…
HARARE – Several dancehall artistes endorsed Soul Jah Love and Bounty Lisa’s engagement party with an explosive show that ended in the wee hours of Sunday morning with revellers still wanting more. The concert, however, had its hiccups including a poor stage set-up that made it difficult for the crowd to see the performers. That,…
HARARE – Freeman, whose album New Chapta was voted the Best Dancehall Album for 2013 at the end of last month, is off to Australia for an April 19 show in the city of Perth. The dancehall star, who was born Emegy Sylvester Chizanga, believes the award he won on March 28, will spur him…
HARARE – National Institute of Allied Arts (NIAA) director Beverly Abrahams says her organisation plans to organise a writing workshop for teachers and schoolchildren that will be facilitated by five Zimbabwean writers currently attending a Caine Prize Writers Workshop. Zimbabwean writers Barbara Mhangami-Ruwende, Bella Matambanadzo, Lawrence Hoba, Philani Nyoni and Byrony Rheam are part of…
HARARE – Music superstar Oliver ‘Tuku’ Mtukudzi bemoans the time he wasted pursuing academic studies that he had no passion for. The 62 year old internationally recognised music icon who has just returned from a three-month world tour believes he could have achieved a lot more if he had taken music seriously from a tender…
