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…
HARARE – Two Harare Gardens concerts advertised under the banner of family shows started well into the night. Family shows are meant to give women and children a rare opportunity to see their favourite musicians such as Alick Macheso and Suluman Chimbetu performing during the day. Basing on that assumption, scores of unassuming families thronged…
HARARE – StarBrite, Zimbabwe’s leading talent search show, has extended scouting for potential participants of this year’s edition to prison inmates starting with Chikurubi Maximum Prison on Wednesday. Barney Mpariwa, director of the talent show, told the Daily News that his organisation was delighted to be part of the Zimbabwe Prison Service (ZPS)’s prisoner re-integration…
LONDON – Several months ago I was working on a Limited Edition Handbag Collection which was inspired by my old time favourite book Lord of the flies. Before I started designing, I spent about six weeks prior to putting anything on paper or leather, researching my concepts. While doing my research I became very much…
HARARE – Female dancehall artistes Lady Squanda and Bounty Lisa failed to show up for a highly-anticipated Kumabhebhi Concert at the Book Café on Thursday night forcing organisers to rope in Shinsoman as a last-minute replacement. Kumabhebhi Concerts, a brainchild of musicians Cindy Munyavi and Clare Nyakujara — are meant to promote female artistes. Thursday’s…
MUTARE – When a musician grudgingly speaks positively of a vice that has virtually killed any prospects of profitable recording, it just illustrates how music piracy has spun out of control. While shrinks may be tempted to explain Jusa Mupostori’s assertion that “piracy uplifted me” as a typical example of the Stockholm Syndrome — a…
