HARARE – Long-serving member for Freddy Manjalima aka Kapfupi’s Orchestra Ndozvo band, Blessing ‘Bonjisi’ Vingirai has died. He died on Sunday after battling Tuberculosis and Meningitis. Mourners are gathered in Norton. Vingirai was a dancer at the sungura group and at the same time he was an actor. Sam Manjalima, Orchestra Ndozvo publicist said Vingirai’s…
HARARE – This year’s 3rd edition of the Special Schools’ Arts Festival will see the coming together of more than 15 schools. The festival promotes the participation of children with disabilities and aims to make people aware of their abilities. Last year’s edition was held under the theme ‘Breaking Barriers’. The festival will be graced…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s music trends continue to dramatically change as different music genres dominate the showbiz sector. There was a time in the 90s and 2000 when gospel music was the in-thing and we used to even have South African artistes like Lundi and Rebecca Malope dominating our airwaves. I remember then that big gospel…
HARARE – Reggae musician Emmanuel Mannex Motsi survived a horrific car accident on Sunday morning in the capital which left his leg badly damaged. Mannex together with 12 of his band members were involved in an accident after a show at Richwood Sports Bar in Meyrrick Park where he was supported by the Bootkin Klan….
HARARE – Gospel music godfather Mechanic Manyeruke is not happy that people and his fans continually enquire about the promised Jaguar XF which has twice failed to materialise. Manyeruke believes the failure by a local company to honour their promise made last year is putting him under undue pressure as he has to explain the…
HARARE – Experinced spoken word artists Batsirai Chigama, Tinashe Tafirenyika and Vokal Da Poet are among 10 poets who have been shortlisted by Shoko Festival to compete for the right to be published on the Poetry International (Holland) website. The other selected poets are Zaza Muchemwa, Aerosol, Dikson, Conarth Macheka, Philip Ngomashi, Gwinyai Runyowa, and…
HARARE – Rooftop Promotions is in the process of adapting Stephen Chifunyise’s highly-acclaimed play Wedding Night into a feature film. The film, set to be released by mid-year, provides an insight into the institution of marriage in Zimbabwe. It will be directed by Joe Njagu who assumed the same role in films such as Lobola…
BULAWAYO – Bambelela Theatre Arts Ensemble will premiere its new play The Civil Servant during the Inxusa Theatre Festival and World Theatre Day Colloquium at Amakhosi Cultural Centre. The play, written and directed by Thabani Hillary Moyo, will be one of the key features of Inxusa that will run in Bulawayo from March 25 to…
HARARE – Beverly Sibanda, who recently quit pole dancing after joining Prophetic Healing and Deliverance (PHD) Ministries led by Walter Magaya, is working on a gospel album. The former leader of the Sexy Angels dancing group ventured into music last year with a secular debut album called Tapinda before joining PHD. Bev officially opening her…
HARARE – Over 2 000 artistes will feature in the annual National Institute of Allied Arts (NIAA) music festival that will run at various Zimbabwean schools until March 29. This year’s edition of the event, which began on March 10, has experienced a 10 percent increase in the number of participants. The festival is being…
