Entertainment

HARARE – Angela Chimbetu, the widow of the late Dendera musician Simon, received an emotional send-off yesterday afternoon at Warren Hills cemetery in the capital, Harare. The burial was attended by music promoters, her Zaoga Church members and several musicians including Charles Charamba, Mathias Mhere, Trymore Bande, Alick Macheso, First Farai, Somandla Ndebele, Chimbetu family…

HARARE – This year’s season of the Big Brother Africa reality TV show came to an end on Sunday with Namibia’s Dillish bagging the $300 000 prize, a surprise win. Cleo was announced the first runner-up of the show. But Zimbabwe did not walk away entirely empty handed as Elikem said he would share his…

HARARE – Utakataka Express front-man Peter Moyo is reluctant to take back Gift Katulika aka Shiga Shiga saying he is more comfortable working with band members who stood by him through thick and thin. The young Igwe spoke to the Daily News yesterday from his Kwekwe base after speculation that the youthful musician is considering…

HARARE – Ninja president Winky D brought down the Mutare Hillside Golf Club, as Africa University (AU) students bused to the venue danced the night away at the Campus Nite gig bankrolled by Lion Lager. The Ninja president jumped onto the stage, sending revellers into delirium after unleashing his hit track Musarove Bigman.  The ongoing…

HARARE – Freestate, a short film featuring veteran actor Steven Chigorimbo alongside Canadian lead actress and director Martha Ferguson, premiered in Harare on Friday. The 12-minute film on a special relationship between a single white woman and her married driver, is the main highlight of the highlight of the International Images Film Festival (IIFF). Freestate,…

VICTORIA FALLS – Tourism Night awakened the resort town of Victoria Falls as various musicians took turns to shine and receive delegates to the UNWTO assembly which officially opened on Saturday. The musical night which has been dubbed Tourism Night by organisers, the Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA), lived up to the high expectations from the…

HARARE – Vivacious Star Gist presenter and Zimbabwe’s former Big Brother representative Vimbai Mutinhiri has landed a Nokia Lumia advertising deal. Vimbai was chosen along with Nigeria’s Uti Nwachukwu and South Africa’s Lawrence Maleka to feature in commercials marketing the trendy phone. As a young, fashionable and trendy It Girl on the continent, Vimbai was…

HARARE – Were, who recently clinched the top prize at the Imagine Festival held in Norway, underlined their growing reputation by winning the Chibuku Road to Fame Harare provincial finals. The five-piece Chitungwiza-based afro-fusion group beat sungura group Njanja Express into second place with Pakare Paye Arts Centre Group, Tsvete, claiming third place in a…

HARARE – Italian Ambassador Stefano Moscatelli has announced a high-powered steering committee which will advise the Italian Jazz Festival which has been rebranded to October World Music Festival. Local musicians Dudu Manhenga and Hope Masike are part of the high-powered committee which also features several personalities from important cultural organisations based in Zimbabwe. The other…

HARARE – My Own Boss kicked off on Friday with 44 contestants being given tasks by businessman Philip Chiyangwa. The entrepreneurial reality show, now in its fifth season, requires contestants to come up with ideas on how to make money and run successful businesses. Simanga Zhou, the executive producer of the show which is aired…