HARARE – Pastor Gift Mwanza has released a second album titled Mwari Vachatisvitsa after a four-year break from music. Mwanza, an Apostolic Faith Mission (AFM) pastor, says the new six-track offering revolves around God’s nature as the true elevator and transformer of people’s lives. “The album is all about the importance of God in everyone’s…
HARARE – Morgan and Tendai Dembo, sons of the late sungura music legend Leonard Musorowenyoka Dembo, are set to return to South Africa in October for two concerts. The Dembo siblings, who are backed by the Barura Express, have lined up the two shows in Johannesburg and in Thohoyandou in Limpopo Province. Wellington Mpandare, the…
HARARE – Book Café’s Wednesday Film Club presents a documentary on Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf’s first year as head of the West African nation. Titled Iron Ladies of Liberia (2007), this critically acclaimed film on Africa’s first elected female leader is presented by International Images Film Festival (IIFF) in conjunction with Pamberi Trust and The…
BULAWAYO – Rising gospel star Mathias Mhere last Saturday proved why he is popular in Bulawayo with another riveting performance. The Favour singer, alongside popular gospel artistes Charles and Olivia Charamba, was back in the City of Kings for an Apostolic Faith Mission in Zimbabwe (AFM) fund-raising concert. Mhere shared the stage with Worship Addicts…
HARARE – Life in the Big Brother Africa House has so far proved to be a case of perpetually ducking evictions for Zimbabwe’s housemates Pokello and Hakeem who face the chop again this week.Housemates from the rest of Africa appear determined to send Zimbabweans packing from the BBA House. On Monday Pokello received the highest…
HARARE – No untried band in the history of Zimbabwean music has ever attracted so much hype and controversy as Extra Kwazvose. With neither a show nor a song to their name, the offshoot of Alick Macheso’s Orchestra Mberikwazvo has attracted over 6 000 followers just two months after signing up for Facebook. Extra Kwazvose…
HARARE – In what will be the biggest dance party, the Dance Association of Zimbabwe (Daz) will on Tuesday night delight audiences when they show their dancing skills. The all-night gala set for Harare’s City Sports Bar will comprise 45 dance acts that are registered with Daz. The dance fiesta bill includes pole dancing, led…
HARARE – After successfully completing his music degree programme, Pastor Charles Charamba will be graduating next month. The years that Charamba has been absorbed in books, four of them to be precise, had slowed a number of his artistic projects; among them the regional and international tours. Last week, Charamba commenced on regional tours with…
JOHANNESBURG – It’s no secret that Oneal fancies himself quite the intellect so it is no surprise that he spent the evening giving an impromptu lecture to the Rubies. At Annabel’s request, the Tswana fellow talked about the highs and lows of his career as a disc jockey. “If I am playing you have to…
HARARE – After failing to make it in the Zanu PF primary elections, flamboyant businessman-cum-musician Energy Mutodi begrudgingly surrendered Goromonzi South Constituency to Beatrice Nyamupinga while drowning his sorrows in showbiz. Mutodi wrote on his Facebook page that he will no longer stop music as earlier indicated since his political ambitions have hit a brickwall….
