HARARE – In the last two decades, Zimbabwe has witnessed a lot of interest from bilateral and multilateral partners in bringing artistes to Zimbabwe as well as sending artists to other countries especially Europe. This is a positive development that enables Zimbabwe to benchmark its arts with that of other countries. There is no law…
HARARE – What is this hullabaloo about Big Brother and morals? Hallo; open your eyes and take a reality check. I have noted with raised eyebrows how people judge Big Brother Africa contestants on how immoral and unAfrican they are. First of all BBA was never about morals, that is why it is rated 18+,…
HARARE – Music legend Ambuya Stella Chiweshe really means it when she says the mbira is much more than a powerful traditional music instrument. Her long stay in Germany has not detached arguably Zimbabwe’s most celebrated female mbira player from the Shona culture she prides in. The recent discussion at the Book Café on the…
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….
HARARE – High-riding musician Jah Prayzah says a presentation ceremony for $12 000 and a musical kit he was promised by businessman Philip Chiyangwa and Tendai Savanhu respectively three months ago has been set for Mutare next month. The two politicians pledged the presents during a high-profile launch of Jah Prayzah’s fourth album Tsviriyo which…
HARARE – Extra Kwazvose, an offshoot of Alick Macheso’s Orchestra Mberikwazvo, will make their first show at Chitungwiza Aquatic Complex on July 12. The new sungura group, whose key members are dancer/vocalist Francis “Franco ‘Slomo’ Dhaka, drummer Obert Gomba, Congolese chanter Jonas Kasamba and lead guitarist Noel Nyazanda, will share the stage with crowd-pullers Jah…
ZIMBABWE’S Big Brother Africa representatives Hakeem Mandaza and Pokello Nare are up for eviction yet again. The duo was lined-up for the chopping block after Monday’s nomination sessions. Though Hakeem and Pokello have both survived eviction once before, this week is the first time the two Zimbabwean housemates have been put up for eviction at the…
ZIMBABWEAN businessman and ex-broadcaster James Makamba is sorely missed by his friends and relatives back home. Yet the bearded Telecel Zimbabwe chairperson is “home away from home” — at least judging by the way he has conducted himself in the last three weeks in which he has launched a website to keep in touch with…
HARARE – Top Zimbabwean female musicians will share the stage with superstar Oliver Mtukudzi at the Book Café on Tuesday as part of the Female Literary, Arts and Music Enterprise (Flame) gender programme. The unique performance will feature mbira star Chiwoniso Maraire, afro-jazz star Dudu Manhenga, Clare Nyakujara, Uza, Rute Mbangwa, Tari neGitare, Diana Samkange,…
HARARE – Mbira star Hope Masike feels honoured to be associated with the Special Schools Arts Festival which kicks off in the Harare Gardens at midday today. Masike, who recently returned from a two-week tour of Europe, will be one of facilitators of several arts workshops designed to help school-going artists with disabilities fulfil their…
