BULAWAYO – Sungura kingpin Alick Macheso has bowed to pressure and cancelled a May 24 Bulawayo show to placate local musicians who have lined up a festival on the same date. Forty musical groups from Zimbabwe’s second-largest city are set to share the stage at an all-night gig dubbed Bulawayo Comes Alive Festival whose date…
HARARE – Sungura music godfather Nicholas “Madzibaba” Zacharia has quit Mugodhi apostolic sect to join a Pentecostal church Prophetic Healing and Deliverance (PHD) Ministries led by Walter Magaya. The popular artiste who had been a member of Mugodhi since 2007 told the Daily News yesterday that he believes he has found a proper spiritual home….
HARARE – The overwhelming response to last month’s Big Brother (BB) auditions has convinced Multichoice Zimbabwe to set up a fan club for the reality show. Popular public personalities like socialite Pokello Nare, Tanya Chikuni, musicians Lady Squanda, Taurai Mandebvu and former Big Brother UK contestant Makhosi Musambasi attended the auditions. Elizabeth Dziva, Multichoice Zimbabwe…
HARARE – Twenty- three finalists, who are in the running for the Miss Carnival Queen and Miss Heritage Zimbabwe title, will begin an eight-day camp at Rainbow Towers Hotel in Harare on Thursday. The official induction dubbed “Carnival Queen Sashing Ceremony” will be held at the same venue on Friday. The contestants are going to…
HARARE – In a country in which few models can boast of being ambassadors of global brands, it is not difficult to understand why Betty Gugulethu Moyo is thrilled to be the first ever Black Opal Face of Zimbabwe (Bofoz). Betty believes her appointment in March this year as local face of Black Opal is…
HARARE – The planned tour of Zimbabwe this month end by two popular American gospel artistes Cece Winans and Pastor Donnie McClurkin is off. Red Ink Events, who were behind the efforts to bring the popular duo to Zimbabwe, failed to raise adequate funds to bankroll the concert. “Unfortunately we have had to cancel the…
HARARE – Comedian Carl Joshua Ncube has introduced monthly comedy nights which seek to identify young talented comedians. The first talent search shows will take place on May 29 at Londoners Night Club. Ncube told the Daily News yesterday of his intention to elevate comedy in Zimbabwe. “I have been planning for a while to…
HARARE – The Harare International Festival of Arts (Hifa) promised an opening show awash with legendary music, dance and visuals and that is exactly what they delivered on Tuesday night. Directed by Asa Jogi, graduates from Zimbabwean talent search show Starbrite took the packed Telecel Main Stage on a scintillating musical journey from the 1960s…
HARARE – Zimbabwean music legend Oliver Mtukudzi, sungura kingpin Alick Macheso and dendera star Suluman Chimbetu will headline the three-day Mutare festival set for the eastern border town next month. The festival, which will run from May 17 to 19 at popular Mutare entertainment joint Pick n Save, will also feature Mutare native Hosiah Chipanga,…
HARARE – Dendera musician Tryson Chimbetu will finally launch his fourth album Compass tomorrow at Ligi Sports bar in Harare. Compass was supposed to have been released earlier this year during the commemoration gig of his father Naison on March 22. Tryson’s failure to reach an agreement with Diamond Studios scuttled the planned launch….
