A NON-PROFIT organisation POVOAfrika Trust has launched the “Musicable” project, an innovative empowerment programme that will support people with disabilities to record their work and accessing markets. The project that will run in Harare, Bulawayo and Mutare up to September 15 is part of POVOAfrika Trust’s increased support to communities that are often excluded from…
AFRO-FUSION artiste, David Hondoyedzomba, simply known as HD in the music circles, has commenced a countrywide tour to promote his latest studio album titled Marecovery. The 10-track album was recently launched in Harare. “This album is my fourth project since I ventured into the music industry and I started to promote it yesterday,” HD said. On…
By Dakarai Mashava and Anesu Mirisawu FOR many, and for a good reason too, Thomas Mapfumo, who recently announced that he will quit the stage soon, is the most influential musician who ever walked the face of the earth. The Chimurenga icon, who is invariably called the Mukanya, Lion of Zimbabwe and Hurricane Hugo, was…
ONE of the leading medical aid schemes, Bonvie has closed the Men’s Month— June— in style in Harare and Bulawayo with a…
Ashley MoyoENTERTAINMENT WRITER RASTA-KWASA artiste Dino Mudondo, who recently returned to Zimbabwe after six years in South Africa, has lined up a nationwide tour as part of efforts to revive his career locally. Apart from the tour, the Chirangano Chedu singer has also promised to release a number of new tracks as part of his…
By Anesu MirisawuENTERTAINMENT WRITERmirisawua@dailynews.co.zw DECORATED Chimurenga musician Thomas “Mukanya” Mapfumo’s fans have organised a bash to be held at Mushandirapamwe Hotel in Highfield on July 2 to celebrate the music icon’s 78th birthday. Vhusa Dzimwasha, one of the organisers of the highly anticipated celebratory bash, said the event will take place a day before Mukanya’s…
EFFORTS to debunk myths associated with albinism need the support of everyone, Alive Albinism Initiative Zimbabwe patron, Eldrette Shereni has said. In…
ZIMBABWE Fashion Week (ZFW), which is set to bounce back in October after a four-year hiatus, has selected 10 beneficiaries of its Creative Accelerator Programme. The programme, to be executed in partnership with the Chinhoyi University (CUT) of Technology’s Department of Clothing Textile Technology in the School of Arts & Design, seeks to empower selected…
Ashley MoyoENTERTAINMENT WRITER ORGANISERS of the weekly musical event “Mashwede Jolly Jamming” are optimistic the show will go a long way in empowering local artistes. The event, held every Tuesday at Mashwede Village in Glen View in Harare, features an array of musicians from different genres. “The idea is to give our musicians – both…
By Ashley Moyo SEKUNJALO ma Africa successfully booked a place in the Chibuku Neshamwari Traditional Dance national finals after winning the Bulawayo provincial decider held at Manor Hotel in Zimbabwe’s second largest city on Saturday. For winning the Bulawayo contest Sekunjalo ma Africa took home US$2500 with second-placed Umkhati Theatre Works, who showcased the Amabhiza…
