Life & Arts

Anesu Mirisawu mirisawua@dailynews.co.zw    REIGNING Miss Albinism Zimbabwe queen Angela Dube and Ntandoyenkosi Mnkandla are set to represent the country at the inaugural Mister and Miss Albinism Southern Africa pageant slated for October in Harare. The duo will  compete with Malawi’s Hilda Macheso and Richard Mithi; Susan Phiri and  Emmanuel Mwale from Zambia; Andreia Sicato and Arthur Mukonda…

Ashley Moyo moyoa@dailynews.co.zw THE Zimbabwe Music Rights Association (Zimura) — a collective management organisation with a duty to manage composers’ music rights in the country, the region and internationally — is set to resume copyright awareness workshops across the country.  This comes as the organisation also held a number of workshops in different parts of…

Ashley Moyo moyoa@dailynews.co.zw TRANSACTIONS, a documentary by renowned filmmaker and writer Rumbi Katedza, has been nominated in the Media and Culture category at the Grimme Prize awards. The winners of the 59th Grimme Prize, one of the most important German television awards, will be announced on March 21. “It’s truly an honour to be nominated…

TWO Zimbabweans are among the 60 students selected for the MultiChoice Talent Factory programme for 2023, both of them hoping to help boost the ranks of trained professionals in Africa’s growing world of filmmaking. Liz Dziva, publicity and public relations manager of MultiChoice Zimbabwe, said Marvellous Matswimbo and Simbarashe Nyahwa of Harare had joined 58…

AFTER conquering the music industry, both as a producer and singer, Botswana-based artiste Dr Tawanda has set his eyes on the peanut butter industry. Born Tawanda Kasaira, the celebrated music producer has already made a name for himself in the food industry thanks to his brand Tabeka.“Venturing into peanut butter production was never one of…

By Ashley Moyomoyoa@dailynews.co.zw GWANDA arts promoter Proficience Cadder has come up with a new talent search show dubbed Dlala Mntwana Talent Search which is aimed at identifying and uplifting artists from this part of the country. The event, organised by the two time TESMA awards winner together with her Planet Kadder Academy, will be held…

ASAMBENI hit-maker Mzoe 7 is putting final touches to his latest studio Extended Play (EP) which is meant to celebrate the month of love — February. To effectively celebrate love, Mzee 7— real name Mzobanzi Mlauzi— has used different languages such as Chewa, Ndebele, Shona, Zulu and English among others on the forthcoming Seewelltone produced…

Ashley Moyomoyoa@dailynews.co.zw POET Andile Sayi has released her debut anthology titled The Book of Anon, which is a collection of relatable poems. Sayi said she penned the anthology to express herself better. “I often felt misunderstood when expressing myself, hence I felt the need to explain how my brain works or how I’m not as…

Ashley Moyo, moyoa@dailynews.co.zw SCORES of musicians and government officials descended on Nekati Village in Chief Masembura’s area in Bindura to lay to rest award-winning mbira musician Mbuya Stella Chiweshe. The Queen of Mbira, as 77-year-old musician was fondly referred to, passed on last week on Friday at her Kuwadzana home in Harare. Speaking during the burial, minister of…