HARARE – Jah Prayzah’s forthcoming album titled “Kutonga Kwaro” has been dragged into Zanu PF succession politics by some people pushing for Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa to take over from President Robert Mugabe. Though the album, Jah Prayzah’s seventh, will only be released on October 13, some opportunistic Mnangagwa followers have renamed the award-winning artiste’s…
HARARE – Los Angeles-based Zimbabwean music producer Tinashe “T-Collar” Sibanda (23), who collaborates with different singers under the artiste name Bantu, has bounced back with a six-track EP titled “Complicated.” The new offering by the Harare-born artiste, who was nominated for a Grammy in the Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media category early this year,…
HARARE – Chief Moses Njelele, a custodian of cultural norms and traditions, is the last person you would expect to have a soft spot for pageants. In 2007 for example, several chiefs including the chiefs’ council president Fortune Charumbira, objected to the use of bikinis in the now defunct Miss Rural Zimbabwe beauty contest of…
HARARE – Mbira star Hope Masike has singled out her on-stage collaboration with internationally-acclaimed Malian superstar Salif Keita at the 2015 edition of the Harare International Festival of Arts (Hifa) as the standout moment of her 10-year music career. Masike, who has just clocked a decade in music, told the Daily News on Sunday that…
JOHANNESBURG – At the mention of Zodwa Wabantu‚ most people instantly think‚ skimpy clothing and impressive dance moves‚ but away from the spotlight the position she holds in high regard is being a mother. Zodwa is a doting mother to her 11-year-old son Vuyo‚ whom she says is her biggest supporter. She told TshisaLIVE that…
HARARE – Embattled First Lady Grace Mugabe yesterday asked for diplomatic immunity cover to avoid being arrested for an alleged severe assault of a 20-year-old model she found in the hotel with her sons in Sandton, South Africa, on Sunday night. This comes as President Robert Mugabe left for South Africa yesterday, ahead of the…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe and Zanu PF yesterday did not allow the party’s factional wars to sway them in honouring the late Masvingo Provincial Affairs minister Shuvai Ben Mahofa when they ignored internal divisions and unanimously conferred her with national heroine status. Mahofa, who died aged 76 in the early hours of Monday, was…
HARARE – War veterans’ leader Victor Matemadanda handed himself voluntarily to police yesterday, his lawyer said. His lawyer Doug Coltart, said he had turned himself in at Harare Central Police Station in the morning. He was still in police custody at the time of going to print, according to Coltart. He is being charged for…
HARARE – Energy Mutodi’s bail hearing has been set for tomorrow after his lawyer made frantic efforts yesterday to facilitate his release through a High Court appeal. Mutodi’s lawyer Doug Coltart confirmed to the Daily News yesterday that they had filed an appeal before the High Court, challenging Harare Provincial Magistrate Elisha Singano’s ruling. “We…
HARARE – Morgan Tsvangirai’s MDC is proposing a constitutional amendment to bar uniformed forces from voting in a bid to uphold their impartiality. The new Constitution okayed in a 2013 referendum ushered in Special Vote to facilitate early voting by uniformed forces and electoral officers assigned to duty on election day. Senior MDC official Tapiwa…
