HARARE – Harare is buzzing, and the second day of the October International Jazz and World Music Festival presents an exciting double-bill of two popular Zimbabwean women artistes who embrace the jazz genre — Prudence Katomeni and Hope Masike at Book Café on Thursday, October 18 at 8pm. The two welcome the opportunity to introduce…
HARARE – Harare’s leading entertainment joint Book Cafe successfully hosted October International Jazz and World Music festival which ran from October 17-21. Prudence Katomeni-Mbofana and the rising mbira princess Hope Masike were among the local jazz musicians who had brought the house down on Thursday. Katomeni-Mbofana proved beyond doubt that she has come to take…
HARARE – Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai begins a two-day working visit to Botswana today in a diplomatic initiative aimed at enhancing economic and socio-political relations with the neighbouring country. Tsvangirai, who will beaccompanied by several government officials from the ministries of Water, Finance, Agriculture and Transport, will visit Gaborone, the capital of Botswana where…
HARARE – Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai yesterday briefed Botswana President Ian Khama about political developments in Zimbabwe’s troubled inclusive government and urged him to support economic recovery. Tsvangirai, who is on a two-day working visit, met Khama in Gaborone and updated him on the just-concluded Second All-Stakeholders’ Constitutional Conference and said Zimbabwe was moving to…
HARARE – Like a knight in shining armour, Alex Magaisa joined Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s office six months ago with a new broom that changed its outlook. Magaisa has made changes that have angered many and when his driver, aide and relative, Edmore Munyoro, died in a car accident recently, there were howls — “inside…
HARARE – Not even the persistent showers could put a damper on Saturday’s Carnival Thanksgiving Gospel Show at Glamis Stadium in which South African gospel star Benjamin Dube (pictured) was the star attraction. Hundreds braved the showers and the biting cold which hit the venue for the greater of Saturday and went back home a…
HARARE – There is no stopping ZBC-TV Video of the Year winner Blessing “Flem B” Manyangadze. Flem B drew rapturous applause from the capacity crowd that attended Pastor Chris’ Higher Life Conference in Johannesburg’s FNB Stadium on March 15. The Zimbabwean rookie, who was virtually unknown before his video for the song Ndichamutambira, claimed the…
HARARE – As the country still tries to come to terms with the Warriors’ failure to qualify for next year’s African Cup of Nations, the question on everyone’s mind is “What next?” The Warriors’ qualification dream went up in smoke after Angola won 2-0 in Luanda on Sunday to progress through on away goals rule….
HARARE – Two of the five people who were recently murdered in Chinamhora communal lands for ritual purposes were buried yesterday afternoon in Mungate and Zimbiru villages. Paradzai Benhura Masawi and another man from Gombami family met their death in a brutal attack on Saturday night. A mass church service for Masawi was held at…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s public figures are increasingly utilising information technology gismos to promote their profiles in the seamless global village that the world has become thanks to technology. The Internet provides cheaper platforms for celebrities and other public figures to publicise their activities to their followers. These personalities employ social networking platforms like Facebook, Twitter…
