HARARE – Vibrant music stars, Mokoomba descend on the Book Café this evening along with fellow groups that graduated from Music Crossroads Zimbabwe. Mokoomba’s blend of Afro-fusion and traditional Tonga rhythms has taken Europe by storm ever since the all-male group, whose ages range between 22 to 27 years, won the Music Crossroads finals in…
HARARE – Any request for assistance on financing the forthcoming elections in Zimbabwe would have to be directed to Sadc for it to determine how best this request should be addressed, South Africa Finance minister Pravin Gordhan said yesterday. The minister said this in reply to a question in Parliament by Congress of the People…
HARARE – The level of desperation and paranoia in President Robert Mugabe’s government has plunged to new levels, with police announcing a ban on radios which are not compatible with State-owned stations. A police spokesperson announced the ban at a press briefing yesterday, and warned that people who received the radios will also be arrested…
HARARE – Voting went ahead peacefully in most areas, as crisis weary Zimbabweans coalesced around a draft constitution they hope will be a leap towards a peaceful transition. The draft constitution, if adopted, would set a maximum two five-year terms for the President, starting with the next election, meaning Mugabe could stay on for 10…
HARARE – An estimated two million Zimbabweans voted in the constitutional referendum on Saturday, electoral authorities have said. Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) chairperson, Rita Makarau, told a news conference in Harare yesterday that the counting of votes is still underway. “We estimate that over 2 million people voted in the Saturday referendum,” Makarau said. “As…
HARARE – Former Zimbabwe international striker Adam Ndlovu was killed in a tragic car accident Sunday morning while his young brother, Peter, was critically injured when their BMW X5 crashed near Victoria Falls. Adam, 42, was now the head coach of Castle Premiership side Chicken Inn while his brother is the Zimbabwe national team assistant…
LONDON – It was a tour that lived up to its billing. A mind-blowing opening night at the Coronet Theatre in Elephant & Castle on Friday night was topped by a stellar shift at the Athena in Leicester a day later — a fitting testament to the legendary status of two of Zimbabwe’s greatest musicians….
HARARE – Music legends Thomas Mapfumo and Oliver Mtukudzi have dominated Zimbabwean music space for over 40 years and for good reason many music fans have always assumed there is no love lost between the two. The fact that the two musical giants had not shared the stage in a very long time seemed to…
HARARE – Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has launched an inquiry into recent invasions of wildlife conservancies by senior Zanu PF officials as he seeks to clean the country’s image ahead of the world’s biggest tourism event next year. Latest reports indicate that wild animals face annihilation while thousands of livelihoods are under threat after 25…
HARARE – For four years now, gospel musician Pastor Charles Charamba has been attending music school at the Zimbabwe College of Music, a tall order indeed for the singer who has had to balance this with his music career and family. Just this month Charamba wrote his final examinations for the music degree programme. The…
