MUSIC Crossroads Academy will host the annual Imagine Music Experience competition in Belvedere, Harare today. Themed Your Music Your Way, the event to be held at the academy’s premises, is an all-styles music competition for young artists from different genres. “The event is open for people aged between 18 and 21; each Imagine…
AWARD-WINNING songbird Selmor Mtukudzi will unveil her latest studio album at Sherwood Golf Club in Harare on August 12 as part of her 40th birthday celebrations. Selmor, the daughter of the late national hero and music legend Oliver Mtukudzi, who was born on August 22 in 1983, said she has decided to launch her upcoming…
MUSIC star Jah Prayzah will be the star attraction at the musical concert to be graced by American boxing legend Floyd Mayweather Jr in the Harare suburb of Mabvuku tomorrow. The Kutonga Kwaro hit-maker will share the stage with an array of Zimdancehall artistes mainly from the Chilspot Family. One of the event organisers, Prichard…
CELEBRITY judge and founder of Top Model Zimbabwe Karin Coric will host Avant Garde, a modelling workshop, at Batanai Mall in the capital on July 29. Themed ‘A tune to perfection’, the workshop will be attended by models, designers and fashionistas.“The workshop thrives to empower models, discussing pertinent pageantry issues thus helping models and aspiring…
POPULAR songbird Ammara Brown will be the headline act at this year’s edition of the Let Them Children’s Festival to be held at the end of this month at Gutsa’s village in Domboshava. The event, a competitive platform for schools to showcase their talent in various genres, is the brainchild of advertising executive and artiste…
HUNDREDS of people from all walks of life thronged Chief Chisiti village in Mt Darwin to pay their last respects to the fallen gospel musician Diva Mafunga. Mafunga died in a horrific car crash on Tuesday on his way from Bulawayo to Harare, sending the music industry into mourning. The Endai Naizvozvo hit-maker’s remains were…
GOSPEL musician Diva Mafunga, who died in a horror crash along the bustling Harare-Bulawayo Road on Tuesday, will be buried at his rural home in Mount Darwin tomorrow. According to family spokesperson Clevious Mudeka, Mafunga’s remains will lie in state at his Mt Darwin home tonight before burial. “Mafunga will be interred at our rural…
MULTI-AWARD winning gospel artiste, Minister Michael Mahendere, received an assortment of presents including US$15 000 and 10 head of cattle at his 40th birthday celebrations held at Golden Conifer in Strathaven in Harare at the weekend. At the colourful event graced by artistes who included Jah Prayzah, Tembalami, Janet Manyowa and BaShupi, Mahendere received US$15…
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…
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…
