Progress Chipfumo dates Highfield TALENTED singer, Progress Chipfumo will tonight showcase his vocal prowess at Joy Centre located in the heart of Highfield shopping centre. The former Hohodza front man will share the stage with Papa Lodza and the Image band. “I urge my fans to come in numbers and enjoy my firs show in Highfield this…
MUSICIAN Sarah Dee, who is set to launch her sixth studio album She Warrior at the Jameson Hotel in the capital on February 3, has promised her fans a show to remember. The forthcoming musical album is made up of eight tracks. “My fans should expect a unique performance, as I am hungry and ready…
SELF-PROCLAIMED king of rhumba Juntal will be in Botswana next month to shoot the video for his duet with Tswana diva Slizer. The collaboration, Kuchukudza Chiuno, was released in December. “I understand my fans are hungry for the video and I am working on it, all I can promise them is a steamy video,” Juntal,…
AFRO-FUSION musician Carlos Green is set to launch a 10-track studio album The Trophy which is aimed at telling his own story in the music industry. According to the musician, the project will be unveiled at Bar Rouge, Long Cheng Plaza in the capital on January 26. “The Trophy was inspired by my musical journey….
AWARD-WINNING gospel musician Fungisai Zvakavapano-Mashavave has stunned her social media followers by revealing that she regrets the decision she made to be an artist. Fungisai, a former Mutoko High School student, began her colourful music career in 2000 after she got an unexpected opportunity to back veteran gospel musician Elias Musakwa. Impressed by the fledgling…
HARARE businessman and music promoter Aggrey Tawengwa has died. The director of the popular Mushandirapamwe Hotel in Highfield, Tawengwa, passed on at a private hospital in Harare yesterday from diabetes. Family spokesperson Tendai Tawengwa, a brother to the late Aggrey, said he would be buried in Marondera at a date to be announced. “This is…
THE organiser of the Mr Ugly pageant — David “Apama” Machowa — has announced plans to bring back the popular event after a five-year hiatus. Apama told the Daily News that the contest, which has become synonymous with serial winner William Masvinu, will take place in Harare at the end of this year. “Over that…
CONGOLESE rhumba maestro Koffi Olomide is returning to Zimbabwe for a one-off performance at Odyssey in Kadoma in April. This comes after the most photographed soukous singer and dancer wooed fans at the Harare International Conference Centre in 2015 before collaborating with top urban groover Rockford ‘‘Roki’’ Josphats on a hit song Patati Patata last…
MUSIC star Winky D has added his voice to the chorus of criticism of the failure by the country’s political players to engage in a national dialogue to resolve the challenges facing Zimbabwe. In a song titled ‘Dzimba Dzemabwe,’ on which he collaborated with United Kingdom-based Zimbabwean singer, Shingai Shoniwa, the Gafa, as Winky D…
LOCAL filmmaker, Charles Mutyavaviri, has tackled drug abuse in a movie titled Tonde Mambara. Featuring Stephen Moyana Matambo, a seasoned-actor, the film addresses the dangers of taking drugs. It focuses on a son-in-law who is enticed to drink spiked beer, while waiting for lobola proceedings to take off. Unfortunately, he gets intoxicated and breaks some…
