UB40 lead singer Ali Campbell has singled out the Matopos as his most favourite place in the world. Campbell, who performed in Harare on Africa Day, told South Africa’s Kfm 94.5 Radio during his recent three-city tour across the Limpopo that no other place has managed to trigger in him the special feelings evoked by…
ZIMBABWE-BORN music producer and audio engineer, Dakarai “Dakari’ Gwitira, who first rose to stardom after producing top American rapper G-Eazy’s 2017 album The Beautiful & Damned, which debuted at number three on the US Billboard 200, believes the time is now ripe for him to propel music talent in his homeland to the global stage….
REGGAE band UB40, featuring original lead singer Ali Campbell, made a triumphant return to Zimbabwe on Thursday night with an electric performance watched live by a mature multi-racial crowd. The iconic band, which last toured Zimbabwe about 40 years ago, kicked off its set with 1990 hit Here I Am (Come and Take Me), off the…
DUBAI-BASED Zimbabwean fashion designer and entrepreneur, Thando Magumise is making inroads in the Middle East. Thando is the founder and creative director of Ntombi Couture — a contemporary brand that is increasingly gaining clients across races in the Middle East thanks to unique Africaninspired designs. Thando recently had a chat with Daily News on Sunday’s…
A UNITED States (US) court has convicted an American lawyer for hiring an undercover agent to murder his former Zimbabwean partner — who is the mother of his two children. Allen Gessen, 48, was found guilty of hiring a Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) agent to murder Zimbabwe Fashion Week founder and model, Priscilla Chigariro….
AFTER a stellar career that has spawned 13 albums, music star Jah Prayzah seems to believe that it is now an opportune moment to claim his crown as Zimbabwe’s best musician. To symbolise his ascendancy to the apex of Zimbabwean music, Jah Prayzah staged his own coronation at Old Hararians Sports Club in the capital…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday said Information Communication Technology (ICT) innovations are enhancing service delivery in Zimbabwe as the government continues to adopt new technologies. Speaking during the official opening of the sixth edition of the Transform Africa Summit in Victoria Falls, Mnangagwa said ICTs were now the only way to go. “To enhance efficiency and…
WHEN rising Hollywood actor Tafara Nyatsanza received the Outstanding Artiste in the Diaspora Award at the National Arts Merit Awards (Nama) ceremony held in Harare last February, he made part of his acceptance speech in Ndau. The way Tafara humbly identified with his mother tongue on the Nama podium triggered celebrations in Ndau-speaking Chipinge and…
THE country’s premier fashion showcase — Zimbabwe Fashion Week (ZFW) — has bounced back. Last held four years ago, due to the Covid-19 pandemic and other factors, ZFW is scheduled to fittingly make a colourful return in the resort town of Victoria Falls in October. ZFW founder Priscilla Chigariro confirmed the return of the annual…
FORMER Finance minister Tendai Biti has hit out at the toxic culture of political intolerance which he says is undermining Zimbabwe’s development. Speaking at the CEO Africa Roundtable which ended in Victoria Falls at the weekend, Biti, a senior figure in the Citizens Coalition for Change led by Nelson Chamisa, called for a new vision…
