BULAWAYO Arts Festival (Baf), which takes place every year in the first week of June, has moved with speed to cover the whole nation in its talent scouting campaign as preparations for the annual arts fete gather momentum. The festival, now in its second year, was launched in 2019 after the city decided to hold…
WINKY D and VaChikepe The Poet were on Sunday night named among the winners of the prestigious International Reggae and World Music Awards (Irawma) scoring a first for Zimbabwe in the process. The awards were held virtually for the second-straight year due to the global Covid-19 pandemic that has greatly limited international travel. Winky…
THE age old adage, ‘a cat has nine lives’ is one of the most common maxims in the English language. The proverbial…
UPCOMING gospel musician Matthew Chishumba has released a new single titled Nhliziyo Yami to address the ongoing child killings that have ravaged Zimbabwe in recent months. This comes as there has been an increase in child killings following a number of reported cases that have gripped the nation. In an interview with the Daily News, Chishumba said his…
ORGANISERS of the Bulawayo Arts Festival (Baf), which takes place every year in the first week of June, have promised a hybrid event catering for both physical and online audiences. The festival, now in its second year, provides an opportunity for Zimbabwe’s second largest city to showcase its cultural heritage and creative diversity. It came…
THE National Arts Council of Zimbabwe (Nacz) has announced a medical facility under which artists and arts journalists can access medical services…
FEMALE artistes from different genres joined hands to celebrate Mothers’ Day at the weekend by staging a clean-up campaign and mini gig at the National Art Gallery in the capital. At least 32 artistes under the banner of Divas In Action came together for the memorable event that reminded people of the good old days…
ZIMBABWE’S Cultural Heritage ministry continues to explore and cement mutually-beneficial ties with the French government through its Harare Embassy, with the planned facelift of the infrastructure at Great Zimbabwe Monument being the latest area of cooperation. During his courtesy visit to Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe in Harare yesterday, French ambassador to Zimbabwe Laurent Chevallier…
EVERYBODY walks past a thousand story ideas every day. The good writers are the ones who see five or six of them….
RISING Afro-fusion songstress Chipo Muchegwa wants people to treat her artistic work objectively and not to feel any sympathy for her since she is wheelchair bound. Muchegwa reckons that many people hold back their criticism towards her work because they feel it would be too harsh. “I do not like it when people consume my…
