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Anesu Mirisawu LIFESTYLE WRITER mirisawua@dailynews.co.zw SONGBIRDS Tariro NeGitare and Adiona Maboreke-Chidzonga alongside rising star Blessing “bled” Chimanga put up polished performances during an online concert held yesterday to mark World Hearing Day. World Hearing Day is commemorated on March 3 every year, to raise awareness on how to prevent hearing loss and promote ear and…

SUNGURA musician Francis Dhaka, popularly known as Franco Slomo in music circles, has vowed to keep pushing ahead with his solo career despite the challenges he is facing in the wake of the Covid-19 national lockdown. This comes amid swirling rumours that the celebrated dancercum-vocalist was pining for another chance to rejoin Alick Macheso’s Orchestra…

ALMASI Collaborative Arts, a Zimbabwean-American dramatic arts organisation cofounded by Black Panther and The Walking Dead star Danai Gurira, will hold a virtual edition of the African Playwrights Conference later this month. Almasi artistic director Elizabeth Zaza Muchemwa told the Daily News that interested playwrights should submit full length original plays to her before March…

THE late Zimdancehall star Soul Jah Love, left behind over 50 unreleased songs — enough to ensure his legacy will live on forever. Jah Love passed away last week on Tuesday evening due to diabetes complications and was buried at Warren Hills Cemetery in the capital after the government declared him a liberation war hero…

Anesu Mirisawu LIFESTYLE WRITER mirisawua@dailynews.co.zw LOCAL hip-hop music has struggled to get a foothold on the market where it lives under the shadows of sungura and gospel. Of late, Zimdancheall’s arrival on the scene has further pushed hip-hop down the pecking order. However, the emergence of Holy Ten seems to be tipping the scales back…