PREPARATIONS for the inaugural Zimbabwe Miss Tourism World pageant are underway, with organisers now in the selection process. The pageant’s public relations manager, Lauren Grave, said 24/7 Entertainment in conjunction with Channel D will be hosting the Zimbabwe Miss Tourism World 2020 finals on November 21 at a venue that is yet to be announced….
THE Ministry of Youth, Sport, Arts and Recreation is reaching out to organisations and individuals who are interested in unlocking the inherent value and potential of Creative and Cultural Industries (CCIs) to become a formidable and robust economic sector for Zimbabwe. This came out early this week when Minister Kirsty Coventry on an online ZOOM…
Vasco Chaya LIFESTYLE WRITER chayav@dailynews.co.zw HIP-HOP star Calvin Nhliziyo popularly known as Cal_Vin died in a hit and run car accident yesterday in Luveve, Bulawayo plunging the music industry into mourning. He was involved in a hit and run car accident near his home in Luveve 5 in the wee hours of yesterday while on…
Vasco Chaya LIFESTYLE WRITER chayav@dailynews.co.zw SINGER Jah Signal wowed fans at the Chivero Rhino Run on Saturday courtesy of Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZimParks). The Chivero Rhino Run was held at Lake Chivero which is located about 30km from the capital, Harare. He performed a number of his popular songs such as Yekedero,…
Vasco Chaya LIFESTYLE WRITER chaya@dailynews.co.zw CITY Link Coaches has partnered Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZimParks) to promote domestic tourism. This comes as the government recently opened the tourism sector to operate during the on-going Covid-19-induced national lockdown. As a result, the transporter has introduced weekly trips to tourist attraction centres with Harare –…
CHANGE A LIFE concert organisers have brought smiles to a Nyanga family that is struggling with a rare disease called keratoderma which is characterised by thickening of the skin. The Alfred Dondo Foundation (ADF), which is behind the annual Change a Life Concert, donated some groceries over the weekend to the family that has been surviving…
MUSICIAN and dancer Lyn Magodo, popularly known as Lady Storm or simply Eriza says she has moved on after her divorce early this year from Tinarwo Gotora (Mukanya). The divorce was hard for her as it happened just as the Covid-19 hit and with Mukanya who was the bread winner gone, she had to…
UNITED Kingdom-based songstress, Busi Mhlanga, has released a single titled ‘Graceland’ which was inspired by Grammy Award-winning American singer Paul Simon’s 1986 hit. The song, produced by a British Ghanaian called Frank Nero, is a follow-up to her 2017 album ‘Ngiyakhumbula.’ It featured United Kingdom-based Zimbabwean drummer Jesumin Moyo with the South Africa-born pair of…
THIS year’s edition of the Miss Albinism pageant is scheduled for December, with organisers expressing optimism that the event will be bigger and better following the partial re-opening of the arts and tourism sectors. The pageant — whose inaugural edition was held in 2018, where University of Zimbabwe student Sithembiso Mutukura, pictured, was adjudicated…
MUSICIANS have united against child abuse and ritual murders in a new song titled Tinyareiwo. The project is the brainchild of seasoned producer Lyton Ngolomi, the founder and director of Lyton Studios. “The idea was inspired by the recent tragic incident in Murewa where a seven-year-old boy, Tapiwa Makore, was murdered, purportedly for ritual purposes. Through…
