© A NEW 24-hour news service, Newzroom Afrika, has been launched on DStv, available to viewers on DStv Access, Family, Compact, Compact plus and Premium packages. [GoogleAd] Liz Dziva, publicity and public relations manager of MultiChoice Zimbabwe said the channel was launched on July 15 and was showcased on DStv just two months after being…
© ONLY a handful of music lovers turned up for the Oliver Mtukudzi tribute concert held at Belgravia Sports Club in the capital on Saturday. [GoogleAd] The development was largely attributed to electronic money transfer challenges experienced over the weekend. Apart from the cash challenges, the National Arts Council of Zimbabwe organised-gig was inadequately promoted…
© “A prophet is not without honour except in his hometown and in his own household. And he did not do many mighty works there, because of their unbelief.” This verse from the Biblical book of Matthew aptly sums up what has been happening to Zimbabwe’s self-styled “prophets”, who have been shunned at home as…
FORMER Amakhosi Theatre School student Edith Katiji better known as Edith WeUtonga has seen it all in her musical career spanning nearly two decades and in a candid interview with Daily News on Sunday’s Lifestyle Writer — Tinashe Sibanda — the feisty vocalist and bassist speaks about how she has navigated her way in the…
© ARTS WATCH brings you the fifth instalment of a five-part series on music censorship in Zimbabwe since independence. FIFTY personalities who included journalists, musicians, government officials, music administrators, and radio and television presenters spent a historic day locked in a discussion on music censorship. The personalities converged at the then The Mannenberg Jazz Club,…
© Johnny Clegg’s final journey is over. It came to an end after he had endured a four-year battle with pancreatic cancer. He was always most comfortable — in the public view, on stage, singing, playing guitar and township concertina — telling life stories and stomping around like a 25-year-old. Watching Clegg on stage in…
In the hours after his passing, as tributes poured in, one started getting a sense of just how loved and admired Clegg truly was — across the political spectrum and across the world. Not that we didn’t have a sense of it during his lifetime, of course. He was known across continents, recipient of an…
© A BUMBER crowd turned up for the Chimoio City golden jubilee celebrations where Jah Prayzah effortlessly connected with his Mozambique fans on stage. He delivered a top-drawer act on Wednesday, alongside Mozambique musicians, the likes of Mr Bow, whom he met in 2016 at the Coke Studio Africa. Jah Prayzah’s manager Keen Mushapaidze told…
© A SERIES of workshops on stress relief practices featuring visual artists is being hosted at the Learning Factory in Greendale, Harare on July 27 and 29. Laura-Lee and Juliet Trail will lead the workshops while art by local artists Mercy Moyo and Progress Nyandoro will complement the workshops and exhibition which we will put on…
© INTERNATIONALLY-ACCLAIMED mbira musician Hope Masike has recently released a video for the song Idenga, off her forthcoming studio album The Exorcism of a Spinster. The album in pipeline, set for release on July 26 at Reps Theatre in the capital, is Masike’s third project. “Idenga” is Shona for “It’s heaven”, but on this particular…
