© A UNITED Kingdom-based woman has caused a stir with her raunchy dances during sungura maestro Alick Macheso’s show in Leicester over the weekend. In a video which has gone viral on social media, the woman, who had gone on stage, can be seen exposing her semi-naked behind to the revellers forcing Macheso to stop…
© ZIMDANCEHALL music has become a hit in England with Zimbabweans supporting the women netball team participating at the ongoing 2019 Netball World Cup in Liverpool. The Gems announced their arrival in Merseyside dancing to Enzo Ishall’s club banger Kanjiva with some thrilling moves. After their first game against Sri Lanka, the Zimbabwean supporters celebrated…
© ZIMBABWEANS have paid tribute to one of South Africa’s most celebrated musicians, Johnny Clegg, who died this week at the age of 66, after a long battle with pancreatic cancer. Known as the “white Zulu”, Johnny — a white man who learnt to speak and sing in Zulu — became a symbol of democratic…
© TWO Zimbabwean comedians — Alfred Kainga and Learnmore “Long John” Mwanyenyeka — have been nominated at this year’s Savanna Comics Choice Awards (CCAs). The CCAs will be held on September 7 at the Lyric Theatre, Gold Reef City in Johannesburg, South Africa. This year’s list will be featuring the very best comedic talent across…
© HIGH-riding musician Jah Prayzah will have a reunion with Mozambique’s Mr Bow tomorrow when they share the stage for the Chimoio City 50th anniversary celebration in the neighbouring country. The two musicians met in 2016 at the Coke Studio Africa where they performed each other’s songs before combining on one song. Jah Prayzah and…
© PREPARATIONS for the inaugural V’tude Concert and Art Exhibition, organised by controversial artist Vimbai Zimuto are at an advanced stage with tickets prices now out. Tickets for the exhibition, slated for The Venue in the capital on July 27, are on sale with the cheapest going for $150. Vimbai is a polarising figure as…
© SUNGURA maestro Alick Macheso on Saturday joined Selmor Mtukudzi on stage in the United Kingdom during a set in which they remembered her late father Oliver. Selmor and her band member Piki Kasamba, who spent decades as a backing vocalist and dancer with the Black Spirits, went down memory lane by doing famous dance…
© THE-long awaited music video of Dereck Mpofu’s recently released track Ngithande in which he features comedienne Mai Titi will be released today. Mpofu and Mai Titi teamed up for an unexpected collaboration which has somehow caught the attention of many listeners. Ngithande is a track that entirely centres on love and how it should…
© THE Zimbabwe Theatre Academy, in partnership with the Network of Emerging Arts Professionals, Zimbabwe Centre of the International Theatre Institute, Reps Theatre and Africalia, will this year present the inaugural Mitambo International Theatre Festival from October 8 to 12. The festival, which is expected to run under the theme “Emerge”, will showcase plays drawn…
© LOCAL musicians, especially upcoming ones, must shun dirty lyrics and embrace the use of a live band when recording or performing as opposed to ridding on popular beats if they are to scale to greater heights, sungura musician-cum-promoter Jonathan Siasitumuzira, pictured, has said. Siasitumuzira — who performs with his Sea Divers Band — made…
