© Arts Watch brings you the third instalment of a five-part series on music censorship in Zimbabwe since independence. [GoogleAd] MUSAVENGANA Nyasha, a former radio presenter at then ZBC Radio 2 told a seminar on Music Development and Censorship held in Harare in April 2005: “The views of the censorship board were always accommodated in…
© CARL Joshua Ncube, 40 made history in 2016 when he attempted to break the world record of the longest stretch of performances in a week’s time by staging a total of 31 shows, beating Australia’s Mark Murphy’s 30. [GoogleAd] The comedian continues with his craft as a jack of all trades alongside his wife…
© THE best way to describe Christabel Mahlungwa who is also known as Kikkybadass would be to say she is a half American model and actress — Amber Levonchuck and half Trinidad and Tobago born singer — Onika Tanya Maraj. [GoogleAd] Levonchuck who is popularly known as Amber Rose and Maraj, whose professional name is…
© SUNGURA musician Tendai Dembo is not stopping in his quest to establish himself as a proven musician and keep his late father Leonard’s legacy alive. The same cannot be said of his brother Morgan, who has fallen off the radar and appears heading nowhere in the music industry. Tendai on the other hand, seems…
© THE rebranded Miss Bodylicious pageant is back on the calendar with the final round of auditions taking place tomorrow at Solomon’s Lifestyle Café in Harare. From there on, contestants will then gear up for the national finals set to be held at the King Solomon’s Hotel in Kwekwe on September 7. The pageant, established…
© HARARE comedian Q-CASHtheONE is slowly making a name for himself with his skits which are increasingly going viral online. Although his skits mainly focus on roasting stereotypes found in the mixed race community, Zimbabweans of all colour and creed are now getting hooked to the upcoming comedian’s work. [GoogleAd] “Born to a mixed race…
© SUNGURA music giant Alick Macheso will tonight entertain music lovers in the capital with a performance at the spacious Warren Park 1 Bar. He will be supported by rising Tendai Dembo, who is on the path to revive his father’s music legacy. Tomorrow, Macheso and his Orchestra Mberikwazvo will be in Chinhoyi for a…
© ALMASI Arts Inc will present a staged reading of ‘Last of the Suns’ by Alice Tuan today at Reps Theatre Upstairs. [GoogleAd] Almasi Arts Inc is an organisation dedicated to continuing arts education in Zimbabwe and was co-founded by Zimbabwe-born American award winning actress and playwright Danai Gurira. This is the third Almasi project involving…
SOUTH Africa-based author Siphetheni Ncube, 41, has released her debut Ndebele novel that is hugely inspired by her life story. Growing up without parents, Ncube, who is now working as a maid, never felt her profession was a deterrent to achieve her dream to tell the nation through the pen about how ruthless life can…
PAMELA Gwanzura, wife and manager to gospel singer Pastor G, has taken it upon herself to be patron and mentor of an upcoming female AfroPop outfit by the name SavanFriq so they reach the next level in their musical journey. SavanFriq is a duet made up of two talented Harare-based musician sisters Esther Savanna Nsompa…
