DENDERA musician Suluman Chimbetu has had his band members referred to as “Elliot” because of their white stage attire. The name Elliot arose from the alleged resurrection miracle at a church in South Africa by a Zimbabwean man Brighton Moyo who was donning white when the incident happened. Reports coming out of South Africa said…
CONTROVERSIAL singer Vimbai Zimuto, popular for posting her nude photos on social media, has lined up a photographic exhibition in Harare on a date to be announced “soon”. Zimuto confirmed the development to the Daily News. “We are planning a photographic art exhibition in Harare on a date to be advised. The exclusive event will…
SONGSTRESS Tasha Kays says she is blessed to have been born in a musical family. She said her father, Lorrence “Captain Loftaz” Kasinganeti played the saxophone in Thomas Mapfumo’s band and her uncle who is based in the United Kingdom is a music director. [GoogleAd] While her father played the saxophone, she is learning to…
JOE “Local” Nyamungoma, former Suluman Chimbetu publicist, will unveil his second studio album tonight at Red Cafe in the capital. Titled Kuseri Kwacho, the project is made up of seven tracks: Yave, Ndarova Smart, Peter Ndlovu, Makomo, Ndafara Chose, Kudendera and Mhoroyi. [GoogleAd] The event is expected to be graced by Chimbetu and Dancers Association…
NYAWO Lwami project carried out the first Training and Capacity Building Workshop on the 2003 Unesco Convention and the Inventorying process for the safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage, with 22 participants last month. [GoogleAd] Funded by Unesco, the aim of the project is to enhance the capacity of communities to safeguard traditional dance expressions as…
WHILE last month the world celebrated International Women’s Day, it is interesting to note that women in the arts were celebrated less and more so those who hail from the City of Kings. [GoogleAd] Bulawayo has produced most of the female artists who are doing well in Zimbabwe and across the world; many of them…
AMAKHOSI Theatre has produced its second radio soap Kunjalo Makhelwane after the runaway success of Sakhelene Zinini in the late 70s on Radio Mthwakazi. [GoogleAd] The soap was written by Nonhlalo Dube and produced by Luke Mnkandla for Amakhosi Theatre Rep. Amakhosi Cultural Centre chairperson Cont Mhlanga said this radio soap aims to introduce the…
YOUTHFUL author-cum-motivational speaker Marshal Chiza came face to face with the high rate of crime in neighbouring South Africa after he was robbed of R150 000. [GoogleAd] Chiza who is the founder of Billionaire Publishers was in that country where he had clinched a deal with Rapid Business Registrations Company in South Africa to establish…
HIP-HOP music enthusiasts mainly from colleges and universities in the capital city packed Club Connect Harare to the rafters on Saturday as the high-end joint hosted the aptly titled “Varsity Students Party”. [GoogleAd] Popular hip-hop musicians such as Stunner, Coco, Kikky Badass and Nutty O entertained the crowds and indeed, they delivered. Stunner gave a…
BORN in 1944, Naison Dhakwa Muganyi still looks fit and his memory is as sharp, telling jokes captured mainly from his early days as a youth working at BATA Shoe Company in Gweru, then Gwelo. He latter spent most of his working life at Zimbabwe Iron & Steel Company as an electrician. [GoogleAd] As a…
