HARARE – Miss Zimbabwe International Tania Aaron returned home empty-handed after failing to make it to the top 15 of the Miss International pageant that was held on November 9 in Tokyo, Japan. However, Aaron came home with experience and is dreaming big about creating a better future for Zimbabwean girls. The Miss International tittle…
HARARE – The music fraternity and fans have expressed sadness over the death of legendary instrumentalist and singer Brian Rusike, of the famous Pied Pipers. He is famed for composing the popular Ruva Rangu, which dominated charts in the 80s and 90s. Details of his death were still sketchy but reports were that he died…
HARARE – Vault Cosmetics founder Jacque Mgido, has taken the kanjiva dance to Hollywood, making music industry personnel Suge J Knight dance to the Mbare beat. Knight is the son of imprisoned rap mogul Suge Knight of Death Row Records. Mgido has worked and works with numerous Hollywood artistes, doing make up for different events…
HARARE – Former National Arts Council of Zimbabwe (Nacz) director Elvas Mari, has been appointed managing director of Riverton Academy in Masvingo. Mari, who left the arts mother body early this year after 16 years, confirmed the development to the Daily News. “I have always had a passion in education, and after leaving my job…
HARARE – A number of gospel musicians among them Mathias Mhere, Bethany Pasinawako-Ngolomi and Trymore Bande will on Saturday lead an array of other singers in support of budding singer Nicholas Chirunga who will be launching his third album. Chirunga once worked with Mhere as a backing vocalist before pursuing a career as a solo…
HARARE – South Africa’s King Monada’s Idibala dance has not gone unnoticed with Zimbabweans importing and localising it. The dance, which features on the song Malwedhe (which translates to fainting in Khelobhedu) is about how fainting can be caused by love matters. The song has been a hit on the local showbiz. The dance involves…
HARARE – Harare joint, Theatre in the Park, will celebrate women through music, poetry and art this Saturday. The event will run under the banner “Women, Wine and Words” (WWW), a concept started by Intwasa Festival in Bulawayo. “This weekend Theatre in the Park celebrates women through music, poetry, theatre and art in the first…
HARARE – Gospel musician Fungisai Zvakavapano-Mashavave has lined up a braai festival, through her Church Persons Club, to promote soberness in the society. The braai festival scheduled for December 8 at Lake Chivero, Harare, requires one to part with $10 to be part of it. “The $10 is for registration; party-lovers will bring braai packs,…
HARARE – Controversial Zimdancehall chanter Lady Squanda is striving to uplift fellow female musicians in the music industry. Over the years, Lady Squanda — real name Sandra Gazi — made headlines in local tabloids for the wrong reasons, including demeaning and assaulting other female chanters, verbally and physically. Of late, it seems she realised her…
HARARE – Mount Pleasant residents are up in arms against a trendy upmarket bottle store at Pendenis Shopping Centre — Liquor Boys — owned by socialite Genius Kadungure aka Ginimbi which they allege is responsible for littering and noise pollution. In a Facebook post, a residents’ representative organisation — Combined Harare Residents Association (CHRA) professed…
