HARARE – Veteran and energetic dancer Precious “Wasu Dacoda” Makwame is not contemplating leaving the stage despite that age is fast catching up with her. The former Mambokadzi member will celebrate her 33rd birthday celebration pencilled for Holly’s Hotel in Harare tonight at an event that will be supported by Pramastove, Millenium Queens and Royal…
HARARE – Local artists engaged to perform at the Harare International Festival of the Arts (Hifa) should not expect a high pay-out as this is just a platform for exposure, a Hifa executive has said. Over the years local artists have complained that Hifa was unfairly paying their international counterparts far much higher than them….
HARARE – A bumpercrowd — probably the biggest one they have attracted in Harare — thronged New Ambassador Hotel in Harare on Saturday night to witness Afrofusion group Mokoomba’s first gig of the year. The multi-racial crowd could not have enough of Mokoomba’s enthralling music which is embedded in Tonga rhythms. For many in the…
BULAWAYO – South African artiste Lebo Sekgobela delighted gospel lovers at the My Zimbabwe gospel concert held on Saturday at the Large City Hall in the City of Kings. Lebo, well-known for the hit Lion of Judah, on which she sang in English Sotho and Shona, performed in the City of Kings at a concert…
HARARE – State-owned television channel ZTV has turned to old popular vernacular dramas such as Mukadota Family, Paraffin, Mutirowafanza and Thuz Mas’khethela in a bid to stem the tide of viewers dumping it for DSTV and Kwese TV. The old dramas have been on rotation on national television since late last year with some critics…
HARARE – Flagship pageants have played a leading light in the modelling industry for years and ultimately creating an impression that modelling is indeed all about pageantry. Sadly nothing can be further from the truth. Modelling in its entirety is a million dollar industry in Africa but unfortunately in here Zimbabwe talented models and accredited…
HARARE – Auditions for the inaugural Miss Zone Five pageant, meant for girls aged between 18 and 25 from Harare suburbs that include Warren Park, Kuwadzana, Dzivaresekwa and Lochinvar, will take place on Saturday at Donbrough College in Warren Park D. Miss Zone Five is the brainchild of Rubies Modelling Agency headed by Anea Mushayanyama….
HARARE – Art galleries and other tourist facilities have been given until March 31 to regularise their operations with the Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA) or face the music. ZTA, which said its directive was in line with the terms of The Tourism Act of 1996 Chapter 14:20 section 57, further warned that they will unleash…
HARARE – Masasi aChinoz (Chinotimba jokes), a book on jocular statements made or formed around the person of Buhera South legislator Joseph Chinotimba will be launched tomorrow at Harare City Library. Recently-installed Vice President Constantino Chiwenga is expected to grace the launch of the humorous book written by Chenjerai Mhondera. Mhondera told the Daily News…
HARARE – Upcoming singer-cum-actress Caramel Gwekwerere says she ventured into the music industry in a bid to fulfil a dream her mother harboured as a teenager. Caramel, who has released 10 singles since 2016, told the Daily News that her mother never got the chance to record despite the fact that she was a talented…
