HARARE – Zimbabwean musicians have been invited to take part in the AfriMusic Song Contest which seeks to spotlight the best songwriters on the continent. The ultimate winner of the continental music contest will receive show tickets, flights and accommodation to attend the Eurovision Song Contest taking place in Lisbon Portugal on May 12 next…
HARARE – Radio personality and talkshow host Ruvheneko Parirenyatwa has settled with Harare businessman Tafadzwa Musarara over her claims that the latter had “barged” into a May 2016 programme, and in which she was interviewing social activist Evan Mawarire. The truce brings to an end an 18-month saga that had seen the Alpha Grain owner…
BULAWAYO – Matobo Hills Cultural Landscape, located in south-western Zimbabwe, has been listed on the 2018 World Monuments Watch List by the World Monuments Fund. The site is one of 25 sites chosen from 170 nominated from all over the world to be placed on the World Monuments Fund for this year. Remarkably, it is…
BULAWAYO – Fashion designers Nkanyeziyethu Malunga of Ganu label and Zargue Sia fashion label founder Ishmael Tsakatsa as well as fashionista Gilmore Tee were part of a group of Zimbabweans that featured in the Mozambique Fashion Week in Maputo. The group that attended Mozambique’s biggest fashion event which ran between December 1 and 10, also…
BULAWAYO – Madlela Skhobokhobo, who walked away with three gongs at the inaugural Bulawayo Arts Awards held in the City of Kings in July this year, has lined up a celebratory one-day music fiesta in his home town of Gwanda on December 23. Madlela of the Ngamnanka uSaMamoe fame, who had been nominated four times,…
HARARE – Controversial dancer Beverly “Bev” Sibanda on Thursday walked away with R50 000 and a trophy after beating 20 other dancers from several African countries at the Africa Storm Dancehall Queen hosted by Baseline Club in Johannesburg. This is the second time Bev has won the Africa Storm Dancehall clash, a unique contest because…
HARARE – Zim hip-hop star Stunner has renewed his feud with fellow rapper Mudiwa Hood who landed four gongs at the Zim Hip-Hop Awards 2017 held in Bulawayo last weekend Mudiwa walked away with the Best Hip-Hop Hustle, Video of the year, Best Gospel artiste and Best Dressed on the night Awards. The four-award haul,…
HARARE – Transit Crew — Zimbabwe’s oldest reggae band — will perform at the Unplugged event on tomorrow at Wingate Park Golf Club. The band’s manager, Tavonga “Ras Teekay” Mafundikwa, has promised fireworks at the monthly event. “Transit as you know is the country’s oldest reggae institution and as such we have mastered the art…
HARARE – William Masvinu, 43, who landed his third Mr Ugly contest crown last Sunday, has been dethroned after allegedly manhandling the sponsor of the competition for delaying to give him his $500 first prize. Epworth-based Masvinu, who was also victorious in the same contest in 2012 and 2013, has now been replaced by Fanuel…
HARARE – Young Zimbabweans have been called on to enter this year’s DStv Eutelsat Star Awards competition, an international essay-writing and poster-designing contest that has in the past been won by Zimbabwean students. Liz Dziva, publicity and public relations manager of MultiChoice Zimbabwe, said the organisers were calling on entries from students aged between 14…
