HARARE – Eight-year-old Kutenda Gabs has released a video for the track Vakafa Vose Vachamuka off his debut album titled Merciful God launched in October this year. Kutenda’s mother, Evelyn Maforo, is confident that the video will popularise the North Park Primary School Grade 3 pupil which was produced by Munya Vialy. “Kutenda’s album has…
BULAWAYO – Award-winning Umkhathi Theatre Works Company founder Matesu Dube says his group’s two-decade history is a “product of determination against all odds.” Umkhathi Theatre Works was formed in 1997 by seven people led by Dube after their former group Young Warriors Theatre Company had folded after its director Norman Takawira had left to join…
HARARE – Multichoice Zimbabwe has lined up its first ever Zimbabwean local content summits to be held in Bulawayo and Harare this month. The two events are part of efforts by MultiChoice Zimbabwe to help local film and television producers get a chance to have their work showcased on various broadcast platforms. According to MultiChoice…
HARARE – William Masvinu, 43, landed his third Mr Ugly contest crown on Sunday night at Ruwa-based Mtangaz Hideout located about 40 kilometres away from Harare. Epworth-based Masvinu, who was victorious in the same contest in 2012 and 2013, was adjudged to be “naturally” uglier than four other contestants. Masvinu, with 98 points on the…
HARARE – Zimdancehall artiste Tavonga “Jah Bless” Padoro has released a video of his reggae version of Way Maker, a song originally done by Nigerian star Osinachi “Sinach” Kalu. Jah Bless, who launched the video at The Volt in Harare last weekend, said he decided to do a reggae version of Way Maker because he…
HARARE – Local community radio stations are headed for a collision course with the newly-appointed government in the wake of their resolution to start broadcasting without the requisite licences from the Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe (Baz). Members of the Zimbabwe Association of Community Radio Stations (Zacras), who met at a community broadcasting symposium in Harare…
HARARE – Dendera musician Suluman Chimbetu’s maintenance fees for his two minor children were yesterday slashed from $800 to $400 by a Harare Civil Court. Chimbetu was represented by Arshiel Mugiya and sought the downward variation after citing that he could no longer manage to pay the money because the music industry was also being…
HARARE – Harare-based cultural group Hwamanda Dance Troupe is back in the country after a successful two-week tour of India facilitated by the Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA) and Indian embassy in Harare. Hwamanda’s maiden tour of India saw them perform dances such as Mbende-Jerusarema, Muchongoyo, Dinhe and Mbakumba in four Indian states — Gujarat, Manipur,…
HARARE – Only a few weeks ago, I reviewed Lovemore Kurotwi’s latest book — Whither Zimbabwe? The Industrialisation of Politics in Zimbabwe — and in that piece noted how the author draws from the experiences of the white settler government, which was jolted to the bone by African nationalism. Key in Kurotwi’s book is the…
HARARE – The Parliament of Zimbabwe has shortlisted 12 candidates from which six will be considered by President Emmerson Mnangagwa for appointment on the Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe Board (Baz). The shortlisted candidates include former National Arts Council of Zimbabwe (Nacz) assistant director Audrey Charamba, Tendai Jennifer Chakanyuka, Miriam Tose Majome, Killiana Bangure, Lynette Magaramombe,…
