HARARE – Controversial artiste Fungisai Zvakavapano-Mashavave has rebranded and is now calling herself the biblical Phoebe, a development that will see the veteran musician retracing her footsteps back to “serious gospel music” after wandering in the secular music dome for a while. Phoebe is a biblical character found in Romans 16:1-2 and the narrative reads:…
HARARE – Media, Information and Broadcasting Services minister Christopher Mushowe has urged gospel music couple Charles and Olivia Charamba to remain humble and exemplary in society. Mushowe was the guest of honour at the Charambas’ albums launch held at Zimbabwe College of Music in the capital on Wednesday evening. Charles and Olivia unveiled their latest…
HARARE – Kuwadzana legislator and former model Betty Kaseke has organised a beauty pageant titled Miss Kuwadzana to be held tomorrow in her constituency meant to empower ghetto girls. The Miss Kuwadzana pageant scheduled for Holland Centre in the densely-populated suburb of Harare will be graced by Miss Zimbabwe Trust chairperson Marry Chiwenga. “The Miss…
HARARE – Just five years ago, Killer T was an unknown in the music industry plying his trade as kombi conductor business but now he is a highly influential Zimdancehall star, easily recognisable with fans referring to him as the Chairman. On Saturday the Takangodaro hit maker celebrated his five years in the music industry…
BULAWAYO – Zimbabwe-born medical doctor and motivational speaker, Nothabo Ncube, 28, who is based in Canada, is a woman at the top of her game. In addition to appearing on Oprah’s Lifeclass — an American primetime television show hosted and produced by the legendary Oprah Winfrey — Ncube has featured on the globally-acclaimed TEDx which…
JOHANNESBURG – At the mention of Zodwa Wabantu‚ most people instantly think‚ skimpy clothing and impressive dance moves‚ but away from the spotlight the position she holds in high regard is being a mother. Zodwa is a doting mother to her 11-year-old son Vuyo‚ whom she says is her biggest supporter. She told TshisaLIVE that…
HARARE – Mbira star Hope Masike has singled out her on-stage collaboration with internationally-acclaimed Malian superstar Salif Keita at the 2015 edition of the Harare International Festival of Arts (Hifa) as the standout moment of her 10-year music career. Masike, who has just clocked a decade in music, told the Daily News on Sunday that…
HARARE – Chief Moses Njelele, a custodian of cultural norms and traditions, is the last person you would expect to have a soft spot for pageants. In 2007 for example, several chiefs including the chiefs’ council president Fortune Charumbira, objected to the use of bikinis in the now defunct Miss Rural Zimbabwe beauty contest of…
HARARE – Los Angeles-based Zimbabwean music producer Tinashe “T-Collar” Sibanda (23), who collaborates with different singers under the artiste name Bantu, has bounced back with a six-track EP titled “Complicated.” The new offering by the Harare-born artiste, who was nominated for a Grammy in the Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media category early this year,…
HARARE – Jah Prayzah’s forthcoming album titled “Kutonga Kwaro” has been dragged into Zanu PF succession politics by some people pushing for Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa to take over from President Robert Mugabe. Though the album, Jah Prayzah’s seventh, will only be released on October 13, some opportunistic Mnangagwa followers have renamed the award-winning artiste’s…
