HARARE – Miss World Zimbabwe 2017 oozed glitz and glamour on Saturday night in the posh gated suburb of Borrowdale Brooke. The attendees were dressed to kill, looking dapper in beautiful shimmering gowns, tuxedoes and designer suits. After failing to take place last year amid claims that the pageant had failed to attract the “right…
HARARE – The stakes are high for the Miss World Zimbabwe pageant set for Borrowdale Brooke Golf Course tonight. After failing to take place last year amid claims that the pageant had failed to attract the “right girls,” there is pressure on the Marry Chiwenga-led Miss Zimbabwe Trust to deliver an event worth the $300…
HARARE – Norton residents have lined up a dinner in honour of music superstar Oliver “Tuku” Mtukudzi for being included by Forbes magazine among Africa’s Top 10 most bankable artistes. The dinner, set for Tuku’s Pakare Paye Arts Centre in Norton on July 29, is being spearheaded by the independent Member of Parliament for the…
HARARE – A memorial service for the late veteran Zimbabwean journalist and broadcaster Dave Emberton (pictured) will take place at the City Bowling Club in the Harare Gardens today. Emberton, 69, died of heart failure at his son’s home in Durban, South Africa two weeks ago. Though the late Emberton was cremated in South Africa,…
HARARE – Bigtime Strategic Group, the South Africa-based company at the centre of the row between tourism minister Walter Mzembi and Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA) chief executive officer Karikoga Kaseke, will bring eight top artistes to this year’s Harare International Carnival. Kaseke, who was attacked early this week by Mzembi for “unilaterally” renaming the carnival…
HARARE – The directors of the local film Escape which was banned at the ongoing Zanzibar International Film Festival (ZIFF) over its erotic scenes, say they will now shun festivals in “conservative countries.” Escape, the first Zimbabwean film to premiere at ZIFF in the last six years, was banned by the Zanzibari censors a few…
BULAWAYO – The recent death of Cool Crooners frontman Abel Sithole at the age of 81, has prompted music fans in the City of Kings to examine the state of jazz music in Bulawayo. While many don’t necessarily believe that the late jazz maestro has taken the music genre with him into the grave, they…
HARARE – Pakare Paye Arts Centre in Norton, the vibrant arts centre established by Zimbabwe’s superstar musician Oliver Mtukudzi plays host to the stirring play Narratives from the Dark, starring visually-impaired actress Edith Masango as a solo act. The play premiered successfully at Harare’s Theatre in the Park on May 25 this year, and went…
HARARE – Businessman and socialite Wicknell Chivayo’s marriage to Harare-based Sonja Madzikanda has not been welcomed by some members of his family, it can be revealed. If his sister, Moe’s words are anything to go by, there is bad blood between them and the new sister-in-law whose marriage has created the rift in the family….
HARARE – Celebrated music icon Oliver “Tuku” Mtukudzi is expected to grace upcoming female musician Jane Marimo’s album launch on tonight at Jazz 24/7 in Harare. In addition to Tuku, who will be the guest of honour, the event will also be braced by female artistes Edith WeUtonga and Tendai Chimombe, who are expected to…
