HARARE – The first ever European Union (EU) Film Festival in Zimbabwe begins tonight at The Theatre in the Park in Harare. Organised by the EU in partnership with 11 of its member States, the inaugural film festival, which will run until May 20, will screen an assortment of acclaimed films from across Europe. The…
HARARE – Mbende-Jerusarema dance group, Goromonzi Arts emerged victorious in the Chibuku Neshamwari Traditional Dance Festival Mashonaland East finals held in Murewa on Saturday. For coming first the Goromonzi-based group walked away with $300 in addition to qualifying for the national finals to be hosted by Bulawayo on August 5. Murewa-based cultural groups, Zevezeve and…
HARARE – State-run Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) is currently paying an average of $5 000 per month to liquidate its legacy debt which stood at $478 080 as at April 31, Broadcasting Services deputy minister Thokozile Mathuthu has said. Mathuthu told the Senate last week that the monthly payments were part of an agreement between…
HARARE – Music legend Zexie Manatsa’s legacy appears not to be in danger of dying anytime soon. The 73-year-old is the man who belted yesteryear hits such as Makepekepe, Chipo Chiroorwa, Bambo Mwakwatila, Vaparidzi Vawanda, Mwana Waenda and Kuwirirana Kwevanodanana. Now retired, and full time into his pastoral duties in Zaoga Church, the music legend…
HARARE – Gallery Delta will host an exhibition of paintings, graphics and three-dimensional object sculptures by young and promising artists on Wednesday. The exhibition dubbed — Link III: Different Viewpoints Exhibition — will showcase works by Epheas Maposa, Kresiah Mkwazhi, Option Nyahunzvi, Evans Tinashe and Johnson Zuze whose masterpiece “The Dog and the Bone” landed…
HARARE – South Africa-based gospel artiste Martha Shonhiwa says relocating to South Africa to pursue her music career is turning out to be an inspired decision. Shonhiwa, who is currently in Zimbabwe to promote her second album titled Grace, is increasingly getting more recognition on the local gospel music scene. “Since I came back from…
HARARE – Hollywood-based Zimbabwean actress Sibongile “Sibo” Mlambo starred in the movie, Message From the King that was released last week. Sibo, who hogged the limelight last year when she was picked as the lead actress in Universal Pictures’ third sequel of Honey, played the role of Bianca who “disappears” after she moves to Los…
HARARE – United States of America-based Zimbabwean singer and instrumentalist, Tanyaradzwa Tawengwa, regards herself as an ambassador of Shona music. Tanyaradzwa, who attracted international attention last year after coming second in the University of Kentucky-hosted Alltech Vocal Scholarship Competition which featured 21 contestants from all over the world, relishes composing music inspired by her Shona…
HARARE – After an 18-month break the Harare International Festival of Arts (Hifa) bounced back this year. The festival, which ran from May 2 to 7, elicited mixed feelings. The Daily News on Sunday’s Dakarai Mashava recently spoke to Hifa associate executive director Tafadzwa Simba, a day after the end of the festival. Below are…
HARARE – This is not a laughing matter! Wedding bells could be tolling soon for Samantha “Gonyeti” Kureya, pictured, who early this year became the first woman to be nominated for the Outstanding Comedian category by the National Arts Merit Awards (Nama). The rising comedian told the Daily News on Sunday that she has been…
