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BULAWAYO – Daily News journalist, Jeffrey Muvundusi, has released a collection of poems titled “The Elusive Thigh Gap.” The 55-paged book, which was edited by poet-cum -playwright Bhekumusa Moyo and published by Komaseko Publishers, owned by controversial visual artist Owen Maseko, highlights various socio-economic and political situations that the nation has grappled with over the…

HARARE – Those who have frequented the MTV Africa Music Awards (MAMA) say this year’s edition, which took place this past weekend, was a poor cousin of last year’s classy edition held at the Durban International Convention Centre. Be that as it may, it could not mask the disappointment felt particularly by Zimbabweans in the…

HARARE – Rise Above It, By Carol Shereni; Tulsa, CreateSpace Independent Publishers Platform, 2016. 110 Pages ISBN: 978-1-523-207-565 (Paperback) Reviewed by Eddie Zvinonzwa UNITED States-based Zimbabwean Carol Shereni recently released a book Rise Above It — a motivational title mainly targeted at empowering young women between 15 and 35 years of age to rise above…

HARARE – The Latter Rain; By Phillip Kundeni Chidavaenzi; Harare, New Heritage Press, 2016. 244 Pages ISBN: 978-0-7974-5784-3 (Paperback) WHEN I read The Ties That Bind some time last year, I thought I had come across the best from Chidavaenzi. There was no way he could produce another gem — so touching in terms of…

HARARE – It was a night of disaster for Sound Events Management following a monumental flop in the Toya Delazy concert which took place at the Harare International Conference Centre (HICC) on Friday night. So poor was the attendance that organisers had to make everyone sit in the lower auditorium. There were so many open…

HARARE – Music legends Oliver “Tuku”Mtukudzi and Zex Manatsa will share the stage in South Africa on December 15 at Boksburg Hotel which is located on the on the East Rand of Gauteng province . At the event dubbed “The Night of the Legends,” Tuku will perform with the Pakare Paye Arts Ensemble which features…

HARARE – With many saying hip-hop artiste Stunner had finally met his waterloo after he drove without a driver’s licence and rammed into four parked vehicles, the controversial rapper conjured up a great escape. The former boyfriend of Big Brother Africa star Pokello, who has often been accused of being shallow and arrogant, surprised many…

HARARE – South African female hip-hop star Toya Delazy’s weekend concert has been moved from the Borrowdale Race Course to the Harare International Conference Centre after complaints from residents. Sound Event Management — the organisers of Toya Delazy’s Rocking the City Concert — said the dispute with residents has affected two concerts which were set to…

HARARE – Urban Grooves musician Trevor Dongo’s recent thrashing at the hands of a tout is the latest in a series of misfortunes that have befallen the popular singer. Early in the year he broke up with his wife of less than a year, Ashley Maumbe. Some people close to the artiste claim that Dongo…

HARARE – The Zimbabwe Manpower Development Fund (Zimdef), which allegedly misused thousands of dollars at the behest of Higher Education minister Jonathan Moyo, paid music star Jah Prayzah $8 000 to make a promotional video for the Science Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) programme. Documents seen by the Daily News show that the Uzumba-born artiste was…