HARARE – Zimbabwe Music Rights Association (Zimura) says Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) is prejudicing their members in terms of music royalties because of their manual log-in system. When a broadcaster plays music, they are supposed to log in the song, internationally it is done through a monitoring system, but the national broadcaster does not have one….
HARARE – Nyau group Bheni Arinoti from Redwing Mine in Mutare won Chibuku Neshamwari Traditional Dance Manicaland provincial finals while Sekunjalo MaAfrica were crowned Bulawayo province winners on Saturday. The Manicaland provincials were held at Vhengere Stadium in Rusape, while Habane Bar in Esigodini hosted Bulawayo finals. Bheni Arinoti won ahead of Watyamhembwe, Machena Traditional…
HARARE – Miss Zimbabwe Trust, coordinators of Miss World Zimbabwe pageant are targeting university students as potential candidates for the coveted national title. Miss Zimbabwe Trust programmes and communications manager, Tendai Chirau said there will be a boot camp sometime in July, time which they will hold the finale. “Most university students closed school last…
HARARE – Ammara Brown has finally spoken about the tragic deaths that have dogged her family in quick succession with sister Shahla being the latest loss. Ammara, the daughter of the late musician Andy Brown took to social media platform, Facebook, pouring her heart out, painting a gloomy picture of her loneliness after losing a…
MUTARE – After having been a frozen hub for half a century, Mutare Museum has finally completed a revamp of one of its redundant galleries, Beit Gallery. National Museums and Monuments of Zimbabwe (NMMZ) took more than a year to complete the refurbishment that cost $35 000. The refurbishments got a $25 000 grant boost…
HARARE – True to the old Chinese proverb that the journey of a thousand miles begins with one step, Rodney Badza, a Chinhoyi University of Technology student, is carving his niche in the arts industry, following a successful exhibition that he hosted in Harare recently. The exhibition, which ran under the theme “Creator’s Palette” and…
HARARE – Theatre in the Park is introducing a new programme ‘The Beauty of Zimbabwean Folklore Rhythm’ whose aim is to preserve and enhance the country’s melodramatic and theatrical forms. Zimbabwe is a multi-cultural country with a rich diverse, cultural heritage with lots of different traditional music genres from one ethnic group to another, each…
HARARE – Comedian Freddy “Kapfupi” Manjalima has collaborated with an upcoming Zimdancehall musician based in Epworth on the song, Kutenderera. Kapfupi told the Daily News that he feels obliged to help upcoming talent, hence his working with Mike “Whisper” Moyo on his song. “Yes, I collaborated with the young man as I want to help…
HARARE – In Kariba, all roads will lead to Cutty Sark Hotel on Saturday where a potentially explosive concert featuring the highly-valorised musician Oliver Mtukudzi will be sharing the stage with an equally talented artiste Lynn “Lady Storm” Magodo, popularly known as Eriza. Eriza, who will be dating Kariba for the first time, earned her…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s all female acappella ensemble, Nobuntu is back from Canada and looking forward to embark on its national tour and second album launch. Nobuntu, which recently performed across Canada, are excited to be performing in Bulawayo, Harare and Victoria Falls, respectively. [GoogleAd] ”Our new album, Ekhaya is an experience of what it means…
