HARARE – Controversial dancer Beverly “Bev” Sibanda will embark on a three-week tour of South Africa next week. Bev’s manager Hapaguti “Harpers” Mapimhidze told the Daily News that the tour was being facilitated by Cape Town-based Jimalo Entertainment. “We have found a new lucrative market in South Africa. We are holding our farewell gig on…
HARARE – Zanu PF cancelled a fund-raising musical gala for President Robert Mugabe’s 92nd birthday celebrations due to poor planning by the organisers. The gala, that was scheduled to take place at the Harare International Conference Centre (HICC) on February 12, was being organised by the Zanu PF youth league. Zanu PF secretary for youth…
HARARE – The National Merit Awards (Nama) 2016 was quite a spectacle happening on the eve of Valentine’s Day and what a coincidence that the two men ruling the roast on the night, Jah Prayzah and Winky D came donning red — the colour of love. Winky D, who won the People’s Choice Award and…
HARARE – Ghanaian reggae star Blakk Rasta, 41, will be the star performer at the seventh edition of Zimbabwe Music Awards (Zima) to be held on February 25 at the Harare International Conference Centre (HICC). The 2009 winner of the National Award for Cultural Excellence (Ghana) broke onto the music scene with the album Rasta…
HARARE – Music stars Jah Prayzah and Winky D, along with New Zealand-based playwright Stanley Makuwe, picked two National Arts Merit Awards (Nama) gongs apiece on Saturday night at 7 Arts Theatre. Jah Prayzah walked away with the Outstanding Album Award for Jerusarema in addition to the Outstanding Male Musician accolade while the Ninja President…
HARARE – Tonight more than 20 mbira groups will descend on Dzimbanhete Arts Village on the outskirts of Harare for what the organisers have described as a “special mbira extravaganza.” The show, which has been dubbed “Mbira pilgrimage 2”, will be held in a traditional mbira village set-up in a bid to showcase the “traditional…
HARARE – Over 20 artists from the Zimbabwe Applied Art in Craft Association (ZACCA) will showcase their artifacts at the Belgravia-based Nzou Arts Cultural Centre (NZACC) today. According to NZACC spokesperson Yukiko Nakamura, the range of hand-made art and craft products that will be on display will include baskets, beads and batik. “The Valentine’s Day…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s leading stand-up comedian, Carl Joshua Ncube, will perform at the Victoria Falls Safari Lodge Amphitheatre tonight in an event that seeks to raise funds for the Victoria Falls Anti-Poaching Unit (VFAPU). Ncube is delighted that the charity event dubbed “Wild, Wild Valentines” will be his first show this year. “People can expect…
HARARE – Wencilus “Mpostori Wency” Makungisa — one of the most celebrated products of the Zimpraise Choir — will hold his first live DVD recording at 7 Arts Theatre on February 27. Mpostori Wency, best known for the hits Musandikanganwe, Weminana and most recently Mvura Yakawanda, will be supported by fellow Zimpraisers Sharon Manyonganise and…
HARARE – Veteran jazz star Prudence Katomeni-Mbofana, and her husband broadcaster Comfort Mbofana, are among several celebrity couples that will compete in the inaugural Longest Kiss In Africa event to be held at Rainbow Towers Hotel in Harare on Valentine’s Day. Prudence and Comfort will battle it out with several celebrity couples that include Buhera…
