HARARE – Auditions for Miss World Zimbabwe will commence on Friday and run for three days at the Bulawayo Rainbow Hotel followed by those in Harare — which will take place from February 18-20 and February 25-27 at the Miss Zimbabwe Trust Head Offices in Highlands. Running under the theme, “Celebrating the Life of our…
HARARE – Whenever people talk of entertainment, music and theatre immediately come to mind. While the entertainment subject is a broad one, in Zimbabwe comedy is one such discipline that has not been regarded in the same manner as music albeit equally having the same entertaining value. Music by any measure is one of the…
HARARE – Dancehall sensation Guspy Warrior is treating his legion of fans to a February 14, special Valentine’s gift with the launch of his seventh studio album titled Lovers Rock at Club Volt in Harare. The Mafia 19 boss revealed to the Daily News that the 10-track album consists only of love ballads that celebrate…
HARARE – Internationally-acclaimed Spanish fashion designer Manuel Sernagez is in the country for the first time to scout and promote local talent courtesy of ministry of Tourism. Sernagez visited the country as part of his tour of Africa and on Tuesday he was hosted by sculptor Dominic Benhura. “I came here in search of different…
HARARE – The Nama Awards, Zimbabwe’s premier music awards yesterday unveiled the nominees for the 2016 edition, among them Kora nominee, mbira musician Hope Masike. She is nominated under “Outstanding Female Musician” and for her song Huyai Tinamate, “Outstanding Music Video”. Interestingly, the same song Huyai Tinamate is also nominated for a Kora Award under…
HARARE – A record 20 African artists will showcase their visual art works at an exhibition titled “Kabbo Ka Muwala — The Girl’s Basket Migration and Mobility in Contemporary Art in Southern and Eastern Africa” opening tomorrow at the National Art Gallery of Zimbabwe (Nagz). Deputy director and chief curator of the exhibition Raphael Chikukwa…
HARARE – Sungura musician Energy “Musorowembada” Mutodi says while his music commands respect on radio and among fans in Zimbabwe and South Africa, he has been downplayed by local “entertainment journalists who remain entangled in a primitive mental prison that a rich and educated man cannot be a musician”. The businessman-cum-musician said because of this…
HARARE – After causing waves in local showbiz, two leading musicians Jah Prayzah and Winky D are set to headline the annual Southern African Music and Arts (Sama) Festival next month in the United Kingdom. The two National Arts Merit Awards (Nama) 2016 nominees will be sharing the stage with other local musicians such as…
BULAWAYO – Acclaimed Austria-based arts director Stephan Rabl has collaborated with Inkululeko Yabatsha School of Arts (Iyasa) in a children’s theatre production, titled Farm House. Rabl, the man who took Iyasa to Europe for their first-ever international tour in 2011 and has been working with the outfit since then in the process facilitating their annual…
HARARE – Dancehall music sensation Winky D’s hit song Disappear has risen from number five to number one on the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Radio 1 Extra Destination Africa Top Five (5). Disappear was produced by Oskid at KeNako Muzik. Winky D’s hit is followed by Ghanaian star’s Shatta Wale’s self-produced tune titled Hol’ It…
