HARARE – Six female Zimdancehall musicians have come together in a campaign against child marriages and have already released two singles, Vane Ngoma and Munhukadzi Wakakosha, to fight against the social ill. Calling themselves The Mic of Hope, the group comprises Lipsy, Juwela, Lady Bee, Nina Grande, Sister Moby and Empress Shelly. Lipsy told the…
HARARE – Harare International Festival of the Arts (Hifa) Chairman Muchadeyi Masunda says there won’t be a 2016 edition to allow the country’s leading arts event to reinvent itself. Masunda told journalists on Thursday that the next 18 months would enable Hifa step back, reinvent and come back bigger and better in 2017. “We have…
HARARE – Philip “Pip” Kembo (24) has joined the ranks of Zimbabwean music producers making a mark in the United States of America. Pip, as the young music producer is known among his peers, recently moved to Los Angeles, California where he joined fellow Zimbabwean producer and childhood friend Tinashe “T- Collar” Sibanda, who co-produced…
HARARE – Country music is clearly not the most music genre in Zimbabwe but that has not deterred Mande Snyman from building a career on it. The passionate artiste believes country music is gaining traction on the Zimbabwean music scene and because of that she is always being invited to perform at restaurants, pubs, private…
HARARE – Seven year old Hannah Madzikanda, a grade two pupil at Hallingbury Primary School, recently defied all odds and scooped the Actress of the Year award at the recently held Zimbabwe International Women’s Awards. Madzikanda earned the coveted award for her role in a film called ‘Far From Yesterday,’ a drama on a broken…
HARARE – Prominent Zimbabwean designer and model Priscilla Chigariro Gessen created the Shoko Shoes brand to close a gap in the local fashion market which she felt “was not being exploited and serviced to its fullest potential.” The name Shoko is a celebration of African tribal identity through totems derived from the animal kingdom. Priscilla’s…
HARARE – Beatboxer Takudzwa “Probeatz” Mashonganyika beat 15 other contestants from various arts genres to land the 2015 DreamStar top prize of $5 000 at 7 Arts Theatre on Saturday night. The talented 19 year old, who hails from Harare’s Mufakose suburb, comfortably beat eight-member accapela outfit Soul Finders into second place with Nyasha, whose…
HARARE – Music superstar Oliver “Tuku” Mtukudzi shared the stage with Victor Kunonga and Bryan Kadengu at the 7 Arts Theatre on Friday and demonstrated once more that his crowd-pulling abilities are not on the wane. Despite playing with a pared-down band, Tuku and his talented partners on the night still managed to fill up…
HARARE – Chipaz Promotions director Partson Chimbodza has confirmed that Jamaican star I-Octane will hold a maiden concert in Zimbabwe on December 12 at the City Sports Centre in Harare. Chimbodza, who co-promoted Busy Signal’s highly successful show late last month, said the Jamaican hit-maker will share the stage with top Zimdancehall artistes who include…
HARARE – Mokoomba lead vocalist Mathias Muzaza, drummer Costa Ndaba Moyo and bassist Abundance Mutori were involved in an accident on Saturday forcing the Afro-fusion band to pull out of a Book Cafe gig at New Ambassador Hotel. Mokoomba manager Marcus Gora confirmed the accident but was quick to point out that the injuries suffered by…
