HARARE – Recently-launched Zvishavane-based YAFM radio station is struggling to attract advertising, its chief executive officer Munyaradzi Hwengwere has revealed. The privately-owned radio station, headed by former Power FM boss Davies Mugadza, began operations last month and has found the going very tough. “We launched at a time when the economy is not conducive for…
HARARE – Top comedian, Sam Monro aka Comrade Fatso will be hosting the African Entertainment Awards USA (AEA-USA) scheduled for October 31 in New Jersey, USA. The comedian/musician/actor will co-host the event with American comedian and actor, Hassan Oliver. Comrade Fatso was also nominated in the Best Comedian category alongside the likes of Trevor Noah,…
HARARE – American music legend Jennifer Rush’s maiden performance in Zimbabwe at the Borrowdale Racecourse in Harare on October 23 has been cancelled. Minky Walters, the representative of the show organisers — Sound Event Management — said the music star had been forced to cancel the concert to enable her to fly back to the…
HARARE – Tswana songstress Charma Gal, who collaborated with Jah Prayzah on the hit Dali Wami, will add a foreign flavour to a star-studded cast of artistes set to perform at the Makomo@5 gig tonight in Hwange. The gig, meant to celebrate Makomo Resources’ fifth anniversary in Zimbabwe’s mining sector, will feature top local artistes…
HARARE – Rising afro-fusion star Victor Kunonga says producing the upcoming joint album by African musicians Hugh “Bra Hugh” Masekela and Oliver Mtukudzi “will be the stuff of dreams.” Kunonga, who is hogging the limelight with his latest 12-track album called Kwedu, will produce the yet-to-be-named collaboration by the two music greats set to be…
HARARE – Sassy dancer Sandra Ndebele has announced that she and her husband Nkanyiso Tiny Sibindi are expecting their third child, and spread the news on social media yesterday. Sandy, as she is affectionately known by her legion of fans, took a moment from her busy schedule to announce her excitement about her third baby….
HARARE – The late mbira queen Chiwoniso Maraire as well as departed actors Mackey Tickeys and Simon “Mutirowafanza” Shumba were awarded the Safirio Madzikatire Lifetime Achievement Award by the Zimbabwe International Film Festival(ZIFF) awards at the weekend. The trio was posthumously honoured for their outstanding contribution to the Zimbabwean film industry through the awards and…
HARARE – Jamaican music star Konshens delivered a stop-start performance at the Castle 120 Year Summer Celebrations Event held at Old Georgians Sports Club on Saturday night thanks to a faulty generator. Konshens, who could not hide his frustration as the generator went on and off during his performance, was the headline act at the…
HARARE – Celebrated Jamaican reggae artiste Konshens will make his maiden performance in Zimbabwe tonight at the Castle 120 Year Summer Celebrations Event set for Old Georgians Sports Club. Konshens, who was forced to call off the tour of this country last year due to the Ebola scourge that hit several African countries, jetted into…
HARARE – Star musician Oliver Mtukudzi and his musician friends on Friday showcased delightful melodies at a packed Harare International Carnival music concert held at the Glamis Stadium in Harare. With all colour and manner of audiences the musical concert rose to expectations as a cool breeze whizzed around the stadium cooling hot temperatures that…
