HARARE – Fashion designer Tarisayi Gweje is headed for the United Kingdom for the London Africa Fashion week following an impressive showcase at the Nigeria Fashion week held in May. Gweje, 29 runs the label, Chaivo Fashions that showcased designs at Hifa 2014, which are inspired by the Salarygate Scandal. “I applied to go to…
HARARE – Gospel musician Mudiwa Hood and Kingdom Embassy leader Passion Java are set to star in a film to be released on June 27, entitled Deception. Robert Nyagwaya, Eagle Eye film productions public relations officer told the Daily News that the film which will premiere at Ster Kinekor Eastgate is premised on the life…
HARARE – Comedian Carl Joshua Ncube has been nominated for the Fifth Annual South African Savannah Comic Choice Awards. Carl, who has brought Zimbabwean comedy to the limelight through his innovation and rigorous marketing, is delighted to be in the running for the coveted awards. “It is a huge deal just being considered. I know…
HARARE – South African film star Katlego “Dineo Mashaba” Danke says the great reception she got on her recent tour of Zimbabwe demonstrates the senselessness of the xenophobia that rocked her homeland. The ex-Generations star visited Bulawayo and Harare at the end of May along with Rhythm City’s Zintle Ncipha to grace the launch of…
HARARE – Rising Jamaican dancehall star Charly Black is set to perform in Zimbabwe on August 8 during the Heroes Sunsplash to be hosted at Long Cheng Plaza. Thirty-year-old Black, whose real name is Desmond Mendize, will be performing in Zimbabwe for the first time in a gig that has been put together by United…
HARARE – Jah Prayzah will showcase his latest album Jerusarema at Platinum in Mutare tonight. Interestingly, the Uzumba-born musician will be backed by upcoming musician Andy Muridzo who has been accused of being a Jah Prayzah copycat. On Sunday, he will be back in the capital city for a family show at Zebra Village. Busy…
HARARE – Various members of the local arts community have lamented the sudden closure of the Book Café on Tuesday. The iconic and award-winning live arts venue finally shut its doors after succumbing to a three-year debt crisis that saw the Book Café routinely failing to pay its workers. Tuesday’s closure is the second time…
HARARE – After her highly-rated performance alongside Malian singer Salif Keita during the Harare International Festival of the Arts, (Hifa), mbira player and vocalist Hope Masike will herald the Divas Night set for Private Lounge in Harare today. Masike will share the stage with equally-talented guitarists Edith WeUtonga and Tariro Negitare. A spokesperson for Private…
HARARE – The Book Café, arguably Harare’s most popular arts venue, has closed its doors indefinitely. The closure was announced in a press release sent yesterday by Tomas Brickhill, the Book Café managing director. “I have decided to take a step back in order to re-strategise and restructure the business,” Brickhill’s statement said. “It was…
HARARE – Tomas Brickhill, the director of the Book Café, says he is proud of the role his award-winning arts venue has played in popularising mbira music. “It (Book Café) was the first venue in town to give voice to mbira music. Mbira was not given a platform and people were not giving it the…
