HARARE – Music promoter Partson Chimbodza of Chipaz Promotions says he has a running contract with City of Harare-owned venue, City Sports Centre for particular calendar dates. His response comes after the Daily News featured an article alluding to the fact that he was monopolising the venue. While a number of music promoters were not…
HARARE – Rooftop Promotions remains adamant that they will finally hold the Wene Music Awards in October after last year’s false start. Rooftop Promotions media and information officer, Robert Tapfumaneyi told the Daily News that while they are busy constructing the new Theatre in the Park in the Harare Gardens, they will still hold the…
HARARE – The Greyman Experiment, a play which was part of the theatre programme at the just-ended Harare International Festival of Arts (Hifa), will be taken to several African countries later this year. The play, which was written by Mandisi Gobodi and directed by Leeroy Gono, is scheduled to be taken to Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique…
HARARE – Organisers of the annual Winter Jazz festival say they are under pressure from sponsors to split this year’s event into two editions. Pamuzinda Ice and Fire director Josh Hozheri, who is one of the key drivers of the initiative, told the Daily News on Sunday that some sponsors want the Jazz festival, now…
HARARE – Miss Zimbabwe Trust chairperson Marry Chiwenga says they will not hesitate to sue recently crowned national beauty queen Emily Kachote if investigations prove that she lied about the existence of her nude pictures. Kachote’s nude pictures were leaked via social media last week in violation of a contract the new Miss Zimbabwe signed…
HARARE – Controversial Zimdancehall artiste Lady Squanda says she is peerless and as such should never be compared to any Zimbabwean female chanter. The emergence of a new crop of female chanters like Darula, Empress Shelly, Bounty Lisa, Ninja Lipsy and Juwela has prompted some Zimdancehall fans to predict the end of Lady Squanda’s reign…
HARARE – Gospel musician Fungisayi Zvakavapano-Mashavave has closed a boutique she opened in Harare’s central business district barely six months ago. The shop named House of Nasya specialised in ethnic wear for women particularly evening gowns, casual wear and outfits for special events. While conforming that she had indeed closed shop, Fungisayi who is also…
HARARE – Sungura musicians have hit out at the Harare International Festival of the Arts (Hifa) for excluding Zimbabwe’s most popular music genre from this year’s edition that began on April 28 and will end on Sunday. William Tsandukwa, the manager of sungura kingpin Alick Macheso, told the Daily News that the Tafadzwa singer is…
HARARE – Extreme Afrique, a rising gospel group led by leading producer Lyton Ngolomi, will launch a debut DVD album at Meikles Hotel on Friday. The DVD, titled Tomuziva Nenyasha, comprises of six videos shot and directed by National Arts Merit Awards (Nama) award -winning music video producer Willard “Slimaz” Magombedze. Bassist Brian Ngolomi, one…
HARARE – Rising mbira star Hope Masike had a mere 20-minute cameo on stage with Malian music superstar Salif Keita during Sunday’s Harare International Festival of Arts (Hifa) closing concert but there is no doubt that it was the highlight of her career. It is not every day that a fledgling artiste gets to collaborate…
