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…
HARARE – The Miss Zimbabwe Trust says it will dethrone current national queen Emily Kachote if investigations prove that her nude pictures are in circulation. Tendai Chirau, Miss Zimbabwe Trust’s communications and programmes manager, told a press conference yesterday that should Kachote be dethroned first princess, Ann-Grace Mutambu would take over. Miss Zimbabwe, Emily Kachote…
HARARE – Reggae star Mike “MicInity” Madamombe has been blasted by a Harare magistrate for continually applying for more time to clear in maintenance arrears for the upkeep of his two children. MicInity was initially hauled before magistrate Milton Serima in March when magistrate Milton Serima ordered him to clear $2100 arrears or face 6…
HARARE – Magaya says he was forced to cancel his maiden regional church crusade due to xenophobic attacks in neighbouring South Africa. The plans for PHD Ministries’ crusade pencilled for South Africa were at an advanced stage but they have been thwarted by the unjustifiable killings of foreign nationals across Limpopo River. Magaya told journalists…
HARARE – Walter Magaya, leader of Prophetic Healing and Deliverance (PHD) Ministries used popular sungura musician Alick Macheso as a fishing worm to “catch men” at an all-men night prayer held on Friday in Harare. Themed Creating a Man with Power, the event saw Macheso, a secular artiste performing in a church, sharing the stage…
HARARE – An eleventh hour promotion by Harare International Festival of the Arts (Hifa) officials saved the arts showcase’s most expensive gig — the Sonic Wonderland — from being hit by apathy. With tickets hardly moving three hours before the $30 gig, organisers introduced a promotion in which whoever bought a ticket would get another…
HARARE – Not so long ago, African jazz legend Hugh Masekela described Victor Kunonga’s music as “a fresh, dynamic international sound rooted in African rhythms; musically very superior”. Kunonga’s endorsement by the straight-talking Masekela was probably one of the reasons why a fairly big crowd thronged the Harare International Festival of the Arts (Hifa)’s ZOL…
HARARE – Recently-crowned Miss World Zimbabwe Emily Kachote, 25, says she has no problem with the Miss Zimbabwe Trust’s position that she should have no boyfriend because she is currently unattached. The boyfriend ban is an attempt by Miss Zimbabwe Trust chairperson Marry Chiwenga to avoid a repeat of last year’s debacle when Thabiso Phiri…
LONDON – Zimbabwe-born Farai Sewera (FS) recently won the American National College Wrestling Championship for Coe College in USA. From his humble beginnings at Rydings Junior School in Karoi, Sewera was sport-focused, earning a spot in the Mashonaland West U13 Rugby team. While at Prince Edward School in Harare, he continued to participate in sports…
HARARE – Dancehall sensation Winky D has failed to travel for his anticipated UK Summer Fiesta Tour which started yesterday and will run until Sunday over failure by the promoter to secure air tickets. Winky Dee’s manager in South Africa, Bartholomew Vera told the Daily News that they had been taken for a ride by…
