HARARE – Newly-formed musical outfit Angwa Combo has engaged the services of popular diva Pauline Gundidza on their debut album Ngativimbike (Be Diligent on Duty). Angwa Combo is a project by two former Savanna Arts Centre members — Fred Nyakunga, 41 and Julius Julius, 33. Nyakunga (lyricist) and Julius (vocalist) said they featured the Mafriq…
HARARE – Jazz musician Claire Nyakujara, 32, has decided to rekindle her old times by turning solo once again and staging concerts with her own band. Claire has two albums to her name, Haudineyi and Unleashed and a collaborative one, Ndega Zvangu. The diva who has been collaborating with other female musicians in various music…
HARARE – It has been a dream come true for dancehall singer Miss Tee, a Glen View-based artiste who received a Volvo V70 from controversial businessman-cum-music promoter Courage Zikhali. Zikhali made his name as a music promoter when he gave his Hummer H2 vehicle to Soul Jah Love whom he was managing. However, the relationship…
HARARE – Legislator James Maridadi has bemoaned Zimbabwe’s system which he says has failed to uplift the lives of local musicians who remain poor. Speaking at the burial of sungura star Daiton Somanje in Marondera on Friday last week, Maridadi, a former Radio 3 presenter said music was an important aspect of our day-to-day lives….
HARARE – World-acclaimed jazz maestro Hugh Masekela gave a mind-blowing presentation during a concert held in Harare on Saturday night. Masekela’s performance at the 7 Arts Theatre in Avondale justified the entry charge of between $80 and $125 revellers paid to be entertained by the crooner. The Avondale venue came alive the moment Bra Hugh,…
HARARE – It was back to the 1600s at Harare’s 7 Arts Theatre on Friday night where United Kingdom-based The Globe Theatre performed Hamlet — William Shakespeare’s longest play. With comedy, love, revenge, politics and murder in one showing, the performance evoked almost endless laughter from the packed Avondale venue. Though it was two-and-a-half hours…
HARARE – Miss World Zimbabwe organisers have evicted 41 girls from the national pageant’s boot camp that began in Victoria Falls two weeks ago. Tendai Chirau, Miss Zimbabwe Trust’s communications and programmes officer, told the Daily News that the 41 girls were part of the 57-strong group that turned up for the boot camp. “Miss…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s biggest arts showcase, the Harare International Festival of the Arts (Hifa), says it has lost four direct investors due to the country’s depressed economic environment. Tafadzwa Simba, Hifa’s associate executive director, told the Daily News yesterday that the four corporates, that he declined to name, were no longer in a position to…
HARARE – Jive Zimbabwe has emerged as one of the leading arts promotion organisations in Zimbabwe. An increasing number of artistes have joined the company’s online music sales platform. The Daily News on Sunday’ Sharon Muguwu (SM) recently spoke to Jive Zimbabwe founder Benjamin Nyandoro (BN) on the operations of his organisation and its flagship…
HARARE – Did you know wine has legs? Yes it does, the legs are the ones that will tell you how rich in alcohol rich it is. So when you see wine experts swirling the wine and then looking at the glass they will be looking for the legs, which is, in lay man’s language,…
