HARARE – Fast-riding Chimurenga musician Jairos Chabvonga has vowed to take exiled legend Thomas “Mukanya” Mapfumo’s music legacy to another level. Chabvonga said Mukanya, who went into self-exile in the early 2000s left a void difficult to fill in terms of the Chimurenga genre and he was ready to go out to re-establish his rich…
HARARE – Davies Events, the organisers of the recently-cancelled John Legend show are planning to bring to Zimbabwe British singer James Blunt in February 2015. As a way of compensating fans for the cancelled All of Me Tour, the promoters are working on bringing in another equally powerful international artiste. In a statement released on…
HARARE – Organisers of the much-hyped Harare Jazz Festival which was set for Saturday at Belgravia Sports Club have cancelled the music jamboree citing a number of logistical hitches. The jazz festival was set to feature South African trumpeter Hugh Masekela, Afro-jazz singer Dorothy Masuku and guitarist Kunle Ayo of Nigeria. A contingent of local…
HARARE – Organisers of Jamaica deejay Kalado’s Make Me Feel Zimbabwe Tour say everything is now in place for this weekend’s show. Kalado is expected to jet into the country this Thursday, two days before his show at Belgravia Sports Club in the capital. “We have a few days left till the show and all preparations…
HARARE – Africa’s biggest reality show, Big Brother Africa (BBA) will resume next month after the organisers secured a new venue to replace the one gutted by fire on September 2. M-Net and Endemol SA, the producers of the show, announced the new development in a statement yesterday. “Following the devastating fire on September 2,…
LONDON – I have been travelling a lot the last few weeks and I have been overwhelmed with the amount of knowledge that I have obtained. Learning empowers a person, more so meeting women of the same calibre as myself makes me understand better the full impact that women can have when they come together….
HARARE – Leading joker Simba the Comic King says a comedy series featuring some of Zimbabwe’s best comedians will be launched on Africa Magic, Comedy Central and Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation in December. Dubbed ZimComedyLive, the project, the brainchild of Simba the Comic King, will be produced and directed by renowned director Joe Njagu. Simba the…
HARARE – Zimbabwe-born music legend Hechichamunorwa Mount Zion Kwenda, better known as Mizchif, passed away on Thursday morning at the age of 38. Kwenda, born on June 23, 1976, was purported to have been the first to independently release a solo hip-hop album in South Africa and was also allegedly the first in the country…
BULAWAYO – Production designer Blessing Masora last week escaped death by a whisker after she was hit by a commuter omnibus in Mpopoma. Masora, 27, who has been active in the arts industry for over a decade was discharged from hospital after spending almost two weeks fighting for her life. The Amakhosi Academy graduate, who…
HARARE – Top South African gospel group, Worship House, will perform at the Harare International Conference Centre (HICC) tomorrow. The popular gospel group will share the stage with local stars Mathias Mhere, Sebastian Magacha, Flem B, Trymore Bande and Gift Mahlupeka. Before sharing the stage with Worship House, Mhere and Mahlupeka are set to entertain…
