HARARE – All is not well at Lyt-On Studios owned by controversial music producer Lyton Ngolomi, who is married to and manages gospel diva Bethen Pasinawako-Ngolomi. Last week, the Ngolomi brothers, Lyton and Brian ganged-up against an upcoming gospel musician Nicholas Chirunga and the three exchanged blows during a rehearsal session in the capital over…
HARARE – Musaemura Zimunya, chairman of the Zimbabwe International Book Fair (ZIBF), says the country’s overhyped high literacy status should translate into an equally impressive reading culture. Zimbabwe has for the past three consecutive years been ranked as the country with the highest literacy rate in Africa but Zimunya, a celebrated poet and academic, finds…
HARARE – Manchester-based Zimbabwean musician La’Diva Leila Million has over the last few years frequented festivals in the United Kingdom and United States of America where she has shared the stage with top international stars. With five albums under her belt which cover genres such as rhumba, soukous, zouk and salsa, Leila’s music career is…
HARARE – Divine Assignments, who successfully staged a “Shutdown Gig” to celebrate the end of this year’s edition of the Harare Agricultural Show, will hold The October Beer Festival at The Guard Alert Training Grounds near the Rainbow Towers. Biggie Chinoperekwei, Divine Assignments director, told the Daily News yesterday that the two-day event “will be…
BULAWAYO – Intwasa Arts Festival, which will take place in the City of Kings from September 23 to 27, will be spread over six venues. Festival director Raisedon Baya told the Daily News the venues for the decade-old event will be the City Hall Car Park, National Art Gallery, Bulawayo Theatre, Bulawayo Rainbow Hotel, The…
HARARE – Music piracy took centre stage at the launch of Charles and Olivia Charamba’s new album WeNazareta last week after Information Communication Technology, Postal and Courier Services minister Webster Shamu called on the country’s churches to pray against the scourge. Shamu, who was the guest of honour, admitted that the authorities had lost the…
HARARE – Alick Macheso, the Red Cross Humanitarian Ambassador, was mobbed by ecstatic fans on Wednesday when he visited the Harare Agricultural Show. The celebrated sungura icon had visited Zimbabwe’s biggest agricultural show in fulfilment of his ambassadorial role for Red Cross. Fans could not hide their joy as they jostled to shake hands with…
HARARE – United States of America-based gospel artiste Comfort Manyame will hold a free concert at New Life Covenant tomorrow night that will feature Pastor G and Pastor Prince Mafukidze. The free concert will feature Celebration Church worship leader Janet Manyowa who collaborated with Manyame on the hit song Amazing God. The song has been…
HARARE – Popular American singer John Legend’s highly anticipated Harare concert appears to have been cancelled yesterday to accommodate an additional concert for the Love in the Future singer in Durban. Dave Davies, the promoter for Legend’s cancelled November 19 concert, implied during an interview with the Daily News that the Harare show was sacrificed…
HARARE – The long-awaited Harare concert for nine-time Grammy Award winner and multi-platinum selling crooner John Legend has been cancelled, according to the show website. The show was scheduled for November 19 at the Harare International Conference Centre (HICC). It was part of the singer/songwriter’s first stop in Zimbabwe, and part of the neo-soul vocalist’s…
