BULAWAYO – Veteran Afro-jazz musician Jeys Marabini is back in the country after a month-long stint in Austria which he has described as “my best foreign tour ever.” The just-ended tour, Marabini’s third of the European country, was the first time he had toured Austria with a full band. “The response was overwhelming and it…
GWERU – Over 13 models have so far registered for the sixth edition of Miss Gweru pageant that will take place in the Midlands capital’s Cathedral Hall on August 2. Dubbed “From Old to New”, the annual beauty contest will coincide with celebrations to mark 100 years of Gweru’s existance. Image Modelling Agency, the organisers…
HARARE – Newlly-crowned Miss Zimbabwe, Thabiso Phiri ,22, has begun preparations which she hopes will help her better the fourth position achieved by Angeline Musasiwa at the Miss World Pageant exactly two decades ago. Phiri, who was crowned Miss Zimbabwe on June 14 this year to bring an end to Bongani Dlakama’s two-year reign as…
BULAWAYO – Black Umfolosi, the veteran imbube outfit based in the City of Kings, is raising funds for their tour of Canada set for November. The forthcoming tour of North America will be the widely travelled group’s first international tour this year. Sotsha Moyo, the imbube outfit’s co-leader, told the Daily News that the fundraising…
LONDON – I have a knack for good, clean humour and when the Zvirikufaya videos started, I was so taken in and amused by the humour the people of Zimbabwe evidently possess. Then the darkness started to creep in, and the videos became increasingly uncomfortable to watch. The venom, bitterness and a nation divided was…
HARARE – Award winning artiste Jah Prayzah will release a DVD compilation of his latest album Kumbumura Mhute in September this year. The videos on the forthcoming DVD album have been directed by National Arts Merit Award (Nama) winning music video director Willard “Slimaz” Magombedze. Slimaz directed the videos for Jah Prayzah’s songs Mwanasikana and…
HARARE – Actress and former radio personality Tinopona Katsande says misplacing her passport cost her the chance to proceed to the second round of the 2014 Big Brother Africa (BBA) auditions. Tino, as she is affectionately known by her fans, told the Daily News that she was disappointed for missing out on the opportunity to…
HARARE – Organisers of the all-female gig, Kumabhebhi, will hold a masquerade party at the Book Café on August 1. Cindy Munyavi and Clare Nyakujara, the organisers of the monthly gig, believe the masquerade party will take the Kumabhebhi initiative to new heights. “We are always thinking of new ideas that have never been done…
HARARE – Catholic Schools will gather at St Georges College tomorrow for the fourth edition of the AMDG High Schools Music and Dance Festival. The festival, started and launched by Father Joe Arimoso at St Peters Kubatana High School three years ago, aims to celebrate God-given talents in young people in areas of music and…
HARARE – Sungura musician Alick Macheso and the Red Cross Society are constructing a recording studio to be operational next year. Takemore Mazuruse, the Red Cross Society information officer told the Daily News this week that a building for the recording studio is already up. “The recording studio will be operational next year, we are…
