HARARE – All is not well in Peter “Young Igwe” Moyo’s Utakataka Express band. Moyo failed to show up at the recently held Soap and Shirt Winter Donation Festival at the Belgravia Sports Club in Harare where he was supposed to perform for charity because his band members refused to perform for free. The Mushonga…
HARARE – Organisers of the just-ended Soap and Shirt Donation Winter Festival are considering making the charity event an annual concert. Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimRights), the Women’s Trust (TWT), Batanai HIV, Aids Organisation (BHASO) and Crisis In Zimbabwe Coalition jointly held the charity concert on Saturday to raise essential goods for victims of the…
HARARE – Consultants hired by the re-launched Zimbabwe Music Awards (Zima) say categories for the gongs will be announced within a fortnight. Michelle Fernandes, the events manager of the South African Music Awards (Sama) made the announcement after consultations with Harare-based musicians last week. “Within the next two weeks we will release the final categories…
HARARE – Filmaker Rufaro Kaseke has just finished directing a movie titled Elusive Horizons that was jointly made by local motion picture makers and their counterparts in the United Kingdom. The film, which was shot in Stoke on Trent and Birmingham and features award-winning actress Demetria Karonga, is the first production in a series of…
HARARE – South African musician DJ Zinhle has pulled out of next month’s official opening concert of Radost Platinum Club which is based at Longcheng Plaza near the National Sports Stadium. The popular musician was set to share the stage with music superstar Oliver Mtukudzi to mark the launch of the new upmarket night club…
HARARE – Sungura musician Alick Macheso and his Orchestra Mberikwazvo band will perform at Pick N Save in Mutare tonight before staging a rare concert in Chipinge at Dhonzai Night Club tomorrow. On Sunday, the Tafadzwa hit-maker is expected to thrill revellers at Zineku Bar at Checheche Growth Point. The sungura king will wind up…
HARARE – Eddie Ndlovu, the writer/producer of Wenera — a new Zimbabwean soapie set to hit the screens soon says the production of the forthcoming series will not involve the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC). “The last time we worked with the ZBC on Revelations, production was abruptly cut short as they said they no longer…
HARARE – Comedian Samm “Comrade Fatso” Monro is excited by the ongoing collaboration between Zimbabwean comedy show, Zambezi News and South Africa’s Late Nite News with Loyiso Gola. The Zambezi News Crew, made up of Michael Kudakwashe, Comrade Fatso and Tongai Leslie Makawa who is better known by the stage name Outspoken, recently featured as…
HARARE – Musicians, who will perform for free at the Soap and Shirt Donation Winter Festival (SSDWF) to be held at Belgravia Sports Club on Saturday, regard the concert as an ideal opportunity for them to give back to society. The unique charity festival, to raise essential goods for victims of the Tokwe-Mukorsi and Tsholotsho…
HARARE – Controversial dancers Beverly “Bev” Sibanda and Zoey Sifelani have lined up “mutually beneficial” joint concerts with upcoming dancehall artistes. The partnership was confirmed by Dancers Association of Zimbabwe (Daz) official Hapaguti “Harpers” Mapimhidze who is convinced the two parties stand to benefit from working together. The first joint concert is set for Super…
