HARARE – Striking a balance between motherhood and a career in music has proved a tough lifestyle for many musicians. On Mother’s Day, the Daily News on Sunday interviewed several female musicians in a bid to understand how they juggle looking after their children and pursuing music careers. Edith ‘WeUtonga’ Katiji, who just had a…
LONDON – Mother’s Day celebrates mothers and motherhood and acknowledges the influence of women in society. It is one of the noblest annual celebrations observed in the world. The fact that Mothers’ Day is embraced by every rational human entity and celebrated in almost all parts of the world, demonstrates the incomparable pricelessness of women…
HARARE – Blessing Hungwe, the writer and co-producer of the play Lovers in Time — a comedy that explores taboos around Mbuya Nehanda and Sekuru Kaguvi — says it was never his intention to rewrite history. The playwright told the Daily News that he was disappointed that certain people found it fit to disrupt the…
HARARE – Artists must be wary of the Zimbabwe Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (Zimcos) which claims to have the power to license music pirates on behalf of musicians, the Zimbabwe Intellectual Property Office (Zipo) has said. Zipo, which falls under the ministry of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs, told the Daily News yesterday that no…
HARARE – Tariro Negitare and four other Zimbabwean musicians will leave for Germany for collaborations with Jamaram-the band that replaced Freshlyground as the closing act of this year’s Harare International Festival of Arts (Hifa). The highly-rated Tariro, who has a single self-titled album under her belt, will be joined on the trip to Europe’s biggest…
HARARE – Most Zimbabweans will most likely assume that anyone christened Tendayi has a lineage that can be traced to this country but an American artiste called Tendayi Kuumba proves the fallacy of such thinking. Tendayi, a dancer and singer who was born in Washington 25 years ago, has no Zimbabwean heritage at all. She…
HARARE – Fashion designer Tarisai Gweje has drawn inspiration from a very unlikely source-the Salarygate Scandals. Most Zimbabweans, who are struggling to make ends meet in an economy that is grinding to a halt, were horrified when details of astronomical salaries paid to certain corporate leaders in Zimbabwe were divulged in the press a few…
HARARE – Big Brother Africa (BBA) 2014 has been moved to September to accommodate the Fifa World Cup which kicks off in Brazil next month. Liz Dziva, Multichoice Zimbabwe’s public relations and publicity manager, told the Daily News that organisers of Africa’s most popular reality show would announce dates for auditions in due course. “There…
HARARE – Music promoters and artistes say the decision by the City of Harare to ban concerts that into the night from being held at Harare Gardens is a big blow to the music industry. The City of Harare reportedly put in place the ban in response to repeated complaints from residents and companies over…
HARARE – Award-winning artiste Jah Prayzah hopes to use his concert at the Castle Tankard to be held at the Borrowdale Race Course on Saturday to showcase the brilliance of his latest album Kumbumura Mhute. Jah Prayzah, who will share the stage with dancehall star Killer T and jazz music veteran Bob Nyabinde says his…
