HARARE – Music lovers in Glen Norah were in for a treat when sungura outfit Extra Kwazvose gave a polished performance during the Castle Tankard regional show on Saturday. The Gurajena singers performed at the show where they gave revellers a feel of their forthcoming album set to be released in the near future. The…
HARARE – Fellow Zimbabweans, About two weeks ago our country celebrated the 34th anniversary of its hard won independence. It was indeed a time for all of us to pause and reflect on the journey we have walked together over the last three decades and four years. We come face to face with these celebrations…
HARARE – Chitungwiza-based Ol Unique Dance Factory is off to Johannesburg, where they will share the stage with a South African dance group, Young Culture, in the first week of May. OL Unique, which featured on Flem B’s video for the song Ndichamutambira — the ZBC Video of the Year for 2012 — believe their…
HARARE – Dancehall producer and musician Irah “Ziggy Zee” Manjengwa says his project, which assists talented young musicians in the ghetto to record their music, is underpinned by his desire to fight drug abuse. The 26-year-old artiste told the Daily News that many youngsters are using high unemployment levels and poverty in the ghetto to…
LUSAKA – Suluman Chimbetu and the Orchestra Dendera Kings livened up the imposing Mulungushi Conference Centre on Saturday night with a highly-energetic performance that left members of the audience asking for more. Sulu was invited by the Zambian Tourism Board through the Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA) to perform at the second edition of the two-day…
HARARE – Zimbabwe is overflowing with expectation as arts lovers await the six-day Harare International Festival of the Arts (Hifa) which kicks off in the capital tomorrow. The Harare Gardens will witness an explosion of beautiful sights and harmonious sounds from April 29 to May 4, 2014 with the major highlight expected to be the…
LONDON – On April 24th last year, 1138 people were killed and 2500 were injured when the Rana Plaza factory collapsed in Dhaka, Bangladesh. This sad day has come to be called Fashion Revolution Day. To mark first anniversary of the Bangladeshi collapse, people from across the globe – from designers and icons, to high…
HARARE – Jamaican reggae singer Christopher Martin is set to perform in Zimbabwe later in August this year. The Cheaters Prayer hit-maker revealed his Harare show during a recent interview on Winford Williams’ popular Jamaican television show, Onstage. Martin has been in the news for all the wrong reasons in his home country since the…
TO MOST Zimbabweans the mere mention of Calvin Gudu’s name will likely evoke memories of the 1998 hit Tombofara which the United Kingdom-based musician jointly produced with Muzi Mangena. Tombofara made Calvin and Muzi overnight celebrities but their stay at the apex of Zimbabwe’s music scene was relatively short-lived. Daily News on Sunday’s Dakarai Mashava…
BULAWAYO – Highly-rated Malawian comedian Daliso Chaponda is delighted by the opportunity to record his one-man show at this year’s Harare International Festival of the Arts (HIfa). The stand-up comedy show called Daliso Chaponda — Barely Legal will be directed by award-winning Zimbabwean comedian Carl Joshua Ncube. Chaponda has promised to make the most of…
