HARARE – Newly-appointed National Business Council of Zimbabwe (NBCZ) brand ambassador Suluman Chimbetu will head to Tokwe-Mukorsi within a fortnight to help flood victims. The Dendera musician told the Daily News yesterday that his assistance would target young children. “We will concentrate on schoolchildren who have been generally left out of the assistance that has…
LONDON – Mokoomba’s 12-date tour of the United Kingdom (UK) which began on March 30 at Gateshead and ended at The Brighton Dome on April 13, once again demonstrated why many music fans rate the six-piece Victoria Falls band highly. The rising group’s tour was well covered in the UK media. A lot had been…
HARARE – Lillian Masitera has established herself as a story-teller of note in Zimbabwe. Her biggest weapon is her ability to top carve real-life characters, who have their flaws and all. The journey motif is not an unusual style in African fiction. With its roots in the folktale where even the animal characters could travel…
HARARE – Tafadzwa Mukaro and her husband Wisdom have burst onto Zimbabwe’s gospel scene with a six-track debut album titled Mwari Anesu. Tafadzwa does the lead vocals on the album produced by Lyton Ngolomi with her equally-talented husband providing backing vocals. The just-released album contains well-thought-out tracks that include Iniwo Here, Mhinduro, Nhasi Uno, Ishe…
HARARE – Organisers of superstar Oliver ‘Tuku’ Mtukudzi‘s Greatest Hits Concert say the show has been postponed to April 25 to accommodate Independence Day eve gala. Sam Mataure, who manages the Zimbabwean music legend’s affairs, told the Daily News yesterday the highly-anticipated event has been postponed out of respect for the country’s national day. “Everything…
BUHERA – Gospel musician Fungisai Zvakavapano-Mashavave is determined to use her position as the ambassador of Matendera National Monument to put the legendary Buhera stone structure into the limelight. The gospel musician, who visited Matendera last week, is convinced that the national monument will help uplift the lives of the people of Buhera if it…
HARARE – Culture Fund executive director Farai Mpfunya is hopeful that on-going efforts by various organisations to push for the inclusion of the arts in Zimbabwe’s educational curricula will bear fruit. The Culture Fund boss revealed that Zimbabwe Chamber of Creative Industries (ZCCI), Mbira Centre, Chipawo, Umkhati Theatre Arts, Iyasa, Bembera Arts Ensemble and the…
HARARE – Veteran writer Sharai Mukonoweshuro who died on Sunday at the age of 74 has been described as Zimbabwe’s “pioneer in literature about women’s issues” by the Zimbabwe Writers Association (Zwa). Zwa, which brings together several Zimbabwean writers’ organisations and individual authors, mourned the veteran author who succumbed to cancer in a statement released…
BULAWAYO – Popular South African actress Winnie Modise best known for her role as Khethiwe Buthelezi in the SABC 1 soapie Generations is expected in Bulawayo tomorrow where she will be a guest at a cocktail bash. According to Theresa Mbedzi, the event’s organiser, the award-winning star will tour the City of Kings and meet…
HARARE – South Africa Afro-fusion music group Freshlyground is returning to the Harare International Festival of Arts (Hifa) six years after their last performance at Zimbabwe’s biggest arts fiesta. Freshlyground were last in Zimbabwe in 2009 when they performed at the National Arts Merit Awards (Nama) ceremony. Despite being one of Zimbabwe’s and Hifa’s most…
