HARARE – When Portia Gwanzura formed traditional music group Hohodza in the 1992, she never realised that she was creating a mentorship platform for her six year old son. The Hohodza founder’s son Robert ‘RobyGee Moyondizvo’ Gwanzura (27), who has just released an album called Moyondizvo, credits the once popular group for providing the early…
HARARE – Celebrated Afro-fusion group Mokoomba will leave for Denmark this morning to embark on a 10-country tour that will involve maiden appearances in Australia and New Zealand. The internationally recognised group, whose album Rising Tide recently scooped the global Songlines Newcomer Award, will also tour Austria, Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg, New Zealand, Norway, and Switzerland…
HARARE – Edith “WeUtonga” Katiji has hit out at the National Arts Council of Zimbabwe (NACZ) for failing to come up with clear criteria governing the selection of National Arts Merit Award (Nama) winners. The famous bassist and vocalist, who along with Selmor Mtukudzi controversially lost the National Arts Merit Award (Nama) Outstanding Female Musician…
LONDON – Ah yes, copycats. They are everywhere, and it can seem frustrating. I have had so many designer friends complaining about this — and witnessed some talented ones quit because they can’t take the stress of it anymore. But more often than not; when someone is copied, I experience the same reaction — surprise…
HARARE – Afro-fusion artiste Alexio Kawara, who was involved in an accident that left him with a broken leg in December last year, will return to the stage on Thursday at the Zimbabwe German Society (ZGS). The Shaina hit-maker, whose last concert was the launch of his latest single Zvazvinhu on Christmas Eve, is confident…
HARARE – Nafuna TV creator Nqobizitha ‘Enqore’ Mlilo is delighted to have been included among 10 Africans with exceptional web-based success stories by a Google initiative called Africa Connected. The other shortlisted innovators are Sitawa Wafula (Kenya), Mayowa Adegbile (Nigeria), Eunice Namirembe (Uganda), Eric Obuh (Nigeria), Lamine Mbengue (Senegal), Timothy Maguire (South Africa), Christopher Panford…
HARARE – For five days last week, Harare-based Upper Room Ministries Church performed their play called Heaven’s Gates and Hell’s Flames. Upper Room Ministries worked in conjunction with a South Africa-based non-denominational Christian entity, Reality Outreach Ministries to do the play. The fear-provoking play dramatises life after death. It demonstrates the Biblical belief that sinners…
BUALAWAYO – Intwasa Arts Festival koBulawayo will take place between September 23 and 27 this year under the theme Unforgettable. The five-day event will mark the 10th anniversary of Bulawayo’s leading multi-disciplinary arts event. Festival director Raisedon Baya told the Daily News yesterday that his organisation was looking forward to holding a special festival befitting…
HARARE – Ndongosimudza Musoro hit-maker Soul Jah Love has composed a song in honour of President Robert Mugabe to be released tomorrow at Gwanzura Stadium during a celebratory for concert for the Zanu PF leader. Simba Marachera, who produced the Mugabe praise song titled Zimbabwe, told the Daily News that the controversial dancehall star was…
GWERU – Gweru-based sculptor Forbes Mushipe says the third consecutive National Arts Merit Award (Nama) in the mixed media category he has just received is special to him because it is about the girl child. The artiste’s Nhapwasikana shrugged off the challenge of Johnson Zuze’s Barking Dog and Anthony Ngandu’s School Children at last weekend’s…
