HARARE – Beverly Angel, wife to Spirit Embassy leader Uebert Angel, bought a copy of former Big Brother United Kingdom (UK) star Makosi Musambasi’s new book for $1 000 during the weekend launch of the book at the Book Café. The book titled ‘Love Yourself, The Ultimate Choice’ was also snapped-up for $600 by prominent…
HARARE – World-class Victoria Falls band Mokoomba and sungura king Alick Macheso lead a glittering array of local music stars that have been roped in to participate in the week-long October World Music Festival that began in Harare last Friday. Mokoomba, who will perform on Friday, are an award-winning afro-fusion group from the great Zambezi…
HARARE – Designer Maita Marimo’s star continues to shine. The 28-year-old recently participated alongside other young and upcoming designers in the Nolcha Fashion Week in New York. The ambitious designer’s inspirational designs received rave reviews with some websites rating her among the top five at the Big Apple fashion event. Daily News on Sunday’s Sharon…
HARARE – Stolen National Gallery of Zimbabwe, NGZ, artworks smuggled to Europe seven years ago were returned to the national arts institution on Thursday during a ceremony attended by several government officials. The stolen artefacts that included four headrests (mutsago) and two masks arrived back in Zimbabwe from Germany on October 3. According NGZ, the…
HARARE – Miss Carnival Zimbabwe Dananai Chipunza says the charity dinner held on Wednesday night to raise money for orphans and vulnerable children surpassed the targeted $15 000. “We haven’t finished the accounting process yet but the pledges on the night surpassed the target of $15 000. “It was successful and the relevant people attended,”…
BULAWAYO – City of Kings dancehall chanter Nkosana “Silent Assassin” Nyathi’s highly anticipated album Kukura Kwangu will be launched at the Amphitheatre in Zimbabwe’s second biggest city on October 21. The popular Bulawayo dancehall star, who shared the stage with ninja president Wallace “Winky D” Chirumiko when he performed in Bulawayo recently, has promised a…
HARARE – All manner of women artists will invade the Book Café this afternoon to take part in the Sistaz Open Mic concert that takes place every second Saturday of the month. The Sistaz Open Mic is a platform for women artists from all disciplines to come and freely express themselves in the safety of…
HARARE – A few months ago I wrote about how Zimbabwean institutions and organisations can arrange cultural exchange programmes and activities. This week my focus is on embassies/foreign organisations that are involved in organising various cultural exchange programmes. At the outset, I should make it clear that not all arts and culture public events involving…
HARARE – No-one dared to miss an episode of the Gringo series back in the 1990s largely on account of the hilarious comedy’s lead actor Lazarus “Gringo” Boora. Gringo’s mischievous character went hand-in-glove with the clownish outfit and a made-up scar on his fore head, which made him arguably the most popular television comedian of…
HARARE – A hot new upmarket live music venue called Misty’s will open its doors for the first time to the public tomorrow at Newlands Shopping Centre. Featuring quality music performances, the club is set to change the cultural nightlife of the Zimbabwean capital in a big way. “Misty’s will cater for all manner of…
