HARARE – Thousands, if not millions of Zimbabweans were disappointed on Saturday when ZBC-TV decided to screen live a gathering of Johanne Marange Apostolic Church attended by President Robert Mugabe instead of screening the live Cosafa soccer match between Zimbabwe’s Warriors and Malawi. Zimbabwe is a soccer-loving nation and for ZBC to opt to ignore…
HARARE – The annual Winter Beer Festival returns to Harare’s City Sports Bar this Saturday, July 20 with lots of beer up for grabs. And it will likely turn out to be a night of drink for those lucky ones. More than 10 DJs are lined-up for the beer festival and each will bring a…
HARARE – South African signal carrier Sentech might have scrambled some “pirate” television channels, but your favourite SABC soapies can now be found on Harare’s streets. This comes as the Mzansi-based operator has moved to comply with a Johannesburg High Court order after a Botswana television station had complained that Sentech was failing to encrypt…
HARARE – Ruby Housemates want Pokello and her man Elikem out of Big Brother The Chase and they want them out now, if Monday’s nominations are anything to go by. The Ruby lovebirds received the highest number of nominations from their fellow Chasemates. Unsurprisingly, as has become the norm over the past weeks, boss lady…
HARARE – Extra Kwazvose failed to rise to the occasion at the launch of their debut seven-track album Ndizvo Zviripo on Friday at a fully-packed Acquatic Complex in Chitungwiza. The venue was packed to the rafters with revellers who had been expecting a lot from this new sungura outfit led by rebels, Franco Slomo, Jonasi…
HARARE – Upcoming Chitungwiza-based jazz artiste Tina Watyoka has released a video for the song Usapere Simba off her eight-track debut album Introducing Tina. The 24-year-old musician believes the video will help to popularise her first album which dropped last month. “I have a dream of being a great performer and for my music to…
HARARE – Highly-rated singer and mbira player Tanyaradzwa Tawengwa has the perfect chance to justify the hype around her when she performs at the Book Café Saturday evening. Tawengwa will headline the popular Sistaz Open Mic Platform in a special performance entitled “Songs of Freedom”. The rising star’s show will be in keeping with the…
HARARE – Children from various institutions will converge at the Kabin in Kensington, Harare, for a three-day arts and skills workshop during the August holidays. Dubbed Kids In front of the Camera (Kifoc), the workshop which will run from August 5 to 7, will focus on developing children’s communication, interaction and arts skills. Kifoc coordinator…
HARARE – Ousted Big Brother Africa housemate Hakeem Mandaza says his supposed loathing of fellow Zimbabwean Pokello Nare on Africa’s most popular reality show was a strategy to fool the other contestants. The Zimbabwean muscleman, who had a relationship with Zambian Cleo, claimed upon arrival on Wednesday afternoon that getting friendly to Pokello would have put…
HARARE – Franco ‘Slomo’ Dhaka, the lead vocalist of new sungura group Extra Kwazvose, says his group is not weighed down by the hype surrounding the launch of their debut album Ndizvo Zviripo on Friday. Despite the fact that the offshoot of Alick Macheso’s Orchestra Mberikwazvo has neither a song nor a show to their…
